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The Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton
20 reviews
nicnackerz's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Mental illness
johnawickline's review
4.75
Graphic: Confinement and Animal death
Moderate: Mental illness and Death
jaymc's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, and Racism
arciz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, and Mental illness
Moderate: Death
cassroberts89's review against another edition
4.0
I actually did not realize this was non-fiction when I picked it up after just a brief glance at the back. I started reading the day before the Endurance was found, which made this story all the more exciting. It took a chapter or two, but after that I was hooked. Sancton did an absolutely phenomenal job turning a collection of scientific findings, sailor’s and officer’s journal entries, specimens, and artifacts into a fully fleshed out adventure/survival tale. I can’t even imagine having to endure the hardships this crew suffered during the long polar night, not to mention being almost completely at the mercy of Mother Nature during their entire entrapment in the ice pack.
Graphic: Animal death and Confinement
Moderate: Mental illness and Death
kirstym25's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness and Animal death
dominicangirl's review
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Child death and Excrement
sarah984's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Mental illness
Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, Death, Excrement, Racism, and Vomit
Minor: Addiction, Cannibalism, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, and Infidelity
srm's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Medical content
Minor: Chronic illness
outsmartyourshelf's review against another edition
3.5
I read a book based on the true events of The Terror a couple of years ago, so I was very interested in reading this one about the Belgica. After a slow start, things pick up when they arrive in Antarctica, and there is a lot of information about the main individuals involved and the horrors they endured. I thought it was very well researched and written in an accessible way for people who don't know the history of the expedition - there are also several maps to help. It did drag a little in places though. Overall I rated this one 3.5 stars (rounded up to 4).
Thanks to NetGalley and publishers, Random House UK/Ebury Publishing/W H Allen, for the opportunity to read an ARC. I am voluntarily giving an honest review.
Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness