Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

72 reviews

laura_nel13's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Animal death, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, Murder, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, War, and Gun violence

Minor: Body horror, Trafficking, Confinement, Blood, Classism, Kidnapping, Suicide, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Slavery

hannahbee_97's review

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

Really well done telling of the event from a wide variety of perspectives! I also loved the narrator’s voice!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, and Murder

Minor: Animal death

zeldazonks's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Manages to be incredibly compelling and informative as well as highlight the hypocrisy, cruelty and nonsensical nature of colonialism. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was fantastic, I devoured this in two days.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, Colonisation, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cannibalism

zsabella's review

adventurous dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, Racism, and Animal death

monicadee88's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

Grann sure knows how to write compelling non-fiction! This is a thoroughly researched exploration of true events through the words of those who experienced them. What I think I liked most was Grann's constant reminder of the British mindset of compliance and cultural supremacy that influened their actions and warped their experiences. Overall an interesting read, although sometimes I got bogged down in the details of wooden ships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

sarasreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

This was pretty unputdownable. So much was happening all of the time it read much more like fiction than nonfiction, which I enjoy. It can get pretty gruesome, so know that going in. It can be harder to stomach since it's a true story. But I flew through this and will definitely read more from this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Colonisation, Cannibalism, and Classism

Minor: Racism, War, and Slavery

ekcd_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child death, Death of parent, Excrement, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Slavery, Cursing, Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Trafficking, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, War, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Physical abuse, and Racism

soapfaced's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence and Slavery

Minor: Animal death and Cannibalism

jrae_miller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

eleanorjmca's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Incredible read. I was gripped from the start to the finish. It helps when you’re writing a history book if you have a thrilling event to write about, but Grann really brought it to life. I particularly liked the emphasis he placed on the competing narratives of the events left by different survivors, and the care he took to highlight the role of the Kawesqar and Chona people in the story. Very extensively researched with thorough endnotes and a bibliography for further reading. A tour de force of history writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Slavery, Racism, Cannibalism, and War