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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
74 reviews
jrae_miller's review against another edition
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
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Violence
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Slavery, Racism, Cannibalism, and War
knkoch's review against another edition
3.75
I really liked that David Grann gave great context into the Indigenous tribes the men from this ship interacted with and the impact that naval expeditions had on them and all others in South and North America in the eighteenth century especially. It felt like he was resetting the image of journeys like these, moving away from glory and adventure into the grinding hardship, weaknesses of leadership, imperial greed, racist assumptions of superiority/inferiority, and endless jockeying between major European empires like Spain and England. Grann developed the historical characters well, and clearly established how naval honor codes, class, and rank influenced the events at sea and land. Shocked to learn that
Graphic: Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Murder, Body horror, Medical content, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism, Gun violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Xenophobia
Minor: Cannibalism
Eating disorder: Much discussion of starvation, but not sure what TW may fit better.jfaw89's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, War, Animal death, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Violence, Murder, and Cannibalism
m_liz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism
samchase112's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Colonisation, Gun violence, War, and Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Medical content
Minor: Suicide, Cannibalism, and Genocide
rsouders's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood, War, and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Vomit, and Cannibalism
kalaser's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Medical trauma and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Gun violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Slavery, and Violence
amy14's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: War, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Gun violence, Animal death, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
torfinn's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Death, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cannibalism