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rochelleisreading's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death
Moderate: Violence and Cannibalism
Minor: Racism and War
buenas_l's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Cannibalism
ahoyitsjoy's review against another edition
3.0
However... I just don't think this was my kind of book. I've seen a lot of people recommend this book to those who loved Endurance, as I did, but The Wager is significantly more grim in a way that didn't make me want to read more.
Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Animal death, and Blood
Moderate: Torture, Body horror, Racism, Colonisation, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Slavery
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
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
tigerkind's review against another edition
3.5
On a side note; I recommend looking up Wager Island on Maps after reading for a bit of a laugh.
Graphic: Classism, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Body horror, Animal death, Colonisation, Torture, Confinement, and Murder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Child death, Alcohol, and Xenophobia
Minor: Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Vomit, and Slavery
mikaylawood's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Cannibalism, Death, Violence, and Animal death
Moderate: Blood and Medical trauma
Minor: Racism, Slavery, Suicide, and Excrement
simmonsj's review against another edition
5.0
This is a very well researched book concerning the HMS Wager and its shipwreck in 1741, including the events of the crew while stranded on an island in Patagonia. I was surprised how many sources of information there were for this event. Grann does a fantastic job pulling together the account from many sources, making a narrative fiction-like story of true events. Everything wraps up decently with the exception of a few pieces (which I expect with real events, especially from the 1740s).
The narrator did a great job as well, expressive and a good cadence throughout.
Overall a really good non-fiction read of a really interesting and at times larger-than-life story of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder - just like the title promises.
Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Abandonment, and Death
Minor: Cannibalism and Slavery
meritm's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Death, Racism, Classism, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Colonisation