Reviews tagging 'Gore'

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

36 reviews

common_household_mom's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

erik_claw's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

ehindmon's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional informative

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I am not typically a fan of books about sailing, ships, shipwrecks, or castaways. It’s just verbally a topic that bores me to tears. HOWEVER! This book seems to be the exception. Holy moly, what a tale. It’s hard to believe that it’s nonfiction. It was exciting while being informative. It was well written too. Highly recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Slavery, Cannibalism

jillianlottie26's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging tense slow-paced

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The first 80% of this book was really captivating but the last 20% really REALLY dragged on. I struggled to finish this. Overall very well done, however, did feel pretty repetitive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation

jrwarburton96's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, War, Injury/Injury detail

eldervampire83's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Gun violence

Minor: Slavery, Colonisation

kabibblekitsch's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Torture, Trafficking, War, Classism

slimepuppy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark reflective sad medium-paced

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Gut wrenching, sad and a beautifully written insight into the British Empire - but also just empires in general - and their wretchedness, their disregard for humanity and the way it justifies its crimes. Some scenes were just... cinematic. There's no other way to describe it.

Also, this story is just insane? Everything was personally out to get those guys from day zero, and they refused to quit at every turn. Let this be a lesson that it's ok to quit! Lest you become David Cheap.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Cannibalism, War, Classism

Minor: Genocide, Suicide

aschenning's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abandonment, War

elenakperez's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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Nonfiction that reads like fiction. I didn't want to stop reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Classism

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Sexual harassment