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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
57 reviews
zsabella's review against another edition
Moderate: Death, War, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Slavery, Racism, and Animal death
sarasreading's review against another edition
4.5
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
2.5
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
linda48's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, Murder, Abandonment, and Cannibalism
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.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
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
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