Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

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

59 reviews

marietheo's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Slavery, Gore, Medical content, Cannibalism, Torture, Death, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Confinement, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and War

sampcupp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Alcohol and Slavery

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring mysterious slow-paced

4.0

This starts out incredibly slow but after chapter 5 grows into a story of mutiny, murder, and survival. You become involved in this insane story of how a British ship and its sailors fight off scurvy, the rough seas, and other crewman to eventually end up back in England depleted and desolate anywhere from a year to five years later. I'm traditionally cautious of non fiction historical books because I find them tedious and boring but, with The Wager, once the initial accounts of send off and troubles at sea are finished, you're immersed into a tumultuous account of the shipwreck. It was interesting and full bodied. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death of parent, Deportation, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Slavery, Suicide, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Classism, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

miriam_in_life's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

I almost never read nonfiction because it drags too much but apparently this is what I was looking for! It reads like a documentary with a super good narrator. I had a really good time with it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Slavery

aryabunny's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I liked how informative this was about the HMS Wager. It did get very dark at times. I included some of the content warnings below, but there are many more than just that. Those were the major ones to me, specifically the killing and eating of a pet dog. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Vomit, Slavery, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Violence

hheartbooks's review against another edition

adventurous informative sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Cannibalism, Suicide, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

oliviamich's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Slavery, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, and War

Minor: Cannibalism, Animal death, and Sexual harassment

kcbas1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Xenophobia, Animal death, and War

Minor: Suicide, Racism, Cannibalism, and Slavery

abkinlaw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cannibalism and Slavery

taeli's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Violence, War, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Murder, Slavery, Racism, and Trafficking