Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

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

66 reviews

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: Death and Colonisation

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

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

hheartbooks's review against another edition

adventurous informative sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, 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, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

Minor: Racism, Slavery, Suicide, and Cannibalism

abkinlaw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, and War

Minor: Slavery and Cannibalism

taeli's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, and Murder

pferdina's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

3.5

In 1740, the English sent a fleet to the southern tip of South America to hunt for Spanish ships. Several ships were lost in the dangerous seas, and the Wager was wrecked. This book tells the story of what happened to the crew, Ho had already suffered hardships like severe scurvy and then spent months on a desolate cold island without much food or hope. Only a few of the 250 original crew made it home, after several years, and all of them had tales to tell. Mutiny, murder, abandonment, starvation, abuse, and privation all appear.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

zosiablue's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

4.25

I will never joke about taking to the sea ever again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Slavery, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism

theabee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail