Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

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

66 reviews

cityiguana's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Violence, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, and Cannibalism

littlespider9's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

lectora21's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Cannibalism, War, and Injury/Injury detail

pvbobrien's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Cannibalism, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Kidnapping

katherine_shelton's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

5.0

I loved this book. I was completely hooked. It has everything you could want; adventure, betrayal, intrigue, cannibalism, scurvy... It's definitely the best book I've read this year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Violence

Minor: Slavery, Cannibalism, and War

keithpizzo515's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Cannibalism, Murder, and War