Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

83 reviews

zeldazonks's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Manages to be incredibly compelling and informative as well as highlight the hypocrisy, cruelty and nonsensical nature of colonialism. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was fantastic, I devoured this in two days.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, Colonisation, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cannibalism

zsabella's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

This was pretty unputdownable. So much was happening all of the time it read much more like fiction than nonfiction, which I enjoy. It can get pretty gruesome, so know that going in. It can be harder to stomach since it's a true story. But I flew through this and will definitely read more from this author. 

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

seanfischer's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, and Death

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Colonisation and Violence

soapfaced's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence and Slavery

Minor: Animal death and Cannibalism

jrae_miller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

eleanorjmca's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Incredible read. I was gripped from the start to the finish. It helps when you’re writing a history book if you have a thrilling event to write about, but Grann really brought it to life. I particularly liked the emphasis he placed on the competing narratives of the events left by different survivors, and the care he took to highlight the role of the Kawesqar and Chona people in the story. Very extensively researched with thorough endnotes and a bibliography for further reading. A tour de force of history writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Slavery, Racism, Cannibalism, and War

jfaw89's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Animal death, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Violence, Murder, and Cannibalism