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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
119 reviews
seanfischer's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, and Death
linda48's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, Murder, Abandonment, and Cannibalism
soapfaced's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Violence and Slavery
Minor: Animal death 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
cristinar1800's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Trafficking, War, Vomit, and Colonisation
Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Animal cruelty
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.jfaw89's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, War, Animal death, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Violence, Murder, and Cannibalism
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
buenas_l's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Cannibalism
berlinbibliophile's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Cannibalism