Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

109 reviews

cristinar1800's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Trafficking, War, Vomit, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Animal cruelty

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

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Violence and Cannibalism

Minor: Racism and War

garrettcz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

buenas_l's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Cannibalism

gretchenplz's review against another edition

dark informative tense slow-paced

3.0

This book started with such a bang but kinda... fizzled the further it went. 

In my opinion, the interesting parts of the story got bogged down in all the detail the author provided. I had the same issue with KOTFM, so perhaps this is just a personal preference.

Still an incredibly interesting story, and I would love to see a theatrical adaptation of this as well!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism and Animal death

ahoyitsjoy's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

3.0

This book was clearly meticulously researched and features many quotes from firsthand accounts. The events are delivered in a clear and unbiased manner. 

However... I just don't think this was my kind of book. I've seen a lot of people recommend this book to those who loved Endurance, as I did, but The Wager is significantly more grim in a way that didn't make me want to read more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Torture, Body horror, Racism, Colonisation, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Slavery

awebofstories's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death

rsouders's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

A nonfiction book that reads like a good story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, War, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Vomit, and Cannibalism

kalaser's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Gun violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Slavery, and Violence