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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
31 reviews
zeldazonks's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, Colonisation, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cannibalism
ekcd_'s review against another edition
2.5
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
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.samchase112's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Colonisation, Gun violence, War, and Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Medical content
Minor: Suicide, Cannibalism, and Genocide
kalaser's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Medical trauma and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Gun violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Slavery, and Violence
tigerkind's review against another edition
3.5
On a side note; I recommend looking up Wager Island on Maps after reading for a bit of a laugh.
Graphic: Classism, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Body horror, Animal death, Colonisation, Torture, Confinement, and Murder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Child death, Alcohol, and Xenophobia
Minor: Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Vomit, and Slavery
meritm's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Death, Racism, Classism, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Colonisation
e_freckles's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Colonisation, Racism, Animal death, War, and Violence
Minor: Blood and Ableism
saraverboom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Colonisation, Violence, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Gun violence, Murder, Animal death, and Death