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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
60 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
sarasreading's review against another edition
4.5
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
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
elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Murder and Death
Moderate: Colonisation and Violence
jrae_miller's review against another edition
Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
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.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
ahoyitsjoy's review against another edition
3.0
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.
Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Animal death, and Blood
Moderate: Torture, Body horror, Racism, Colonisation, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Slavery
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