Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

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

64 reviews

marioosa517's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, War, Excrement, Cannibalism, Confinement, Vomit, and Child death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

bbbarttt's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Colonisation

Moderate: Slavery, Death, Murder, Animal death, and War

Minor: Kidnapping and Cannibalism

creativerunnings's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, War, Child death, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Cannibalism

linneak's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Classism, Medical trauma, War, Xenophobia, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Child death, Blood, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Confinement, Torture, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Trafficking, Grief, Slavery, and Colonisation

dexkit10's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Excrement, Death, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood, Racism, and Animal death

alisonvh's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

3.5

This book is well written and has a fascinating subject, but it just didn’t grab me for some reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Colonisation, Animal death, Death, Child death, Violence, Terminal illness, Murder, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Chronic illness

Minor: Cannibalism

erinsampson91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, War, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Cannibalism

libscigrl's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Abandonment

Moderate: War

Minor: Colonisation, Animal death, and Cannibalism

Starvation is often discussed.

shelfofunread's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Slavery, Death, Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Murder, Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, and Classism

klbreyfogle's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death and Murder