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bergha1998 's review for:
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
by David Grann
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
It was a very interesting and compelling story. It definitely helped that he focused on some of the main characters who had told their stories in books. I enjoyed it a lot.
“You miss his form, and the sound of his voice, for habit had made them almost necessary to you, and each of your senses feels the loss.”
“Empires preserve their power with the stories that they tell, but just as critical are the stories they don’t—the dark silences they impose, the pages they tear out.”
“You miss his form, and the sound of his voice, for habit had made them almost necessary to you, and each of your senses feels the loss.”
“Empires preserve their power with the stories that they tell, but just as critical are the stories they don’t—the dark silences they impose, the pages they tear out.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail