nanitiq's review against another edition

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adventurous dark informative

4.25

Following my theme of reading a shipwreck book in January last year, The Wager was a simpler, yet more terrifying story than the fictional account of the HMS Terror. But like that book, the horror from acts of men are the truly scariest thing. 

But somehow, at the same time, The Wager is an inspiring tale about adventure and exploration and the wonderfully terrifying place that is our planet. This will be the book I recommended to readers interested in Grann and historical non-fiction. 

I cannot wait for these events to be brought to the screen by Scorcese. I think it could be even more upsetting and captivating than Killers of the Flower Moon. 

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adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

3.5


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giovik93's review against another edition

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adventurous informative inspiring fast-paced

4.75


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cait's review against another edition

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adventurous informative mysterious sad slow-paced

3.5


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withoutfeathers's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0


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marietheo's review against another edition

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4.25


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sampcupp's review against another edition

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5.0


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abicaro17's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring mysterious slow-paced

4.0

This starts out incredibly slow but after chapter 5 grows into a story of mutiny, murder, and survival. You become involved in this insane story of how a British ship and its sailors fight off scurvy, the rough seas, and other crewman to eventually end up back in England depleted and desolate anywhere from a year to five years later. I'm traditionally cautious of non fiction historical books because I find them tedious and boring but, with The Wager, once the initial accounts of send off and troubles at sea are finished, you're immersed into a tumultuous account of the shipwreck. It was interesting and full bodied. 

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4.5

I almost never read nonfiction because it drags too much but apparently this is what I was looking for! It reads like a documentary with a super good narrator. I had a really good time with it!

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4.0

I liked how informative this was about the HMS Wager. It did get very dark at times. I included some of the content warnings below, but there are many more than just that. Those were the major ones to me, specifically the killing and eating of a pet dog. 

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