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Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
34 reviews
kitkatkick's review against another edition
3.5
Ultimately, it’s hard to rate books about maritime- or really any expeditious- disasters without letting the story of the disaster itself color the decision. The wreck of the HMS Wager brought out some of the worst of humanity. When compared to other events, for example the Shackleton expedition to Antarctica, it seems atrocious, yet the book is easily as good as Alfred Lansing’s “Endurance.”
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Cannibalism
Explicit descriptions of starvation and fighting over lack of food. Desertion/marooning of many individuals. Explicit description of lashings.k80holmquist's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Racism, Medical trauma, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Murder
aschenning's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and War
michaelmac316's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Slavery, Suicide, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War
sgodfrey84's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Colonisation
elenakperez's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism
Moderate: Cannibalism
Minor: Sexual harassment
laurajeangrace's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and War
Moderate: Racism, Slavery, and Cannibalism
themdash's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, and Vomit
danimacuk's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury