Mike
Added to listFebruary 2026 Planned TBRwith 7 books.
Updated a reading goal:
Read 20k pages in 2026
Progress so far: 3375 / 20000 16%
A truly thrilling yet harrowing tale. It starts off a bit slow as it sets the scene of life on an 18th century ship, but once things get moving it's hard to put down. Grann expertly presents a cohesive narrative built from conflicting accounts, and does a good job of highlighting how those accounts are colored by the views of colonialism at the time. It left me wanting to read more about the Age of Discovery.
A truly thrilling yet harrowing tale. It starts off a bit slow as it sets the scene of life on an 18th century ship, but once things get moving it's hard to put down. Grann expertly presents a cohesive narrative built from conflicting accounts, and does a good job of highlighting how those accounts are colored by the views of colonialism at the time. It left me wanting to read more about the Age of Discovery.
