Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang

35 reviews

gabrielletryingtoread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and War

This is a very graphic book, it is a very heavy topic. It has pictures depicting the Chinese women who were being raped by Japanese soldiers, talks about how the Japanese were killing the Chinese captives as a sport, and much more. If you don't want something so graphic I think this isn't the book to choose.

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

...it's impossible for anyone to read this book and not be emotionally and mentally drained; such is the level of depravity, horrific barbarity, and bestial violence of the book's subject matter (i actually cried and had trouble sleeping while reading it--a definite first). a work of monumental importance, the rape of nanking is essential reading, esp for the fact that japanese ignorance and even ridiculous denial still perservere, and justice has yet to be served for the massacre's victims. tbh this book shouldnt even be rated, bc its significance alone unquestionably exceeds any such trivial thing as a star rating on this site. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, War, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Death of parent, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Slavery, and Suicide

east_blue's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

utopiastateofmind's review against another edition

5.0

Please read the trigger warnings before you read! I listened to this on audio and it was INTENSE. Like I thought I had a grip on the warnings, but having it read out loud to me, made it even more emotional.

What was so moving about this book was not only the actual atrocities committed, or the ways that these crimes were covered up, but the chilling reminder that if we let these events become forgotten it sets a dangerous precedent. That we cannot allow the history of these events to die with those who remember. It's a testament to the ways history can so easily be erased. How these events can become footnotes and disappear. It's a comprehensive nonfiction book about how the atrocities unfold and, importantly, what it shows about humanity. About the prejudices and cruelties. The greed, mistakes, and silences. Those who control history are the ones who can decide who the enemy is. How politics and money can erase blood and corpses. And, most importantly, how the echoes of this are still rippling today. I would highly recommend this nonfiction read (recommended to me by Lily) if you can handle the trigger warnings. It's a book that details teh importance of memory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Gore, Murder, Torture, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

glains's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, and Gore

Minor: Drug use and Medical trauma