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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang
23 reviews
kayesomething's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Genocide, Gore, Body horror, Child death, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and War
Moderate: Pregnancy, Confinement, and Xenophobia
dmathuna's review against another edition
4.5
The sheer barbarity and brutality shown to the Chinese inhabitants of Nanjing is staggering and each page you uncover a new horror you previously thought incomprehensible. The detailing of how widespread the systematic rape of all women regardless of age, pregnancy, occupation churned my stomach in a way I don’t think has ever happened to me. I am absolutely forever changed by the contents of this book and it will never leave me for the rest of my life..
The fact that elements of Japanese society still can’t accept that this event occurred much less that their soldiers carried it out with explicit knowledge by their government leaders is tragic and should be a crime akin to denial of the holocaust. I can only hope that since the time the book was published that attitudes there have started to change. More than 300,000 people were murdered by the occupation and we did them a disservice by not remembering this event more.
At the time of me writing this review Iris Chang would have been 56.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Colonisation, War, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Murder, Genocide, Sexual assault, and Violence
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Miscarriage
grimmoire's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Suicide, Cannibalism, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Rape, Trafficking, Violence, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Torture
gaeliloveweiss's review
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexism, Torture, War, Racism, Body horror, Colonisation, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Suicide, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Genocide, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Cannibalism, Death, and Child death
wellreadandhalfdead's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Sexual violence, Incest, Trafficking, Racism, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Genocide, Rape, Torture, Murder, War, Violence, Slavery, Medical trauma, and Kidnapping
e_gracereads's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Murder, Death, Xenophobia, Suicide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Sexual harassment, Torture, Sexual assault, Rape, War, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Child death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, and Violence
computerwhiz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, War, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Confinement, Blood, and Torture
Minor: Suicide and Mental illness
christine_beatrice's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: War, Death, Torture, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, Slavery, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Child abuse, and Child death
bleedingphoenix's review against another edition
5.0
The world was about to forget what had actually taken place in Nanjing in 1938/9, how horrific those the actions of the Japanese soldiers actually had been and how mich the Chinese population had suffered. The goal of the Japanese Government is to forget the atrocities they did in China (and Korea, etc.) and is doing a really good job of it with the help of the US, as economic interests weigh more than justice apparently. You cannot overstate how important Chang's work has been and I'm thankful and inspired by her work. Her book has been one of the very few way the victims of the rape of Nanjing have been given some justice.
Please, if you have the time, read this book and then tell everyone you know about what you've learnt.
RIP Iris Chang
Graphic: Murder, Rape, War, Colonisation, Death, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Racism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Gore, Grief, and Hate crime
errie's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, War, Xenophobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicide, Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, and Physical abuse