Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

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

23 reviews

knlipke's review against another edition

It has nothing to do with how the book was written!!!! I found myself disgusted with the very true, real life events that happened to these poor people of Nanking that I couldn’t read on for the sake of my mental health. I will pick it up again one day

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Body horror, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and War

ashlightgrayson's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was such an informative piece of journalism that encompassed all necessary background information required to thoroughly understand the topic even if you have no previous knowledge. Iris Chang walks you through the long history between China and Japan prior to the Nanking massacre. This helps give context to the events that occurred during the massacre. This book also makes it easy to connect the events occurring in other regions of the world at that time to the massacre. It allows for the narrative history feel cohesive and relative to other events happening simultaneously. Nothing in history exists in a vacuum and I was happy to see that Chang was able to elaborate on this point in her writing. There is a plethora of useful sources provided in the book as well for further research. Chang proposes her own opinions within the narrative history, but always with support from sources that she cites thoroughly. She also clarifies which parts of the history she had limited sources for. Additionally, she reveals some of her own bias as she explains her own family's history pertaining to the massacre. The way Chang weaves the narrative helps to create both sympathy for the victims of the massacre, and allow for nuance for the perpetrators without absolving them of their culpability.

As I was reading through this piece it felt like I was mourning the loss of Iris Chang simultaneously. She died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2004 and reading this just made me think about what a great loss that was to the journalism community (in addition to her family and loved ones). I would have loved to see her continued contributions to the acknowledgement of Chinese and Asian history. To this day I think there is still a gap in understanding Asian history in the West. I will definitely be reading her other works. This book is one of the best nonfiction books I've read this year and it still holds up today. This has definitely reignited my interest in Asian history. Can't wait to read more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Child death, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, War, Torture, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Violence, Murder, Medical trauma, Incest, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Rape, Suicide, and Blood

skusaroo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

The true story of the worst thing to ever happen... until the following decade.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Violence, Child death, Torture, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Murder, Police brutality, War, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Suicide, Slavery, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Incest, Genocide, Death of parent, Gun violence, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

Don't read this if you're easily upset by the worst things humans can do to other humans. 40,000 to 300,000 civilians murdered in SIX WEEKS and in a manner that would make the directors of gore films blush.

yerulp's review

dark informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Hate crime, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, War, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Xenophobia, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexism, Blood, Classism, Deportation, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Trafficking

Every content warning under the sun

szlyen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Torture, Trafficking, Genocide, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, War, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Incest, Murder, Racism, and Slavery

tinybluepixel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Torture, Abortion, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Genocide, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Miscarriage, Blood, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, War, Murder, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Medical content, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Hate crime

jiao_li's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

I started reading this book because of TPW, I was curious about the real history that inspired Golyn Niis scene.

This book was really heartwrenching. I need to put down this book several times because I can't endure the pain that being told in the book. Not too much descriptive text, so I think you'll like it even if you're not into history books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Violence, Death, Genocide, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Suicide

random19379's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

Great book, can’t stress the amount of trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Sexism, Genocide, Death, Body horror, Sexual assault, Torture, Suicide, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Colonisation, Rape, War, Blood, Violence, Gore, and Classism

gabbybabe's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

lexi17d's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Racism, Incest, Sexual violence, Gore, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Self harm, Child death, War, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Abortion, Excrement, Body horror, Antisemitism, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Genocide, Death, Blood, Torture, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Infertility