Reviews tagging 'Gore'

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

45 reviews

e_gracereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

Should be required reading in any and all world history courses, military history courses, and quite frankly, history in general. Tough and emotional, but straightforward and informative. Devastating in its details, but a powerful read. 

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Content Warnings

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

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

dark emotional reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

_meeg's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, and War

bleedingphoenix's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Incredibly important book that everyone should read (if you can stomch the topic). It was hard to read and I had to take several week long breaks because the book was so shocking and depressing. But that is exactly the reason why everyone should read this book. The author, Iris Chang, did an incredibly job researching for this book. She collected many eyewitness reports, things no one had even heard of before. For example, she was the reason, why the world learnt about wwhat happened to John Rabe, the so-called Buddha of Nanjing, a person who saved thousands of people and ended up living in poverty. 
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

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Content Warnings

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

kshertz's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.5

I knew next to nothing about this historical event going in. I learned so much. It’s a very brutal and difficult book to read but a very important one. Definitely think it’s something people should talk about more. I definitely think we should be holding Japan accountable as well. It also makes you reflect on the US and their own “Holocaust”’as well. Extremely well researched and very necessary info for people to have. It’s not a stretch to say the author put themselves in danger deciding to write this book. I appreciated the opportunity to learn and grow and will pass this info on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Genocide, War, Body shaming, Death of parent, Gore, Rape, Torture, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Antisemitism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

errie's review

informative

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

spicewitch's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Rape, Suicide, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, Incest, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Genocide, Colonisation, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

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.