Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

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

22 reviews

klacebo's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Colonisation, War, Rape, Torture, Child death, Gun violence, Incest, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

angemelb's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Such a difficult read,  so many tragic events to have happened to the Chinese people outlined in this book.  I struggled through certain sections and needed to reflect many times.  Iris Chang's writing style was compelling,  easy to work through and insightful.  One of those books that will stay with me for ages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Hate crime, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and War

waima_03's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Death, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, War, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Child death, Suicide, Torture, Body horror, and Sexual assault

vapblack's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad fast-paced

She has obvious anti socialist biases, but she grew up in usa so that's expected. 

As long as you're aware of her bias, it's a good and informative book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Genocide, Suicide, Sexism, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Rape, Self harm, Racism, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Incest, Hate crime, Gore, Excrement, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Child death, Sexual violence, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, War, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

moonfeather's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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 against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

cararainx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This is a well written and compressive history of Japanese war crimes in China. I consider this a WWII must-read for any history buffs. The author does not shy away from describing the nature of the crimes committed against Chinese civilians even in the title. The author takes enormous strides in telling the victims stories in all their detail so that we may never forget what happened in Nanking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Hate crime, War, Rape, and Genocide

snaggy95's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Blood, Sexual violence, Body horror, War, Violence, Pedophilia, Murder, Torture, Suicide, Rape, Hate crime, Gun violence, Gore, and Genocide