Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

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

30 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

studymilk's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Its beautifully written, haunting yet a story that needs to be known

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Gun violence, Death, War, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

delaneybyrne's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Suicide, Physical abuse, Genocide, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Pregnancy, War, Sexual violence, and Death

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

sgallagherr's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Genocide, Suicide, Violence, War, Incest, Sexual content, Blood, Racism, Slavery, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Drug use, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

kenomilligan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

5.0

I don't have enough words in my vocabulary to describe how amazing, thrilling, disturbing, and enticing this book was.

I could not put it down.

I learned about the Nanking Massacre in my World Studies class. I immediately went home that day and bought the book, which my teacher had held up for us to see.

I hate that I waited almost a full year to read it. I don't regret it at all. I could talk about this book for hours and write an entire paper about it.

The end of Chang's life was extremely unfortunate, but she has done a remarkable and a world-changing thing by writing this book. She wrote the un-writeable. She talked about what no one would. She went more than that extra mile to make sure we knew even the smallest of small details about this event.

Easily my favorite non-fiction book. Truly eye-opening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Murder, Rape, War, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

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