Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

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

8 reviews

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

elisaviihde's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.25

Iris Chang’s narrative is a powerful voice in this one - it’s a difficult book to read but throughly important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, War, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, and Murder

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

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

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.

anhedonia_n_anomie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Violence, Body horror, Hate crime, Child abuse, Colonisation, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, War, and Murder

Moderate: Incest

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

savyy's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Abortion, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Child death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Deportation, Genocide, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Blood, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Antisemitism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, and War

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

...it's impossible for anyone to read this book and not be emotionally and mentally drained; such is the level of depravity, horrific barbarity, and bestial violence of the book's subject matter (i actually cried and had trouble sleeping while reading it--a definite first). a work of monumental importance, the rape of nanking is essential reading, esp for the fact that japanese ignorance and even ridiculous denial still perservere, and justice has yet to be served for the massacre's victims. tbh this book shouldnt even be rated, bc its significance alone unquestionably exceeds any such trivial thing as a star rating on this site. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, War, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Death of parent, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Slavery, and Suicide