Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

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

23 reviews

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

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

yerulp's review against another edition

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

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

tinybluepixel's review

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

bandysbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

How do you accurately rate a book of such importance? The Rape of Nanking is a moment in WW2 that has long been covered up, but should be taught and remembered. Upon Japanese invasion, the population of Nanking was treated to unimaginable horrors, wounds of which have lasted for generations.

I rated this book 5 stars because it presented the info in a way that was understandable. The author includes ample evidence for each claim and adequately paints a picture of China under Japanese rule. It’s important history and the author documents it well.

READ TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, War, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Rape