Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

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

20 reviews

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

owlribbon's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, War, Child death, Gore, Child abuse, Genocide, Murder, Rape, and Xenophobia

random19379's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

Great book, can’t stress the amount of trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Sexism, Genocide, Death, Body horror, Sexual assault, Torture, Suicide, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Colonisation, Rape, War, Blood, Violence, Gore, and Classism

ccpetrikas's review against another edition

emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Torture, Hate crime, Death, Colonisation, Blood, Misogyny, Gore, Violence, Racism, Murder, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Abortion, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Genocide, Child death, and Xenophobia

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

ntawn0's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

sailtothemoon's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, War, Xenophobia, Genocide, and Death

elliej's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

Chang's book is part of the history of WWII we are never told. It is a passionate historical recording of a monstrous event.

I read the 2011 edition, and honestly could have done without most of Chang's husband's epilogue. Not a fan of the pages of him telling an audience of people not intimately involved in Chang's life, her actions and the in-depth questioning of her mental illness. It is critically important to highlight mental health, but he should have stopped at the questioning and allowed the communal grief of her death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

glains's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, and Gore

Minor: Drug use and Medical trauma