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

29 reviews

fenjareads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Child death, Body horror, Blood, Suicide, War, Murder, Police brutality, Death, Death of parent, and Genocide

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

ladee96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.75

"The Rape of Nanking" tells the harrowing story of Japan's destruction of the city Nanking preceding World War II. Iris Chang goes into heavy detail about the atrocities perpetuated by the Japanese within the first six weeks of them taking over the city, as well as highlighting those who put their lives on the line to save civilians. At times, some of the passages became very dense, and it did become difficult to get through.  One aspect of the book that I found to be the most interesting was Chang openly criticizing the Japanese government's attempts to block out this part of world history, and how they were able to come out of the event unscathed. Chang also brings up the fact that is event isn't taught in history curriculums in almost all schools at the time of the book's publication (1997).  Overall, this was an excellent and at times unsettling read, and it remains the definitive novel about the Rape of Nanking, and her book has helped to shed light on the dark chapters of Japan's history that they have tried to conceal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gore, Blood, and Death

wellreadandhalfdead's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual violence, Incest, Trafficking, Racism, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Genocide, Rape, Torture, Murder, War, Violence, Slavery, Medical trauma, and Kidnapping

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

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

computerwhiz's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Confinement, Blood, and Torture

Minor: Suicide and Mental illness

christine_beatrice's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Torture, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, Slavery, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Child abuse, and Child death

_meeg's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, and War

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