Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

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

9 reviews

kalona's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

A very difficult read, but necessary to learn about this dark piece of history

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Vomit, Death, Rape, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide

If you need trigger warnings this book is not for you.

ehmannky's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.75

Like a lot of people, my knowledge of World War II in the Pacific is not particularly comprehensive and my awareness of what Japanese imperialism and war crimes was limited to a hazy understanding of "they were bad." But I don't think I could have fathomed the depths of suffering that occurred during the Rape of Nanking. Cheng does a really good job summarizing the forces behind the massacre, going into details about the brutal acts (which even when reported on using what I felt was pretty neutral language is just wildly horrific to read), and the global collusion between world governments (including China's!) about why this is so understudied and unknown. 

I didn't love the audiobook narrator for this, but listening to her read at, like, 1.25x speed was just fine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Genocide, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Sexual violence, Torture, and War

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

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

samarakroeger's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and War

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

rosie135790's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Torture, and Violence