Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

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

21 reviews

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.

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

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

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

gabbybabe's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

lexi17d's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Racism, Incest, Sexual violence, Gore, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Self harm, Child death, War, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Abortion, Excrement, Body horror, Antisemitism, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Genocide, Death, Blood, Torture, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Infertility

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

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