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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
The story of the Hiroshima bombing (and it's aftermath) told mostly through the journal entries and every day living of one civilian family. Gets a bit graphic when dealing with radiation sickness and the immediate effects of the A-bomb, but still less revolting than the average horror movie. All in all, this is a great read. It teaches about the ordinary people affected by the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and opens a window for observing Japanese culture and customs.
dark
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Medical trauma, War, Injury/Injury detail
Gentle lines weave through body parts in free fall, inseparable from the tiles, dirt, water, maggots and rubble. The landscape unfolds beneath a ghostly luminescence, a living disintegration.
Yet, the persistence of communion. Encounters with fleeting life. Smoke, rain, sun, weeds, millet, soy and carps. Broken people holding one another together.
Yet, the persistence of communion. Encounters with fleeting life. Smoke, rain, sun, weeds, millet, soy and carps. Broken people holding one another together.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
After reading over half of the book, I can say that this book is terribly boring. This book talks about Hiroshima, though it keeps repeating itself about all the gore and terrors in the environment. The main character is extremely hard to follow and the switch between past and present is very unclear and confusing. I could not finish this book.
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Every American should read this book. Our World History education with regard to the atomic bomb is largely limited to "we dropped the bomb and ended the war, preventing more deaths that way". The human suffering the bomb caused is reduced to mere causalities of war, when in reality the human suffering caused by this unprecedented weapon is comparable to the testimonies of the prisoners of Hitler's concentration camps, and the suffering continued for generations.
Whether or not the United States made the right choice is a valid discussion to be had, but before anyone participates in that discourse, I think it's important to read in detail, from the diaries and eye witness testimonies of survivors, what the bomb really did to the people of Hiroshima.
Whether or not the United States made the right choice is a valid discussion to be had, but before anyone participates in that discourse, I think it's important to read in detail, from the diaries and eye witness testimonies of survivors, what the bomb really did to the people of Hiroshima.
challenging
dark
informative
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Sarebbe stata una lettura sicuramente più piacevole se non avessi dovuto rusharla oltre i miei limiti per un esame.
Consigliato a chi vuole saperne di più su quel tragico 6 Agosto 1945, giorno in cui non solo il popolo giapponese ma l’umanità stessa ha avuto un assaggio della tendenza autodistruttiva umana.
Consigliato a chi vuole saperne di più su quel tragico 6 Agosto 1945, giorno in cui non solo il popolo giapponese ma l’umanità stessa ha avuto un assaggio della tendenza autodistruttiva umana.
This book was one that pulled me through an emotional free fall. I have read books about the aftermath of an atomic bomb, but never had I read a book that dealt with an actual location where a bomb had fallen. This book changed my view of the atomic bomb from one of academic knowledge to one of seemingly personal experience. This is what I read books to encounter.