Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II by William C. Kirby, Iris Chang

52 reviews

yerulp's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Every content warning under the sun

katbert's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

Extremely important text to read; the author does not hold back in describing the atrocities of the Rape of Nanking and the Massacre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide

lisale0's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and War

szlyen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

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, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

tinybluepixel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

owlribbon's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

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: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

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

bandysbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

How do you accurately rate a book of such importance? The Rape of Nanking is a moment in WW2 that has long been covered up, but should be taught and remembered. Upon Japanese invasion, the population of Nanking was treated to unimaginable horrors, wounds of which have lasted for generations.

I rated this book 5 stars because it presented the info in a way that was understandable. The author includes ample evidence for each claim and adequately paints a picture of China under Japanese rule. It’s important history and the author documents it well.

READ TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism