Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

105 reviews

ginnyb412's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, Murder, and War

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: Death, Gore, Rape, and Blood

wellreadandhalfdead's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

sgallagherr's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, and War

cassie_happened's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

An incredibly brutal read but one that sheds light on an often forgotten/rarely taught time in history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Torture, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

dlajoie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

kenomilligan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

5.0

I don't have enough words in my vocabulary to describe how amazing, thrilling, disturbing, and enticing this book was.

I could not put it down.

I learned about the Nanking Massacre in my World Studies class. I immediately went home that day and bought the book, which my teacher had held up for us to see.

I hate that I waited almost a full year to read it. I don't regret it at all. I could talk about this book for hours and write an entire paper about it.

The end of Chang's life was extremely unfortunate, but she has done a remarkable and a world-changing thing by writing this book. She wrote the un-writeable. She talked about what no one would. She went more than that extra mile to make sure we knew even the smallest of small details about this event.

Easily my favorite non-fiction book. Truly eye-opening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, and War

loveinafternoon's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Moderate: Suicide

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