Reviews tagging 'Torture'

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

66 reviews

wellreadandhalfdead's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

sgallagherr's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

kalona's review

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.

lycheeteareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Torture, and War

computerwhiz's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Confinement, Blood, and Torture

Minor: Suicide and Mental illness

christine_beatrice's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Torture, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, Slavery, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Child abuse, and Child death

_meeg's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, and War