Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

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

28 reviews

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

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

ccpetrikas's review against another edition

emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Abortion, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

thewordsdevourer's review

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: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Police brutality

ntawn0's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sailtothemoon's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

elliej's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

Chang's book is part of the history of WWII we are never told. It is a passionate historical recording of a monstrous event.

I read the 2011 edition, and honestly could have done without most of Chang's husband's epilogue. Not a fan of the pages of him telling an audience of people not intimately involved in Chang's life, her actions and the in-depth questioning of her mental illness. It is critically important to highlight mental health, but he should have stopped at the questioning and allowed the communal grief of her death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and War

glains's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, and Xenophobia

Minor: Drug use and Medical trauma