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The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II by Iris Chang, William C. Kirby
26 reviews
dmathuna's review against another edition
4.5
The sheer barbarity and brutality shown to the Chinese inhabitants of Nanjing is staggering and each page you uncover a new horror you previously thought incomprehensible. The detailing of how widespread the systematic rape of all women regardless of age, pregnancy, occupation churned my stomach in a way I don’t think has ever happened to me. I am absolutely forever changed by the contents of this book and it will never leave me for the rest of my life..
The fact that elements of Japanese society still can’t accept that this event occurred much less that their soldiers carried it out with explicit knowledge by their government leaders is tragic and should be a crime akin to denial of the holocaust. I can only hope that since the time the book was published that attitudes there have started to change. More than 300,000 people were murdered by the occupation and we did them a disservice by not remembering this event more.
At the time of me writing this review Iris Chang would have been 56.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Colonisation, War, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Murder, Genocide, Sexual assault, and Violence
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Miscarriage
birddie's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Gore, Rape, Bullying, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Child death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Addiction, Antisemitism, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Trafficking, and War
klacebo's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Colonisation, War, Rape, Torture, Child death, Gun violence, Incest, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide
vapblack's review against another edition
As long as you're aware of her bias, it's a good and informative book.
Graphic: Death, Torture, Genocide, Suicide, Sexism, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Rape, Self harm, Racism, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Incest, Hate crime, Gore, Excrement, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Child death, Sexual violence, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, War, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry
gaeliloveweiss's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexism, Torture, War, Racism, Body horror, Colonisation, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Suicide, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Genocide, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Cannibalism, Death, and Child death
sgallagherr's review against another edition
5.0
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
christine_beatrice's review against another edition
4.0
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
bleedingphoenix's review against another edition
5.0
The world was about to forget what had actually taken place in Nanjing in 1938/9, how horrific those the actions of the Japanese soldiers actually had been and how mich the Chinese population had suffered. The goal of the Japanese Government is to forget the atrocities they did in China (and Korea, etc.) and is doing a really good job of it with the help of the US, as economic interests weigh more than justice apparently. You cannot overstate how important Chang's work has been and I'm thankful and inspired by her work. Her book has been one of the very few way the victims of the rape of Nanjing have been given some justice.
Please, if you have the time, read this book and then tell everyone you know about what you've learnt.
RIP Iris Chang
Graphic: Murder, Rape, War, Colonisation, Death, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Racism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Gore, Grief, and Hate crime
ehmannky's review against another edition
4.75
I didn't love the audiobook narrator for this, but listening to her read at, like, 1.25x speed was just fine.
Graphic: Racism, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Genocide, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Sexual violence, Torture, and War
kshertz's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Genocide, War, Body shaming, Death of parent, Gore, Rape, Torture, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Antisemitism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder