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A review by elliej
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and War