Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang

52 reviews

audreysaurusrex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

This book is absolutely worthwhile and excellently framed/organized, relying on primary sources from Chinese, Japanese, and European/American voices. HOWEVER, make sure you read/listen to it in a safe place because as you can imagine it is very emotionally challenging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Suicide and Torture

Minor: Incest, Miscarriage, and Kidnapping

bringlaurasnacks's review against another edition

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5.0

What can you even say about this book? It was horrifying, but I could not stop reading. This account of the real events of the Japanese atrocities in Nanking and by extension the rest of China during WWII will haunt you. It is a further crime against humanity how unaware the general public is of these events.

Beyond the historical accounts I found the second half of this book nearly as troubling as the first. I could not help but draw parallels between Japan's attempt to censor and minimize their own crimes (can we just call this genocide?) in texts and their education system to the current attempt to purge black history from the American school systems. This is an absolutely necessary read for every citizen of the world. "As Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel warned years ago, to forget a holocaust is to kill twice."

"Apparently some quirk in human nature allows even the most unspeakable acts of evil to become banal within minutes, provided only that they occur far enough away to pose. O personal threat." -Iris Chang

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Murder, Colonisation, and War

purplepickle's review against another edition

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5.0

This is an incredibly well written and researched book. I felt physically ill many times throughout the book, and I struggled to push through all the chapters. Anyone who is interested in history must read this book, as it is unfortunately a very much forgotten chapter of human history. I'm glad to be infinitely more educated on this event then I was previously. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Mental illness, Cannibalism, and Abandonment

readerofdafuk's review against another edition

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4.5

Jesus Christ this is some dark shit

I knew it was bad but Holy Shit 
Did well to explain the mentality of why it happened but man this was a brutal read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

foxy_temptress's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kayesomething's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Xenophobia, and Pregnancy

violetblue's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

birddie's review against another edition

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5.0

This is the hardest book l've ever read. It's sad I'm 24 years old and this is the first and only time l've heard of this. It's even more sad that the stories and crimes in this book aren't even unique. This is something that's happening in our world right now. We don't learn about our history any more and that's why it repeats itself...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

felicityjoy's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lorepanda's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Suicide and Xenophobia