Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

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

38 reviews

waima_03's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

studymilk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Its beautifully written, haunting yet a story that needs to be known

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

vapblack's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad fast-paced

She has obvious anti socialist biases, but she grew up in usa so that's expected. 

As long as you're aware of her bias, it's a good and informative book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

delaneybyrne's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

gaeliloveweiss's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sgallagherr's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

computerwhiz's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Mental illness and Suicide

_meeg's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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