Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

40 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

purplepickle's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

eheidenreich's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

"Apparently some quirk in human nature allows even the most unspeakable acts of evil to become banal within minutes, provided they occur far enough away to pose no personal threat." 

Over 20 years after Chang wrote that statement & it is still applicable to the state of the world, if not more so. Where we can see the daily personal accounts of Palestinians experiencing a genocide and those in power have done nothing tangible to stop it. While reading the sections regarding the coverup and propaganda used to quell the outrage around the massacre, I couldn't help but continually draw parallels to current events. It is incredibly disappointing to be reminded that history has and will continue to repeat itself.

Well written documentation on atrocities that many governments seem keen to forget/suppress. I gave this 4.5 stars because I felt some of the organization of events in the beginning was hard to follow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism, Kidnapping, and War

Minor: Drug use, Incest, Suicide, and Cannibalism

jasisreading's review against another edition

Soft DNF

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

thewallner's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

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

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

klacebo's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, and War

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