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

36 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

ariberri's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Very very hard read but so much awe for the author’s mission to tell the story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Blood

readerofdafuk's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

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

fenjareads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, and War

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

ladee96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.75

"The Rape of Nanking" tells the harrowing story of Japan's destruction of the city Nanking preceding World War II. Iris Chang goes into heavy detail about the atrocities perpetuated by the Japanese within the first six weeks of them taking over the city, as well as highlighting those who put their lives on the line to save civilians. At times, some of the passages became very dense, and it did become difficult to get through.  One aspect of the book that I found to be the most interesting was Chang openly criticizing the Japanese government's attempts to block out this part of world history, and how they were able to come out of the event unscathed. Chang also brings up the fact that is event isn't taught in history curriculums in almost all schools at the time of the book's publication (1997).  Overall, this was an excellent and at times unsettling read, and it remains the definitive novel about the Rape of Nanking, and her book has helped to shed light on the dark chapters of Japan's history that they have tried to conceal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, and Blood