Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

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

14 reviews

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

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

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

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

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

wellreadandhalfdead's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

christine_beatrice's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

_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

knlipke's review against another edition

It has nothing to do with how the book was written!!!! I found myself disgusted with the very true, real life events that happened to these poor people of Nanking that I couldn’t read on for the sake of my mental health. I will pick it up again one day

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail