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emmyguiltner's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
thewrongkenna's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
2.5
Informative but short. More like an article or essay than a book.
I’m unsure if it’s been translated but it could’ve done with further editing, the text is often repetitive and clunky with grammatical errors.
Nonetheless I learned some more things about unit 731.
I’m unsure if it’s been translated but it could’ve done with further editing, the text is often repetitive and clunky with grammatical errors.
Nonetheless I learned some more things about unit 731.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
bookiepanda's review against another edition
I've been interested in this topic for a while now and this is the first book I got. It's nice and gives a lot of information, especially if you don't have any knowledge of it.
But somehow I needed more depth, more details and this book didn't provide me that.
Still a nice little read.
But somehow I needed more depth, more details and this book didn't provide me that.
Still a nice little read.
laurenm2111's review against another edition
3.0
It's hard to leave a rating for something like this - it's a very difficult subject to read about, but I believe that it is something that everyone should at least know about.
Book was very short and to the point - could have been longer with more details/stories from survivors etc.
Book was very short and to the point - could have been longer with more details/stories from survivors etc.
paulataua's review against another edition
3.0
It really is a very dry telling of the story of Unit 731, and one that will only be worth reading if you have no knowledge at all about the horrific experiments and atrocities committed by Unit 731 during the Second Sino-Japanese war and the Second World War. There is a part of me that welcomes the revelations and another part of me that feels there is a need to start writing about these kinds of things from the point of view of the perpetrators rather than from that of the victims who suffered at the hands of, what seems to me, a group of anonymous people. The anonymity seems to allow us to see those perpetrators as non human and unlike us. Let them talk about their reasons, how it felt, and how it feels now. I feel that might push us to begin looking at ourselves in the mirror.
danicapage's review against another edition
challenging
informative
fast-paced
3.0
This is a very short book, so the coverage is very brief. It's not a deep dive, but a very short primer. For those wanting a comprehensive view, this one does provide that, but I would have liked a deeper dive. However, it is well sourced and for those wanting a primer into the topic, this one is enjoyable enough.
I hope to find more books to read on this topic.
I hope to find more books to read on this topic.