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audreysaurusrex's review against another edition
4.5
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
5.0
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
jasisreading's review against another edition
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
readerofdafuk's review against another edition
4.5
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
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
dmathuna's review against another edition
4.5
The sheer barbarity and brutality shown to the Chinese inhabitants of Nanjing is staggering and each page you uncover a new horror you previously thought incomprehensible. The detailing of how widespread the systematic rape of all women regardless of age, pregnancy, occupation churned my stomach in a way I don’t think has ever happened to me. I am absolutely forever changed by the contents of this book and it will never leave me for the rest of my life..
The fact that elements of Japanese society still can’t accept that this event occurred much less that their soldiers carried it out with explicit knowledge by their government leaders is tragic and should be a crime akin to denial of the holocaust. I can only hope that since the time the book was published that attitudes there have started to change. More than 300,000 people were murdered by the occupation and we did them a disservice by not remembering this event more.
At the time of me writing this review Iris Chang would have been 56.
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Miscarriage
violetblue's review
5.0
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
5.0
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
5.0
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
aemshoff's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, and War
klacebo's review against another edition
5.0
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