The Rape of Nanking

A very difficult yet historically and culturally important read.

It's very rare for me to devour a book. But this book really just amazed me.

This book was an eye opener. I knew about the rape of Nanking but I had no idea how bad it truly was. I had no idea how the Japanese government likes to pretend it wasn't that serious. The stories from Chinese survivors and those who were trying to save them were just jaw dropping.

Absolutely chilling and haunting. At points I felt physically ill reading about the atrocities, not because it was gratuitous, but because it happened at all.
I felt compelled to finish to the end, and to do my on research into how the response of the Rape has changed in the past 20 years.

Wtf...

Horrifying, but one of the most important books everyone should read.

Chang scores a horrifying depiction of the atrocities committed upon the people of Nanking by the Japanese in your gray matter. Many of the facts in this book are still left out of Japanese teachings. It's an incredibly sad tale, but it shows that people from all walks of life can unite under one roof when complete inhumanity runs rampant.