Alexandra reviewed on 4/23/2016 + 111 more book reviews

I found this book so hard to read and some of the pictures horrific. I skipped much of it and skimmed to the end of it. Some of what I read is burned in my memory. Only if you can divide your sensitivity from this harsh history should you read it. It is an important book though because the Japanese have tried (and have sometimes succeeded) in erasing this unbelievable horror that they did to the Chinese people. This should not be pushed under the carpet. It's so hard to believe that the Japanese who are so culturally artistic and empathetic could inflict this horror on an innocent population. It's beyond comprehension. I don't know how to rate this book. I would prefer putting no rating but it's not allowed so I am giving it 2 stars.
Side note: Sadly Nanking is not alone in the horrors inflicted by the Japanese during WWII

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