The book is ever so useful as it serves a purpose telling readers that in darkest moments of times, the human kind could rise up together and defend the needy as the foreigners did for the Chinese. It also warns of governments who do not check inside their systems and also gives platform for survivors to be heard. Because of its content, including graphic images, gives explicit details, the book is intended for mature young adult readers and up despite the fact that the text was not too difficult. For those interested in torture and warfare, this would be an appropriate book as it describes military tactics and torture methods in depth. The author right away gives readers to develop their own biased thoughts instead of strictly her own. She achieved that by providing three eyes or point of views throughout her work; Japanese soldiers, Chinese civilians, and foreigners. This book will definitely further discussion and historiography on this subject as the Nanking massacre for some reason is still debated as to whether it really happened or not which is ridiculous. Overall I highly recommend this book to any mature reader as I myself could not put down this work until I had reached the last
The book is ever so useful as it serves a purpose telling readers that in darkest moments of times, the human kind could rise up together and defend the needy as the foreigners did for the Chinese. It also warns of governments who do not check inside their systems and also gives platform for survivors to be heard. Because of its content, including graphic images, gives explicit details, the book is intended for mature young adult readers and up despite the fact that the text was not too difficult. For those interested in torture and warfare, this would be an appropriate book as it describes military tactics and torture methods in depth. The author right away gives readers to develop their own biased thoughts instead of strictly her own. She achieved that by providing three eyes or point of views throughout her work; Japanese soldiers, Chinese civilians, and foreigners. This book will definitely further discussion and historiography on this subject as the Nanking massacre for some reason is still debated as to whether it really happened or not which is ridiculous. Overall I highly recommend this book to any mature reader as I myself could not put down this work until I had reached the last