Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

Night by Elie Wiesel

158 reviews

amongthestars's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Gun violence, Hate crime, War, Emotional abuse, and Grief

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Antisemitism, Blood, Murder, Torture, Violence, Body shaming, War, Genocide, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child death, Confinement, and Slavery

hdoomk's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Excrement

queerloras's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Murder, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Trafficking, War, Child death, Deportation, Genocide, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content, Medical content, and Adult/minor relationship

ploominator's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Genocide, War, Violence, and Antisemitism

julybunny's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Murder, Genocide, Mass/school shootings, and Confinement

trenakos's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Death, and Antisemitism

124smilehd's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.75

I remember reading this book in high school and not being as interested because it was something I had to read. Rereading this as an adult has made a whirl of a diffrence. My copy had the preface, forward from the original french publication, and speech from the Nobel prize award which gave me so much more context and insight. It also helped me delve into further research about the topic and Wiesel himself.

The story itself is a dark and honest recount of a boy who survived the holocaust and it shows the progression of his lost of hope, faith and even humanity. By his own admission, by the end when his

father dies

he feels nothing but relief, just as others before him had abandoned loved ones in order to keep themselves alive. As a reader you can't help but feel the heartbreak as he breaks both from internal and external tortures.

The book is beautifully written, with phrases that I will never forget and will probably keep me thinking for years to come. This is thanks to the tremendous skill of his wife, Marion Wiesel, who is the translator of this edition.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Genocide, Antisemitism, Violence, War, Gore, Child death, Death, Police brutality, and Suicide

Moderate: Medical content and Deportation

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Deportation, Medical trauma, Excrement, Grief, Antisemitism, Confinement, Genocide, Death, and Death of parent

ashsparrow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Grief, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Racism, Violence, War, Religious bigotry, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent and Medical trauma

Minor: Adult/minor relationship