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Night by Elie Wiesel

76 reviews

letsgoghgirls's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, Antisemitism, War, Death, Child death, Confinement, Physical abuse, and Violence

jeremie's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Deportation, Police brutality, War, Confinement, and Death of parent

kwichris's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, and Genocide

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Religious bigotry

jaidenmarie11's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

Extremely hard to read and one of the most harrowing, disturbing, and tragic books I’ve ever come across. I think it’s also one of the most important books ever written, the perspective shows that whatever you thought was troubling can get darker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Deportation, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Torture, Death, Hate crime, Child death, Racial slurs, Genocide, Police brutality, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Grief, Emotional abuse, and War

Minor: Homophobia

ashm9's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Antisemitism, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Confinement, War, Genocide, and Murder

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

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

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

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

This should be required reading for  high school students. 

This is a heart wrenching, first hand account of what happened to one boy, his family, friends, and neighbours during the holocaust; specifically his time spent in concentration camps, such as Auschwitz. It was incredibly difficult to read/listen to and brought me too tears throughout. 

The genocide that took place during the Second World War against the Jewish people needs to be taught, and the the antisemitism that still exists today needs to be stopped. We must not repeat history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Genocide, Emotional abuse, and War

lostposture's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

To give this book a five-star ranking feels wrong. How do you award an experience so painful? How do you respond to the story of the survivor? With pity for their misfortune? With joy and awe of their stupendous luck? Or do you simply go numb, heart breaking under the thunderous crush of human capacity for hate and evil? How can I give such a terrible story five stars?

Five stars to author Elie Wiesel for reliving his pain to share his experience for the world to learn from. Five stars to Marion Wiesel for her haunting translation of his story from French to English. May they both rest in peace.

This will live with me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Torture, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War and Sexual content

I think that covers most of it