Reviews tagging 'War'

Night by Elie Wiesel

128 reviews

fae93's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

0.25

This was a helpful book assigned as required reading in high school. However, the author is a Zionist - he was already attempting colonization in 1946 and the genocide (Nakba) occured in 1948. There are other survivors like those in Jewish Voice for Peace who have not become the oppressor in their freedom. It's really sickening how awful this man is and has tainted the book too much for me to ever recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racism, Torture, and War

karly_ackley's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

sadiesupernova's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I am so drained after reading this. Such an important book but so incredibly difficult. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

strwbrymatcha's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

spinesinaline's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

4.0

Clearly a very personal and haunting story. I had known of this book for a while and I'm glad to have finally read it. For a firsthand account of the horrors of the holocaust, I'd recommend this book but really review the content warnings first. Seeing his attitudes towards Palestine in the epilogue is more haunting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, and War

catiecat2_5's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racism, Torture, Police brutality, Death of parent, and War

halfling_stories's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, and War

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

clairadise's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

5.0

I think everyone should read this book. I know about the Holocaust, but I don’t think I’ve ever pictured it as clearly as here. Wiesel’s testimony is truly moving. I think everyone should read this book to face the hard truths of what happened to the people in the concentration camps and of how cold humans can be. Hopefully, we can all become more loving and compassionate as a result. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Antisemitism, and War

maninlibri's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and War