Reviews tagging 'War'

Night by Elie Wiesel

135 reviews

tidals's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

Great book to add to your collection if you’re fascinated by the Holocaust. Strikes noteworthy spiritual tones..nice vivid descriptions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, and Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

kimmytanzone's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and War

kay_reader_526's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

thomasharbison's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, and War

aely's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content and War

Minor: Pedophilia, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, and Deportation

susanna22's review against another edition

reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Read this for a class. Out of everything the ending with the mirror really stuck with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

stavoosh's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

5.0

I couldn't sleep after finishing this book. It was a short but difficult read that left me awake until 4am. As a Jew, I grew up listening to stories from loved ones and other survivors who wanted to share their stories with their communities. I was a kid and they spared some of the more gruesome stories. This book, however, spared no detail. It was compact writing that wasn't overly decorated with prose; rather, it was to the point. Wiesel tells the story of a boy who has been through the worst of humanity- the Holocaust.

Wiesel is an elegant writer who explains the unexpected descent into the kingdom of night. The beginnings of his story mirrors some of the atrocities that Jewish people face now- the indifference, the demonization, and the fear. Throughout his experience, he comes face to face with death several times over until the desensitization took over. I was swept away by how he told of the primitive being he became and the shame he felt for it- but how else can one behave when violence and death replace every hope of humanity?

I feel this pain deep in my blood as my own family members were paraded from one concentration camp to another and I dread the thought that they went through a similar experience. Wiesel provides a personal story that is the story of so many others and I urge people of all backgrounds to read it and learn just how easy it is to be oblivious and ignorant in the face of evil.

“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.” -Elie Wiesel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

bethuhknee's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide and War

aksmaestri's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Deportation

solid_circle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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