Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Night by Elie Wiesel

56 reviews

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

wanderingdeviant's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

“to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Genocide, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

theallmightyme's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Murder, Death, Violence, Torture, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, and War

abbyluvsfrogs444's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

New review (1/28/23):
A rating less than five stars would be ridiculous. This is the best memoir ever written. I don't have much to say other than this is a must read for everyone. We must remember what happened. In Wiesel's words, "...one could not keep silent no matter how difficult, if not impossible, it was to speak."

He also says, "For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time."

We have a responsibility to stand firmly against evil and bigotry. If you stay silent, you are taking the side of the oppressor. That is the reason why Wiesel wrote this book. To make sure the world knew what happened and we never forget it.

"Because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices."

Again, this is a must read. Not only is this story important, the way Wiesel writes is magnificent. His talent shines through. He has such a strong narrative voice, one I could never forget, even if I tried. 

Old review: 
A lot of books about the Holocaust end with a renewed hope of life or a lesson learned through the experience. This one doesn't have that. Wiesel's telling of his experiences are so raw and truthful. He tells it exactly how it happened and how it made him feel. It's so much more realistic for someone to completely lose their faith and hope after a horrific experience like this, which is what Wiesel talks about in this book. As sad as it is, it's just so truthful and blunt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Body horror, Antisemitism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Deportation, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Torture, Death, Genocide, War, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

mattythebookworm22's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Genocide, Murder, Death, Violence, and War

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Ableism, Classism, Deportation, Excrement, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Suicide

miranda_is_reading's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

I had to read this book in high school. I remember it being sad but, very educational and a good read. I’m glad I picked it back up for a reread. Elie Wiesel’s story and experience of concentration camps is heartbreaking, eye opening and something everyone should read about to learn about this part of history. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying and Blood

Minor: Child death, Child abuse, War, Grief, and Pedophilia

kylajaynebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racism, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Vomit, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

jenna_reads_'s review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Gun violence, Child death, Murder, Hate crime, Child abuse, and Religious bigotry

nora_knight's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25

A book that everyone should read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War