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Night by Elie Wiesel

7 reviews

averymg13's review against another edition

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4.5

This book explores the Holocaust in a way that I've never seen before. The detail expressed is heartbreaking, and earthshattering, making you want to kiss the ground your reading on. I cannot recommend this book enough, thank you to my sophomore-year high school teacher Mr. Hill for introducing it to me. It was a great read then, and still is now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Hate crime, Murder, and Racism

jaidenmarie11's review against another edition

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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

debbie13410's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Murder, Religious bigotry, Torture, War, Racial slurs, and Confinement

alisonannk's review

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5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Confinement, Hate crime, Medical trauma, War, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

cheyeginger25's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Suicide, Physical abuse, Torture, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

becca_w_'s review against another edition

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4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Antisemitism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Abandonment and Excrement

bubothereader's review against another edition

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This book is a haunting representation of one of the worst periods of human history—the Holocaust. Its few pages tell the horrifying story of a boy and his family living out their experience in the concentration camps. I accidentally decided to read this on the anniversary of Elie Wiesel’s release from Buchenwald, an ultimately moving decision. I can’t give this book a rating, as this memoir deserves more than a measly five-star rating. What is of most import in Wiesel’s story is the story itself. One that must be told over and over, so we may never forget.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death of parent