Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Night by Elie Wiesel

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

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

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

emrhysraine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Confinement, Torture, Antisemitism, Violence, Murder, Suicide, Slavery, Racism, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Genocide, Death of parent, and Death

the_anonymous_author's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This book is an absolutely heart shattering, gut wrenching journey through the eyes of holocaust survivor. I read this book after meeting a holocaust survivor and let me tell you, you will not want to put this book down until it is done, and then you will cry or stare into the void. It contains descriptions I will never forget.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Child death, and War

dirtyseagull's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.25

It's an unbelievably dark tale told that feels like it belongs in horror fiction when you describe it or think about it, and yet it was real and lived by millions.

Haunting, and Incredibly moving.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Confinement, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Torture, and War

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

shannay_05's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Suicide, Blood, Child death, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Gore

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

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

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

morgan_6246's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, Suicide, and Genocide