Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Night by Elie Wiesel

86 reviews

jeremie's review

dark emotional fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Deportation, Police brutality, War, Confinement, and Death of parent

unabashedlynat's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, Death, War, Torture, Murder, and Genocide

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Confinement, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, and Homophobia

kwichris's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, and Genocide

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Religious bigotry

jaidenmarie11's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

sarasreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I didn't realize going into this that it was nonfiction, and that the author was only 15 during these events. There are no words that are adequate enough to describe what happened to Elie Wiesel. I can't believe I've never read this before, and I also can't believe how long this tiny book feels. How can so much unimaginable suffering be contained in something so small? 

This book will haunt me, and everyone should read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, Child death, Death of parent, Deportation, Grief, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, Torture, and Death

Minor: Pedophilia and Trafficking

readandfindout's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.25

On first read in 2017: 5 stars. I think what stood out the most to me while reading this was the raw honesty of Wiesel's experience. We don't just see the external brutality of concentration camps; we also get to see how it impacts who the victims became as people, how their inner dialogue changed.

He doesn't skate over his doubts in the mercy of God, his inner voice occasionally urging him to leave his father to be rid of the burden of anyone but himself.

This is not a romanticized perspective on the Holocaust. This is from the view of someone who lived it.

2023 reread: 4.25 stars

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

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

ashm9's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Antisemitism, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Confinement, War, Genocide, and Murder

neverlandingonabook's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Genocide, Torture, Antisemitism, Grief, and Death of parent

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Antisemitism, Blood, Murder, Torture, Violence, Body shaming, War, Genocide, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child death, Confinement, and Slavery

queerloras's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Murder, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Trafficking, War, Child death, Deportation, Genocide, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content, Medical content, and Adult/minor relationship