Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Night by Elie Wiesel

66 reviews

tayichan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Slavery, Death, Hate crime, Child death, Confinement, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Racism, and War

alisonannk's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Confinement, Genocide, Grief, War, Physical abuse, Child death, Murder, Xenophobia, Racism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Torture, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Blood and Police brutality

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

casmurphy's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Grief, Violence, War, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death, Hate crime, Medical content, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Murder, Genocide, and Torture

starfish5's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

It will break your heart and soul. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Child abuse, Death, Racism, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Mandatory reading for all humans.

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

l_e_a_h_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Grief, Physical abuse, and Torture

acceyer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, and War

birdy117's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

5.0

This is about a 16 year old’s survival in Auschwitz and should be read by every single person at least once in their lives. The two forwards alone broke my heart. The story is told very matter of factly - no embellishing, no coddling. Just very straight forward. 

“Never shall I forget that night….
“Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the faces of the children……
“ Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith, forever. Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.”

And never should we forget.


I did add trigger warnings. But this is after all, a history of Mr. Wiesel and his imprisonment at Auschwitz. This is suitable for a teenager to read, say 13/14+ with guidance. After all a 15/16 year old lived it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Genocide

sarah_ann_roth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Child death