Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Night by Elie Wiesel

120 reviews

bubothereader's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

Moderate: Death of parent

ksayshey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, and War

giannacolo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

Tragic and informative. We need to continue telling these stories. These tragedies cannot be forgotten. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

izzie_chamomilletea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

kamryn_grace_'s review against another edition

dark informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual content

emdikken's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Excrement, and Medical content

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Torture

This book is an eyewitness account of a man who endured the holocaust as a teenager.

carissa230's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

The emotional impact is greater reading this as an adult that as a child. The book could have gone a little more in-depth but it was a good snapshot of his experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Murder

bouebooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Torture, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and War