Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Night by Elie Wiesel

98 reviews

mattyvreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

One of the most important pieces of literature in U.S. history. It is a first hand account of the horrors of the Holocaust and the atrocities of the Nazi party.

There is courage in Wiesel’s words. He recounts, with honesty, trauma after trauma that most readers could never dream of. This book is an essential artifact in remembering our history and never allowing it to happen again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: War

lilliankellems07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and War

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

This is obviously a very important book. It was interesting and heartbreaking to hear his story. This is to me very textbook like, which is fine, but was hard for me to fully comprehend and connect with it. I do think everyone should read this because we cannot forget. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ziggy_queerdust's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

Minor: Child death and Pedophilia

bibliorama's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

"And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

It's a first hand account of the Holocaust. It's going to tell it like it was in all its brutality. I say it's important to read no matter what the trigger warnings are.

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

halogirl350's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A gripping narrative of the author’s experience in the Holocaust. Relatively short but packs an emotional punch - Wiesel’s prose is devastatingly beautiful and paints a picture of the absolute devastation the worst of humanity can wreak.

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Content Warnings

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

geffen_alon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

It really helps portray the brutality and severity of the holocaust 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

letsgoghgirls's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and War

almostqualified's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Violence, and War

Minor: Medical content