Reviews for Elie Wiesel's Night

The average rating for Elie Wiesel's Night based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-06-14 00:00:00 Haeseung Chung Night is an auto biography by Eilie Wiesel about growing up during the Holocaust. In the beginning of the book he is 12 and it follows him as he grows up and has to live in concentration camps with his family. Eventually the Allies liberate them and Wiesel is set free. Although by then he has been separated from his sister and mom, and his father has died. The book is mostly about his inner battles and his faith in god being challenged. All in all it's a book about survival and one of the greatest tragedies in human history. The author's purpose in writing the book is to write about his experience during the holocaust. Wiesel talks about the different concentration camps he's been to like Auswtictiz and the difficulies he faced.The Holocaust was not black & white an extremation plan during the time. Many thought Germans were simply trying to steal from them or help them. "But no sooner had we taken a few more steps than we saw the barbed wire of another camp. This one had an iron gate with the overhead inscription: ARBEIT MACHT FREI. Work makes you free." (pg.9)The book tells a lot about the holocaust. This book teaches people about how jews viewed the holocaust. Many tried to stay optimistic and upbeat about their situation, even though at every turn it got worse and worse. Many were saying, "The Red Army is advancing with giant strides … Hitler will not be able to harm us, even if he wants to …" (pg14)The holocaust was honestly confusing especially for Jews from Wiesel's town. They could not understand why Jews would come to their little town and exterminate them. They always thought of different excuses until the truth was horrifically written in front of them. The book is very well written. The author is very descriptive and chooses his words well. When he was describing people being burned he said, "I pinched myself: Was I still alive? Was I awake? How was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent? No. All this would not be real. A nightmare perhaps … Soon I would wake up with a start, my heart pounding, and find that I was back in the room of my childhood, with my books" (pg21) He simply could have said "I could not believe people were being burned" but instead he used very descriptive words to express his emotion. The Book is very captivating. I could not stop reading because it was such an interesting tale. I have heard about the holocaust before but never like this. I felt like I was right there with Wiesel struggling to stay alive. Every chapter ends with a cliffhanger so you want to read the next. The book never gets boring and only gets better as the story progresses. The greatest strength of this book is being able to explain a known tragedy in a different way. The book is very sad and also very exciting. Unlike most books it is pretty short, which can sometimes be a good thing. I would definitely recommend this story to a friend. It is easy to read, enjoyable, and short enough where you never get bored.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-05-26 00:00:00 Jeff Bayless This was a great book. There were obvious hard parts, and it was by no means an uplifting read, but it was engrossing and real.