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Summary: WONDERFUL book!!!!
Review: I am 16 years old and I was assigned this book to read for english class, so of course I expected another dull, slow book. BOY, was I wrong. Night was the most touching book I have ever read. All of my friends and I would compare how many tissues we went through after reading certain parts. It is one of my FAVORITE books of all time.
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Summary: Short, but a good book to read on the Holocaust!
Review: Ellie does a good job describing his miserable existance in several concentration camps when he was 15. I was a little dissappointed that he didn't go into more detail, but that would have made the book much longer. This would be a wonderful book for 14 and 15 year-olds!!
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Summary: Fast moving, drama of the Holocaust.
Review: This is a fast moving , well writing and well understood book. It has strong word that have strong meanings! Everyone must read this book!
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Summary: The Child Survivor of the Holocaust
Review: This book is one of the best books that I've ever read. Night was assigned in my high school english class to learn more about WWII. No one can say that they know a lot about the Holocaust until you read this book. It describes the terror and pain caused by the Germans during WWII. It not only informs about death camps but it's like reliving history(with this book is not exactly a good thing), including intense descriptions to help you visualize the events. Most events occuring described in the book aren't the funnest and prettiest visualiztions, but if you seriously wan to research the Holocaust, definetly read this book. But make sure your mature enough and have a strong stomach. Because you can't just skip over the truth.It's also sends the message to not repeat history. Anyone who has ever teased anyone for being different, has to read this book to see the other end of the story and to hear a true point of view, instead of reading out of a history book.
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Summary: A heartbreaking, realistic masterpiece
Review: Wiesel has managed to put his horrifying experience into a powerful, moving and brutally realistic book. Everyone, especially those with only a vague idea of the sickening cruelty of the Shoah, should read this.
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Summary: A deep, moving story of the Holocaust from a survivor.
Review: This outstanding book graphically describes the events of the Holocaust from the eyes of one who survived it... The images Wiesel used to describe the cruelty of the concentration camps, and the way it effected his mind and soul, reached me in a way no classroom lesson or historical program could before.
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Summary: Powerful and Disturbing
Review: This is an excellent, and true, first-hand account of the horrors of Nazi concentration camps. It affected me and was greatly disturbing, as most accounts of this subject are. The strength and the ability to persevere and overcome the most extreme of human suffering is inspiring, yet should be unnecessary. This book is a graphic account of WWII atrocities. The memories and images from it will always stay with me.
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Summary: Makes for an unsophisticated read
Review: Ellie Wiesel does not know how to write a book!!! He tries to make his novel dramatic by writing one line paragraphs and short, terse phrases. While reading the novel, Wiesel writing style makes him seem more like one who has researched the holocaust endlessly than an actual survivor of the horrific event. Actual first hand accounts of the holocaust by concentration camp survivors are few and far between. That is why I gave this book two stars rather than one. When Wiesel can buffer up his writing, I'm sure his novels will be great and remembered works of literature; for now, they are immature writings by an unknowledgable author.
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Summary: A great view on what it was during the holocaust!
Review: This is the true story of Elie Wisel. A young boy who managed to survive the concentration camps. This book tells what he had to go through. It is a great book.
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Summary: Not to repeat the obvious...
Review: But this book is incredible. Really. Sometimes it seems to me that the world is literally filled with Holocaust Literature. While I think that making absolutely sure that we don't forget is an admirable goal, I also wonder whether the sheer bulk of the available literature doesn't wear out the topic. Is it possible that, after hearing so many stories about one single incident, we might become desensitized to the horror and lose our sense of shock? For this reason, I'd prefer it if there was _less_ Holocaust literature, but of higher quality. If you're a genius, fine; write about the Holocaust. If your book is anything short of sheer brilliance, don't. The topic is so important that it should never lose its shock-power, or its newness.My sermon completed, and my evil nature thus displayed, I want to say that Night is simply one of the greatest, if not THE greatest works on the Holocaust. Ever. If Fahrenheit 451-esque censorship was enacted, and we could only keep one book that was in any way relevant to the Holocaust, it should absolutely be this one. Without hesitation. Read this book. I mean it. I don't care how desensitized you are to death, to violence, to despair, to ... anything. This book will hurt you.
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