Night

Reader reviewed by Rin

In Elie Wiesel's autobiographal novel of his horrible experiences in the Nazi Concentration camps, we witness the horrors that scarred so many people during world war two.

In the novel, we personally see the destruction caused to Elie Wiesel and his family and watch as him and his fellow prisoners lose their innocence, hope and everything.

Night is a powerful message of the terror inside a concentration camp and how the people of Sighet's desire to hide from their problems and deny the truth led them to the concentration camps. And how we should all work to keep such a horror from happening again, and how we should never turn a blind eye to such situations.

Reader reviewed by Bria

This is the haunting story of Elie's time into the prison camps during Hitler's ran. Elie talks about the moments that changed his life.

This book is truly amazing. The imagery in this book was amazing and it really makes you think about how precious life is . Once you read this book it will stick in your mind forever. The small man one the violin on top of the dead bodies was haunting. At the end of the novel when he looks in the mirror and can't see himself makes me cry. Oh you will cry, but you will love life afterward.

Reader reviewed by MRose52

This is the true story of a Holocaust survivor. It takes you through the worst-or-the worst. This painfull reminicance of one's past reflects in the beautyfully written pages. I loved this book because it was inspiring and eye-opening. Just make sure this book is read by a mature audience, because some topics in this book are hard to handle even for me.

Reader reviewed by Jen

This true story of Elie Wiesel's personal account with the Halaucaust is not for the faint of heart! It is a depressing book, but it needs to be read. Elie's story brings you behind the scenes of concentration camps and the lives of the Jewish people who also experienced this horrible event. A well-written book that should be on everyone's book shelves. It makes you appreciate your life and shows you how lucky you are.

Reader reviewed by erica

'Night' is the heart-wrenching true story of a young Jewish boy who is rounded up by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz. The young boy is none other than the author, Eliezer Wiesel. In this book he tells of his horrific experiences as an inmate of the Nazi concentration camp system and his struggle for survival. In the middle of the death and desperation, young Elie struggles only to remain near his father, without which, he would have no will to live. 'Night' is also a story about lost faith, as the once devout Elie defiantly rebukes the God that did nothing to stop these indescribable horrors. I put this book down with a heavy heart. I was angered and saddened, and I can honestly say that this is one of the most moving books that I have ever read.

Reader reviewed by KL

This book was given to my by my history teacher and she warned me not to read it before I went to sleep at night. It's not just any book about the Holocaust (or Shoah), it's a painful memoir of a time spent suffering in a concentration camp and watching a loved one die. The most emotionally wrenching part of the book (and I hope I don't spoil anything for readers)is when his father is sick and crying out and he doesn't go to him because he's afraid, he's emotionally exhausted and tired of the sickness and death around him and the guilt and regret that not only the author feels, but that you feel reading it. it's such a personal thing for him to have written and I felt like I shouldn't have been in on this-like i had no business prying into this part of his life even though it's open for the world to see.

If you have any interest in learning about this time, you must read this book.

Reader reviewed by Diana

This book is the definition of intense. If you read no other book about the hollocaust read night.

This book is a first hand encounter of the Jewish Concentration Camps. The author and his father were put through the torture for years and years. The author barley survived, but his dad unfortunatly didnt make it. Night is very open and real about what happend in the concentration camps.

If you dont cry while reading this book you have no heart. This is an unbelivable book. Check it out!

Reader reviewed by Amber

When i read this book i just zipped right through it not really relizing what i was reading, but when i thought about the book after i read it i wanted to cry, because the story is so sad and touching. i highly recomend it.

Reader reviewed by Ivanna

He was not a teenager or kid anymore, he became an animal, that was hungry and angry all the time. He became someone that has forgotten about his past life. He has forgotten that he was a happy kid too; that he had everything and everyone around him. He has become no one or the same as all other Jews. With his eyes he saw too much that he would never forget it; with his arms and legs he has worked and ran for too long that the pain will not go away and with his memories he cannot go to the future without past. Every time it became harder to survive and with selections there were no more hope in life and in future. It became so hard that people would do everything just to live one day longer, they would go through everything for few hours to live. It was hard to live and it was even harder to give up because people believed that it was almost the end. All of them became afraid of dead because they knew that they been through so much and they believed that they could take it longer. Jews became so afraid of the dead that they would do everything to survive. That's what they became in concentration camps.

Elie would do everything even die if he could be with his father. His father became his hope and faith in life. All those struggles and live for is just for his
father. But when his father becomes sick, he loses
everything; he loses his hope, faith and life. It
became his worse time in life, he loses his father and
so his friend. All that he was hoping for is going
away. All that he has been through is for nothing. How
to live longer? Elie's father has died and the rest of
the time that Elie spends in concentration camp became
nothing to him. He didn't care or suffer for his life
anymore, he did not care if he would be beaten or not.
His life became an empty space. Everything that he had
he has lost, including his family.

The last sentences
of Elie's book were the most paintful for me. It was
probably so paintful and hard for him when he saw
another person in the mirror. It is not that he has
changed inside, that he has lost everything, it is
also the person that he does not know. He does nt know
and recodnize himself; not to see yourself in the
mirror for so long. It is not just a mirror, it is a
person and the body you have to know but he could not
know and recodnize himself.
Through whole book I was with Elie, but now I think
that Elie has the hardest time. Still after so many
years Concentration Camps follow him, he cannot hide
from them. It is hard through what he been, but his
memories brinning even harder times. And the book
"Night" is not just a regular book, it is a book with
Elie's difficult and hard memories. It does brings all
the memories of a scary nightmare. I cannot understand
how can the person that been through so much could
share his anger, his loosing faith and hope with us?
How could he forget and forgive us for what we've done
to him and his family? We've changed him for a
completely different person. It is difficult for
someone to live with those memories. And I cannot say
how glad I am that I've read that book. It is not only
tears that came through that book it is also something
deep inside that makes me feel the way Elie felt.
Thank you, Mr. Elie Wiesel for writting such an
incredible book and sharing your memories, suffer and
loss with us.