Book Reviews of Night

Books like NIGHT are important and should be a must-read for all high school students. As the years pass, we are losing those who suffered the atrocities of the Holocaust. As painful as it is, we must constantly remind ourselves of the horrors we as humans can inflict on each other in the hopes of preventing it from happening again. With the genocide occurring in Darfur as of this writing, however, it's a lesson we haven't yet learned. Elie Wiesel's is a voice that should be heard and a story that should be remembered.

A chilling and sad, but true story of one man's experiences as a Jewish teenager in the German concentration camps. He writes of his family's long and, for some, fatal journey during this time. Wiesel writes in a beautifully clear, descriptive tone that leaves you feeling a bit of the despair, agony, guilt, and sometimes, relief that he must have felt. A "must" read, in my opinion, along with Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning."

A profound book on the plight of a Jewish boy during WW 2. Very vivid and well written. One of the best descriptions of day to day activities in an Nazi prision camp.

This book broke my heart, but I'm thankful that Mr. Wiesel lived to remember and to bear witness to those who were not there, but should never forget.

this book really puts a lot of things into perspective. i read it in two days and i can't put into words how much understand you gain from reading this. having seen movies re: the holocaust, this book really puts you in the head of the people who lived through this time.

This was one of the most gripping stories that i have read in years. Mr. Wiesel is a wonderful narrator and can tell the facts as they are. I was so absorbed in this book that i could not put it down.
The Holocaust is so real in this book that i had the shudders as i was reading. i could feel the shovel in my hand and i could smell the smoke from the furnaces. very intriguing book - please read and become more aware.

A quick read. Describes the Holocaust experience from a survivors point of view. Somewhat graphic but important history for ages 14 and up.

This is an absolute MUST READ! It gives you an amazing insight into one man's survival of a concentration camp. Do not miss this grear story of triumph and survival in the direst of situations.

Everyone should read this first-person account of the horrors of the Holocaust. It is a short book and impossible to put down.

I can't say more than what has already been said about this book. It is an amazing book to read and I suggest it to all readers over the age of 14.

A heart wrenching story, from the perspective of a young boy, who lived through and barely endured the concentration camps. Nobel Peace Prize winner.

My Granddaughter suggested this book, that she read in school as a class. I received it in good condition and loved the book. Adding it to my 'collection' and reccomend it to be read by others.

This book, what can I say, I read it in one sitting, you feel right there in the midst of it all. How humanity can reduce itself to this level of evilness is beyond me, and still is, even after reading this book. There is no understanding of this. They faced the devil himself. I can see how his wife had to go through and interpret and fix the book because I have to do the same many times after I write about what they did to me, some of it comes out so bitter and angry that people would not be able to tolerate it in their spirit. I think his original title, AND THE WORLD WAS SILENT, expresses his hopelessness and anger as well. I witnessed one murder, he witnessed hundreds, I witnessed hatred for my faith on a personal level, he witnessed hatred of G*d himself and suffered for G*d, he witnessed the level one human can sink to when beaten down to a pulp and I too have eaten that fruit as well, it is sour, and it never goes completely away again. The verses in this book that ministered to me the most where in the begining and the ending chapters, the preface and speech, both inspired me to not allow this to happen in America and to get past the Jewish/non-Jewish walls, high as they might be in some places, and not allow the devil himself to seperate us because of our differences, ever, ever, again.
I think that because no one came immediately to stop this from happening was because they didnt care is another wrong assumption, I believe, if more had known, just as they the Jewish people did not know fully until it was too late, the world too did not readily know of it until it was too late. The journey of a lost faith is what is the most heart wrenching. Who could stand under that oppression? No man. The enemy of G*d will suffer far more for causing His people to lose faith than for any other crime committed. To turn G*ds people away from Him will cost the enemy his very existence.
While living a balanced life we cant musnt think that evil does not exist in smiling faces today in America. Lets not say naively," it will be ok" that Christianity is under attack in America, "it will be ok" that immoral leaders are turning our people from G*d and his Word and " it will be ok" that America and its leaders are throwing out G*d and His precepts from schools and government offices. So much so like Germany in the thirties. The difference is when men like Wiesel speak out, people listen! When others tell us that communism is rearing its ugly socialistic head again, we listen! When we see the signs all around us we dont pretend all is well and continue to do as we have always done, we listen! This time will be different.

I don't think it would be right to say that I enjoyed this book, as it talks about the horrors of the Auschwitz concentration camp. I did, however, find it hard to put down and read it in one sitting. It detailed how the author, Elie Wiesel, survived being in the concentration camp, and the horrors he endured. It was graphic in places, but I learned things I hadn't known. I would recommend this book.

Night is a small book packed with emotion. It is Elie Wiesel's memoir of what he experienced during the Holocaust. His words really bring to life what the Jews in the concentration camps felt. I could feel the cold and starvation as he described it. If you really want to understand what day to day life was like in the Nazi concentration camps, I highly reccommend this book. Even if you don't want to know, you should. So read it anyway. It will make you appreciate your life even more and instill in you a sense to watch out for evil like this in today's world.

Unforgettable story of the holocaust. It really paints a picture of what happened and the horror of it. The author is amazing. I can't imagine how difficult it would be to survive such tragedy...and then be able to write about it. Thank goodness there are people who are willing to share their heartbreak so that we can prevent these kinds of things from happening to anyone else.

This text is a must read! It chronicles the life of a boy/man in a concentration camp. Short and easy to read, but overwhelmingly powerful.

This was an easy read because it reads like a novel and not a history book as some books seem to do, but it was a difficult read because of the obviously heavy subject matter. I was moved to tears several times as I read, and while I didn't want to sit in public crying, I didn't want to put the book down either - I finished this in just a couple of hours. I don't think I've ever read a book that was so small but so powerful. I'm holding on to this one. I think it's one of the most moving first-account Holocaust stories I've read, and I agree with others here - this should be required reading in high school classes.

Night was one of the saddest books I have ever read. I was amazed at the courage the characters demonstrated throughout their duress. I tried to put myself in their situation, and I don't think I would have had their strength. Wiesel spared no details, and that helped me actually feel that I was in the camps with him.

This is a very slim book but it's also the most powerful book I've read in my life. I have a feeling it will always hold that title. This is unlike any other book I've read on the subject. This is bascially Elie Wiesel's account of his early life, of leaving behind everything he'd ever known, of watching his family be torn from him, among so many other tragedies. I found myself wishing more than I ever have in life after death-so that this man can be reunited with his family.

This was excellent. I read this before it bacame an "Oprah" book. Should be required reading in high school.

Wow.
This is a powerful book. Elie Wiesel shares his most intimate thoughts during his time in concentration camp.
Every member of the human race should read this book.

I read this 20 years ago as a freshman in college, and it is still fresh in my mind. Although it is not very long, this is a lifechanging book about a young man's true life experiences during the Holocaust and the loss of his family. Some of his experiences and decisions are horrifying; his haunting story is one you will never forget. Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.

The book is the terrifying record of the author's memories of the death of his family in Buchenwald. He is the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. He has also been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America Congressional Gold Medal and the French Legion of Honor. The book was chosen as a selection by the Oprah Book Club.

I highly recommend reading this book. I have not read anything on this Era since Highschool until I read this as part of a book club. Very quick read. Heart breaking.

This book is a very quick read, I finished it in just a couple of hours. It's a moving, heartbreaking and horrifying book. I think anyone with even a passing interest in this period in history will get something out of this book. I wish this book was required reading for high school students because it really makes you think.

Awesome book. Is very realistic, and so sad, in his portrayal of his experiences in the holocaust.

This book is an easy read. i read it in one day. very good

A must read book. It is unbearably painful. Break out the tissues.

Fantastic book about a boy and his journey through Nazi concentration camps. The telling so so piercing, it leaves one heartbroken.

This book was okay. He's very bitter. I did cry while reading it. My step-grandmother is a holocaust survivor and it was interesting to read and compare to her stories.

A short haunting read. Sticks with you once you finish.

A great read! A look at the holacust thru the eyes of a survior that will open your eyes to what they went thru. I couldnt put it down, I didnt want to hear more but couldnt help but read it.

This is an extremely well written book, which tells of the horrific torment he survived.

Deeply moving and well written account of this famous author's experience in a Nazi concentration camp. Terrifying and yet gentle and very human at times as well. A must read for anyone.

my only "complaint" was that the book was too short.

One man's experience in the German concentration camps during WWII. A very disturbing and worthwhile read.

A very moving story of the author's first hand experiance of being a Jew during the holocaust. A very quick read.

a very sad book about the Nazi death camps and one boy strong and luckly enough to survive.

Amazingly written/translated, a must read I think.

I absolutely love this book. It will leave an indelible impression. The descriptions are succint and visceral. It's a fast read and keeps you turning the pages, despite the heartbreaking content.

This was an amazing book. After reading about all the hardships this young man went through I couldn't find anything in my life to complain about. I am truly blessed. I would highly recommend this book!

This is a fantastic book about 1 mans tale of going through the Holocaust. I would highly suggest anyone who is interested in that subject to read this book.

Beautifully written, heart-wrenching; a book that should be read by everyone. I'm glad to say that this book was required reading for both of my sons in Jr. High (about two years ago for my youngest). Haunting and unforgettable.

Good read.

A haunting recount - as I was reading this, I had to keep reminding myself that this actually happened... and not all that long ago! I would recommend this to anyone over the age of 15 or so.

Awesome book! a must read!!!!

Loved it. Heart breaking yet uplifting at the same time. Wonderfully written and such a treasure to have Wiesel's account in writing for future generations. Should be a must read before graduating high school, in my humble opinion.

Life changing.

very powerful true story, a must read!

I got this book from a friend. A must read for everyone. It was a sad story, but was a great book.

Wow. Very powerful true account of one mans experience in the concentration camps, as told by himself.

Sigh. Beautifully written, if a little too brief. It is tough to read about what Wiesel experienced, but it is also a testimony to the human spirit.

I read NIGHT in two sittings, but found it very hard to put down. The story of the author's survival in the camps of the Third Reich, along with his father, who did not survive, as well as his mother and sister, is an amazing look at the resilience of man when confronted with the most horrifying conditions imaginable. This is an important book for generations to read and remember.

Great Book another good pick by Oprah

It was a good book but very sad, I was saddened by his experience but we need to know what they went through.It was horrific.

Powerful book.

Heartbreaking account of a boy and his father in Nazi Germany.

Elie Wiesel's story of what he and his family went through in the Auschwitz Concentration camp is heart breaking. However, his spirit is completely remarkable! This is a very inspiring and well written book.

Very touching story. Has some disturbing parts, but very informative.

Everyone should read this book. If one generation is allowed to forget, the possibility of it happening again increases overwhelmingly.

It's a very short book, but it's a great read. I thought that it was sad reading about what happened to him and others long ago and how they were poorly treated.

A GREAT READ! I SUGGEST EVERYONE READ FOR IT HAS THAT PERSONAL ACCOUNT TO HIS LIFE STORY. A TALE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD READ!!

THIS WAS UNBELIEVABLE HOW THEY TREATED THE JEWS,I CRIED THROUGH OUT THE BOOK WHILE I READ IT.

This was a great book! Not that it is the most uplifting book - but it brings a terrible time in history to life.

Very sad, but interesting.

I found this book very educating. It was sad but something that is part of all our pasts

amazing

OUtstanding book; a must read.

Such a moving story - a 'must read'!

Excellent book.

Powerful stuff this

Intense, hard to put down, from the heart story, very very good

Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was a teen when he and his family were sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp and also to Buchenwald.
This book records this time. It sends a strong message about the horrors inflicted by man and needs to be remembered.

This book is a truly moving experience to read. The author brings you into the concentration camp as no author has been able to.

I've read a lot of books about the Holocaust, but this surpasses them all! Reading it alone is a poignant experience. Marian

A book that everyone must read.

Memoir about life in an Auschwitz concentration camp.

A first hand account of the Holocaust. It will bring you to tears. It will make you wonder how humanity can be so cruel to its own. This is a book that everyone should read. You will never forget this amazing story of survival.

Excellent, but thought provoking book.

A moving story! Classic.

Quick, easy read. Very compelling, moving and sad story. Human spirit prevails.

everyone should read this

Wonderful story. Took a few pages to get into, but then the story takes off. Writer makes you feel like you are right there in the camp with them.

Wasnt Interested In It, Sure Hope Someone Out There Is Though.

Wonderful, haunting book about the Holocaust. This one definitely stays with you long after the last page.

An excellent book about the Holocaust, from someone who lived it. Very moving account.

Very graphic description of Nazi death camps...not for everyone, but very moving and well written.

Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken to Auschwitz in 1944. This is his terrifying account of what he saw and lived through there.

Disturbing but very good. I read it in about 2 hours I just couldn't put it down.

A great book to read. Could not put the book down.

Life changing story

A true story of one man's terrifying experiences at Auschwitz-so sad, but told with the strength that only someone who traveled that path could manage to find.

Read this years before it was an Oprah selection and thought it was one of the best memoirs about the Holocaust ever written.

Very powerfull story of real life events.
The author has told his story in a way that really brought home the terrible happenings of concetration camps.

Great book, quick read. Sobering story of young Elie Wiesels time in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize! Born in the town is Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memores of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evel of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, correct important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again.

Born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror never be allowed to happen again.

Awesome! A must read! We should never forget this time in our history!

An amazing first person account of the Holocost. Elie Wiesel shows the amazing ability to survive in the most horrible of circumstances. Very easy reading and most interesting.

A book that everyone should read. Not a lengthy book and easy to read, just not easy to digest.

brand new read only once, cried my eyes out have lots of book will post on saturday if you would like

Born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Weisel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. . .

Excellent, moving

Interesting firdt hand account of the Holocaust. Easy Reading though not always pleseant.

Great insight and very accurate details of the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and life inside them.

An awesome read.

Insightful book about the Nazi death camps written by one who was there. A must read for those wanting an introduction to the cruelty of man against humanity. A great companion to Schindler's List.

How does one review stark, powerful truth?

I have read many Holocaust surviver stories, but this one is so honest not just abuot events but also about the emotional/spiritual journey of being a victim that horror. Powerful!

I receieved this book today, and finished it in one hour. A quick read and very moving but sad.

A great book about how a boy's experienced the Hallocost. A must read if you want to have some understanding of what he and his family went through.

Born in Transylvania Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from theirhome in 1944 to Auschwitz concentration
camp. Night is the terrifying record of Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his innocence and his despair confronting the absolute evil of man.

Very moving and well written!

Very fast read...gripping. I couldn't put it down.

I don't think this is a book you like or dislike, I think this is a book that you think about. This is a book that you try to learn something from. This is a book that should make you say, this should NEVER happen again!

Great book. After all the hype and everything I had heard about it I was expecting it to be more disturbing. I am NOT saying the topic and story isn't disturbing and horrifying, but there weren't as many gruesome details as I was expecting so it made it easier to read than expected. This truly was a JUST THE FACTS memoir which is what made the book so great. No unnecesary details. Just the bare bones story...exactly what I was hoping for. This was something Wiesel REALLY experienced and loved the fact he didn't try to exploit anything or over exaggerate for "shock value". A must read.


About the book:
Born in the town of Signet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. "Night" is the terrifying record of Elie Weisel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again.

things did happen in every era of the ages...

Tragic short read about the Auschwitz/Buchenwald concentration camps.

It is a true story that I thought was very iteresting, I like it.

Very sad, but I think a must for everyone to read, so this type of thing will never happen again.

Night by Elie Wiesel

Outstanding book! A must read!!!!!

Loved this book,could not put it down!

This book is required reading. The title, Night. Written by Elie Wiesel. The fact that it is categorized as Oprah Selection #55 is insulting. Tremendously real. And the fact that the world has learned NOTHING from the past makes this account of the Holocaust even more tragic.

Great Book. Very sad and distressing. But it is very important that the author tell his tail.
The book is Night by Elie Wiesel.

Very powerful and moving.

This is the book Night by Elie Wiesel.

This is a very short book that took only a few hours to read but the impact it will have on you will be profound. The whole subject of the holocaust baffles my mind and with each book I read on the subject I'm no less astounded. Have plenty of tissues on hand before you begin this journey.

Amazing record of Wiesel's time in Auschwitz. Will stay with you forever.

This is the book Night by Elie Wiesel. Very intresting and easy read.

I read this book in a few hours; Elie Wiesel was a teenager in Transylvania; They thought that they were safe from Nazi oppression; And for the majority of the war, they were. In 1941, all foreign Jews were taken, and ultimately killed; one lone man somehow lived to tell the tale and begged the other Jews to take heed; unfortunately they didn't. Until 1944, when they were at first stripped of their basic freedoms, then put in a ghetto, and then placed in cattle cars bound for Auschwitz; Once there, Wiesel saw the last of his mother and sister; His father and he made it through the "selections" and went to another camp less notorious and stayed until the opposing armies started advancing and they marched to another camp where his father ultimately died and he was eventually liberated; Very interesting,haunting but good book;

great book, quick read, nobel peace prize winner about the holocaust written by a surviver.

Very powerful, at times very hard to read, account of life in Nazi concentration camps.

This is Night by Elie Wiesel.

not as impressive as i'd hoped, but much as you'd expect your standard holocaust stories go, it is painful and profoud. the resolve and power of the people affected is portrayed in a clear and amazingly concise manner. in 120 pages, you are drawn the portrait of life and death in the concentration camps. in this genre, i preferred The Hiding Place or even Schindlers List to Night, but was happy to have read it nonetheless.

Couldn't put it down. If you weren't in a concentration camp in 1944, you gotta' read this book.

Night by Elie Wiesel

An amazingly good book. As New York Times put it: "A slim volume of terrifying power."

This is one of the most heart-wrenching books I've ever read. Incredible book, should be required reading.

<< Back to Book Details of " Night"