Night

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Summary: This was beautifully written from page 1 to the end!
Review: This was the first book I have ever read written in first person regarding the terrible holocaust. I had read and seen the movies on Anne Frank and The Hiding Place and always wondered what happened next. I realize now that I was really afraid to know what happened next! My entire family went to see Schinlder's List and we all were completely stunned to silence after the movie. Several times I had to put Mr. Wiesel's book down and catch my breathe. Once I was talking to a friend about Schindler's List and asked her what her reaction was and she said, "Oh, the power of the human spirit is so great!" I had to keep telling myself that while I was reading Night. This book was actually required reading for my daughter's sophomore English class is high school so I also had the Cliff Notes - even those took my breathe away! Mr Weisel is a wonderful man and I pray he is enjoying the life he has continued here in the United States. We are so lucky to have him! God bless him.

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Summary: It will leave you yearning to learn more.
Review: This book took me by total surprise. I had to read this book as an assignment in 10th grade. I thought, "Yawn, another freakin' boring book.." But, as always, I'd at least *try* to read the books she gave us, so.... I opened the book. First page, I was hooked. I've always had an interest in the Holocaust and I've read The Diary of Anne Frank, but I'd say Night tops that! It's a first-hand look at life in the concentration camps. Wiesel is SO descriptive. This book captures and captivates you. I was completely enthralled until the last page, where I heaved a huge sigh of... of... relief?? Of dispair?? I'm not sure. I just know I wanted to know more. And more. And more. And you know history has a tendency to repeat itself, so I suggest you pick this one up before "Night" falls again.

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Summary: It was one of the most devistating books I have read
Review: This book tells you about all the horrible thing that the Jews went through in the war. And I waould like to congatulate Elie Weisel on the way he put the most horrible thing that has happened to him and also other people in words. love Helen.c.

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Summary: Boy sent to a concentration camp and faces all the hardships
Review: I think over all, it was an alsome book. It had it's moments and it's slumps. An excelent book if interested in the Holocaust or Concentration Camps in general. Very horrifing and sad, very inforative though. GOOD BOOK!!!

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Summary: One of the most powerful books you'll ever read
Review: I was assigned Night to read for my English class. I thought it was going to be another one of those boring books that the teacher always assigns. I was totally shocked by what I read. Reading it, one wonders how something so horrible could ever have occured, and with everthing that happens in the book, you know in the back of your mind that it's all true. Every chapter makes you want the next one, holding you with real-life suspense. You can't help but be caught up in what was going on. It's the type of book that'll make you lose sleep. Even if you don't have to read it for anything, I'd recomend to everyone that they do.

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Summary: Wonderful, Marvelous, and Fantastic
Review: One of the best books I have ever read. Night is an autobiography of Elie Wiesel, telling about his experiences in a concentration camp during WWII

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Summary: Powerful, Tragic and Thought Provoking !
Review: That man can stoop to such a level of cruelty is bothsickening and defies comprehension... Hitler and his Nazis werenothing short of pure evil. I'm not surprised that Elie Wiesel lost his faith in God. After reading this account of the holocaust I seriously wonder and ask how a loving God could allow such an atrocity to happen? The Holocaust was the systematic slaughter of innocent humans by the ' inhuman'. I commend Elie Wiesel for having the courage to relive his hell and write 'Night' in order that the rest of us may know the truth. He is an incredibly strong and brave man to have endured such extreme cruelty.

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Summary: Poignant...a testimony of the human spirit in adversity.
Review: Elie Wiesel's "Night" is a testimony of the resiliance of the human spirt in adversity. Poignant...this book is an account of one boys experience during the Holocaust. Wiesel takes you on a terrifying and tragic ride that everyone should experience. A MUST read for everybody!

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Summary: AN EXCELLENT BOOK FOR ANYONE!
Review: I don't know where to start. Wow! All I can say at this point is that this is an incredibly powerful and moving story. The fact that it is true just eats my heart out. I can't really relate to his life. I can't even begin to understand the hell he went through at the concentration camps. I don't know how those minutes would traumatize his view of time, altogether. I have absolutely no concept of enduring that kind of pain and that harsh way of suffering through the days and cold nights. I wish I could say that I could feel his wounds. But I can't, all I can have is pity, which I'm sure Mr. Wiesel doesn't want from anyone. It's been a long time since I have read such a touching book. Elie is a great writer and when good writing is combined with an extreme situation, that almost always results in an excellent book. This is by no exageration a masterpiece and it provides distinct evidence of man kind's atrocities. The cruelty is embarassing to read about. It humbles me and makes me think about what I really have to complain about. I am sorry that people are ignorant and I am sorry for the horrible treatment of the Jews among so many others. I am sorry that the attitudes of prejudice are prevalent still today. Nothing has changed in that way. Maybe now it's not against the Jews but there will always be someone who thinks his race/religion/ethnic background is superior to another. I apologize on behalf of mankind for their indecent and unacceptable treatment of other humans. I apologize for the good people who were silent. This book is so strong, so blatant and so ugly. The hatred is obvious and the evil is hideous but we have to read these books to understand why we can't let this happen again, EVER. I don't want to believe this and I barely can. I don't want to cry for all of the children, men and women who lost their lives at the hands of men who thought they were doing what was right. I think we are all guilty. Even though I, personally wasn't even alive yet, I am wron! g for all of the little things I've done or said to hurt other people. It is scary but we need to see this awful kind of thing more often to see the damage and to get rid of the torture that goes on everyday. I screamed when I read that this 15-year-old boy put through this for what? What was the reason for all of the pain? His religious convictins? Hmmmm. Good reason, right? I'd give my life for everyone in the world to read and understand this book and to make sure that this type of tragedy is never repeated. Elie Wiesel is tough. Tough as nails. And his writing in this book conveys that message. This book is a must read. -By: Rebekah Hildebrandt, Warsaw Community High School Senior.

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Summary: Highly Recomended to all readers
Review: This is a very moving and touching book! I bet whoever reads this is thinking "Oh yeah, another 'moving' and '10' review." Well, you are correct, but also inncorect. This is the best book I have ever read. I do not read that many books because I am a very slow reader, but when my English class was assigned to read this book, I took the challenge. I began reading it and realized it was the most moving and saddest book that I had ever read.

It is about the Holocaust and the author gives you a first hand "look" at what it was like to experience the Holocaust. Unlike Anne Frank's Diary, this author lived through the Holcaust and was and was able to tell us what it was like through his book.

Personally, I loved the book (as you could tell from the 10 I gave it). It made me realize the actual tragity of the Holocaust and I also learned some new things about it. Also, it was very descriptive, which helped me visualize what actually happened. I highly recommend it!!!!