Book Review: Night - Elie Wiesel

Read Date - May 2024

Length - 120 pages

Genre - Nonfiction, Holocaust, Biography

Rating - 8/10

Notes - I was given this book in school and took it home. whoops. that was well over six years go, and i’ve never gotten past a majority of the book. I’ve dedicated myself to re-reading it because history doesn’t have an age bracket, and honestly, it’s a very short book. i mention this, because that means its very approachable. The way it’s formatted is very well done, and it makes it easy to perfectly picture the horrors of what happened to the people in these stories. In history. It’s easy to forget that this is a true event because Elie Wiesel did so good at depicting the imagery. It’s horrifying and heart breaking. the anxiety thats induced by the writing is fantastic for me, because i can imagine reading this in school and having the full effect of what happened during the holocaust really hitting me as i’m learning. I was SUPPOSED to learn this in school. I didnt, and so it hits me even harder now. Like a missed opportunity that i could’ve had.