In Elie Wiesel's personal nightmare, he lost his sisters, mother, freedom, and pride all in one day. Then he stood and watched as Nazi soldiers threw infants into the air like clay pigeons and shot them out of the sky. He was stripped of his life, belongings, religion and name; just to be given a number.
"Night" is a horrifying narrative of his life as a child victim of the Holocaust. At just twelve years old, Wiesel and his family were ripped from their homes and forced onto a train. He and his father were seperated from his mother and sister, a fellow victim told them to lie about their ages to prevent seperation or death, and they were deposited into Birkenau and later on, Auschwitz..
Throughout this book, the reader follow's Wiesel's terrible journey that is filled with grief, fear, confusion, and sometimes hate. Often Wiesel questions his faith and God, wondering how He could ever allow something like this to happen. Very graphic and descriptive, not recommended for younger readers.
Only one way to describe this book: Devastating. My friend suggested I read this book so I did. But while it was a very slim book with only about 150 pages, it took me a couple days to read it. This book is written from Wiesel's point of view as he suffers through what hardly any of us will ever be able to understand. His writing is not shy, and is VERY graphic. There were moments I had to put this book down because of the tears and could not pick it back up till the next day. Be prepared. This is definately in the Top Five.
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