Dawn

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This is overall a great book; however, if you have just read Night, then you may want to take some time before reading this book so you won't be ex... (show more)

This is overall a great book; however, if you have just read Night, then you may want to take some time before reading this book so you won't be expecting anything in particular. This book is much different than Night in many ways.

First, it's not autobiographical as Night is. Dawn is a novel in which Wiesel contemplates the possibility of his life if he were sent to the Holy Land after the concentration camps instead of France. It is only autobiographical in the sense that the issues he deals with in the book (God, morality, justice, rebellion, etc.) are in fact the issues he did deal with after facing the atrocities of Auchwitz and Buchenwald.

I highly recommend the book, but Night should undoubtedly come first if you haven't already read that. It's not as captivating, but it does deal with very serious issues in an erudite, sometimes subtle, but never trite, way. (show less)

 

 

by John C. Johnson

No, it's a flop!

This was a horribley written book. Wiesel didn't know how to make the main character realistic. He repeats himself in the book multiple times and... (show more)

This was a horribley written book. Wiesel didn't know how to make the main character realistic. He repeats himself in the book multiple times and every time he did I would just thinking how this book could be 3 times shorter. He basically wanted people to know he suffered; with a passion. I give this book credit for the idea, I give the author credit for trying to burn his demons, but I don't give this book more than 1.5 stars. Wiesel is a non-fiction writer not a fiction writer. That's why Night was a great book but the sequel made me almost quit reading as frequently as I am (I'm serious too). I hope no one else wastes there money on this book or his book "Day". I don't know if they were experimental, a means of income, or just him venting his frustration, but trust me you will regret reading them. I know I did. (show less)

 

 

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  I can't imagine the demons that Ellie Wiesel faces everyday; I doubt he has had a good night's sleep in 65 years.

  This book is like the TV show 24; written from a completely unique perspective. In this narrative, Ellie writes as if his life after WWII took a different turn. Insted of being accepted with open arms by America, he stays in Europe and is recruited by a Jewish militant group rebelling against Britain in the area now called Israel. In this essay he is pinned between the de... (show more)

  I can't imagine the demons that Ellie Wiesel faces everyday; I doubt he has had a good night's sleep in 65 years.

  This book is like the TV show 24; written from a completely unique perspective. In this narrative, Ellie writes as if his life after WWII took a different turn. Insted of being accepted with open arms by America, he stays in Europe and is recruited by a Jewish militant group rebelling against Britain in the area now called Israel. In this essay he is pinned between the death he faced in Auschitz and the death he creates in Israel.

  It is a disturbing example of how we, as people, are shaped by the decisions we make and the environment within which we live. It shows the razor's edge difference between right and wrong and how we can quickly become the enemy that we once fought against. (show less)

   

   

  by Dustin Olson on Feb 12, 2009 at 08:15PM

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  This is a good short read, it took me two days to read it. I enjoyed the book, and even though it was a short novel it had a huge impact on my thoughts towards death, murder and revenge. I will always remember some of his quotes and notions of life. Not as good as 'Night' but also very good, and very powerful.

   

   

  by Michelle Muench on Mar 30, 2009 at 12:12AM

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