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“How are we ever to disarm evil and abolish death as a means to an end? How are we ever to break the cycle of violence and rage? Can terror coexist with justice? Does murder call for murder, despair for revenge? Can hate engender anything but hate?”
Elisha is a young Jewish man, a Holocaust survivor, and an Israeli freedom fighter in British-controlled Palestine who is ordered to kill a British officer at dawn .
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Well, I only read 2 hours yesterday bc I got sucked in to the Murdaugh case here in the USA. For those of you in others countries, it's a case where a guy is accused of killing his wife and son. Anyway, that's the reason for so low number. I plan on doing laundry, reading and taking new pup outside today 😊

#20in4 Readathon February
@Andrew65

First this book is nothing like Night. Night is a non-fiction book, this one is fiction. It looks at Elisha, a boy, coming face to face with committing murder. I think Wiesel probably wrote it to see if he could have killed some Nazi when he was in Buchenwald and Auschwitz . It was okay. Nowhere as good as 'Night'. There is one more left, 'Day' I will probably read it just to finish the trilogy.

@rachelk

'Somewhere a child began to cry.'

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@ShyBookOwl

Not as compelling as the first book, but still makes you think about what you would do in his shoes. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Sometimes I think it's a bit to narrow to just say a book is a Pick, or rate it with stars. The books by Elie Wiesel are such titles. They deal with topics that one can't just simply “like“ or “dislike“. Also, I can't understand why his books aren't that famous in my country. They are marvels. Marvels to be cherished and to be never forgotten.

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It‘s been a few years since I read Night but do remember what a powerful punch the short book gave. I feel the same about Dawn. Such a tiny vignette into Elijah‘s life as a part of The Movement and the hard choices he had to make as he toils with the past, present, and immediate future, yet something that leaves you with that punch in the chest kind of feeling.

How are we ever to disarm evil and abolish death as a means to an end? How are we ever to break the cycle of violence and rage? Can terror coexist with justice? Does murder call for murder, despair for revenge? Can hate engender anything but hate?
~ Elie Wiesel, Dawn

Forgot to bring my lunch time book today so started this audiobook. I have been meaning to read the entire series of this since I had to read Night in high school. I kept thinking I should re-read Night first but could never bring myself to do it. Today, I made peace with the fact that I will never re-read that book. I just can‘t face it.

Book 2 of the trilogy. Book 1 Night was a fantastic book. Very moving and unbelievable what the Jews went through.

Book #2 in the night trilogy finished! I didn‘t realize that book 2 and 3 are fictional stories. Written well and really captured the innocence and idea behind revenge.

🌟🌟🌟🌟

Book buying: Are you in control of it or is it in control of you?

I‘m not in control at all! 😂

This is my latest little haul from Goodwill.

Although the next book in this “trilogy” is a fiction, and doesn‘t directly follow the non-fiction predecessor, this volume was equally hard to read as it delve into how those so hollowed out and tortured try to cope with life after, and how many choose to fight back and become more vigilant and militaristic themselves, the victims becoming the murderers because they feel the world has given them no alternative. Both disturbing and heartbreaking.

Boring. The premise doesn‘t sound too bad, but ultimately, it was mostly Elisha discussing philosophy with his fellow terrorists. It is billed as book 2 after “Night”, but it was fiction whereas Night was a memoir. I won‘t be reading the 3rd book.

His books don‘t resonate with me as much as they do for others, it seems. But still some powerful lines. #aroundtheyearin52books

I read Night last year. Now for Dawn. I was surprised how short it is (81 pages!). I should be able to read it in one sitting.
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What if a young man condemned to experience the hell of Buchenwald, condemned to die, survives and becomes an executioner?

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So many questions obsessed me.

A slow start for me this morning. I had trouble concentrating on this one. A fictionalized account of a young Holocaust survivor who joins a group of Israelis in Palestine called the Resistance. They're fighting against the British in order to gain independence for Palestine. Elisha, the young man, is selected to kill a British hostage at dawn. This short novel is morose & has an existential feel to it. 🌟🌟🌟🌠

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Was hoping to make it to 12 hours today, but eyes are feeling heavy and I don't want to miss out on something in this book. This just means less breaks tomorrow!

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"You are the sum total of all that we have been."

Short and powerful.
This is the second in a trilogy. The first is 'Night' which is Elie Wiesel's memoir of his time in the concentration camps. 'Dawn' is a fictional account of a young survivor in English occupied Palestine.

A fellow literary fan (litten is weird to me sorry) posted the other day of trying this brew so I grabbed some because, holiday travel and family. @britt_brooke thanks for the recommendation
And white fudge covered Oreo mmm

Decided to go with this for #51TBR16 and then I'll read 'Day' if I can stay awake and ignore the cleaning (no problem) I might be able to finish them both today #readinggoals

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This is the closest I have to it right now

Yay!

... so the one with nothing on the spine is Nellie Bly Around the World in Seventy-Two Days and Ten Days in a Mad-House. It's a little sketchy. I'll post pictures of it.

I really enjoyed 'Night', so I was excited to read 'Dawn' but it just wasn't it for me.
It takes place in just this one "scene" and just seems very drawn out and I, personally, had a hard time connecting with the character.