Alexis
This book is 17+ hours long in audiobook format and kept me engaged the entire time. Seeing how different storylines converged, and the formatting of the book from diary entries, to letters and telegrams, brought the variety of perspectives of a common experience to life. I definitely recommend!
Please, read this book.
I read this book in 8th grade for school. I'm thankful for the exposure then, to the raw and tragic realities of the holocaust. Now, close to 15 years later, those realities break me in new ways. Elies story and words are important marks of history, history that we cannot repeat but I fear we will. His story is one that may challenge others to help stop us from ever forgetting the victims and survivors of Hitler's regime, or repeating the mistakes of those who stood idle and watch culture shift towards hatred and bigotry.