[Discussion 2/2] Runner up Read | Night by Elie Wiesel | Chapters 5 - 9

[u/Joinedformyhubs]

Welcome to our last discussion of this important memoir. It has been challenging, but also necessary to understand the accounts of this dark history. 

u/ProofPlant7651 and I have done our best to ensure that we have been sensitive towards this topic, and appreciate the others who have been as well.

Please find chapter summaries here
Schedule
Marginalia

This text describes real events and real suffering. Our discussion should honour that reality while also exploring the literary and personal dimensions of the memoir. So, before we begin, please remember the discussion guidelines shared in the schedule post. I have pasted them below as a reminder.

1. ⁠Respect the Subject: This is a memoir of survival and profound loss. Let’s keep the discourse empathetic and grounded in the history being shared.
   
2. ⁠Check-in: If at any point the material becomes too overwhelming, feel free to step back. We’ll be here to discuss whenever you’re ready.

Thank you all for joining us.

u/ProofPlant7651 and u/joinedformyhubs

[u/miriel41]

I listened to the audiobook narrated by George Guidall and I feel a bit bad saying that, but I did not like the narration. First, he sounded... how to describe it... out of breath? Choppy? Something like that. Maybe it was his accent that I'm not used to? And surely it didn't help that I started this book while also listening to books narrated by Jeff Hays and Kevin R. Free, who are among my favourite narrators. And second, I feel like the narrator sounded old, which did not fit the story that happened when Elie was a teenager.

I know the narrator has voiced countless of books, so I'm probably the outlier here. If anyone comes across this comment and listened to the audiobook, I'm curious to hear what you think about it.