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chickaboogawah's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Deportation, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, War, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Pregnancy, Racism, Genocide, and Rape
pixiebix's review
4.5
This is absolutely, undeniably a book for everybody who has ever suffered—and so everybody on this earth—to read.
The Choice is so much more than a memoir of an Auschwitz survivor. This is a diary of the light that can be found in darkness; of trauma, reconciliation of trauma, and rebirth; of the forgiveness of your torturers (whether they be the SS soldiers of Nazi Germany’s concentration camp, your childhood abuser, or the friend who didn’t invite you to a meal with your group); of the resilience, self-respect, and strength that comprise forgiveness; of the reality of the darkness of trauma, and the fact that only you can liberate yourself from that very mental cage; of the power of choice; of the sacredness of the present.
This is truly the most transformative non-fiction I have ever read. I hope this book finds itself in many more hands than it already has.
Graphic: Antisemitism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Death of parent, and Kidnapping
Minor: Excrement, Cannibalism, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Suicide