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Upon Mr. Wiesel's death I decided it was finally time to read his memoir. My children read it in middle school, but I had never read it. I knew it would be moving, and I knew it would affect me deeply. It did. And perhaps it is unfair to compare a memoir to historical fiction, but two of my top 5 favorite books of all time are Winds of War and War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk, and I found Night to be less powerful than either of those books. For that reason I am giving it 4.5 stars.
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I've been on a WWII kick lately and I decided to give this book another chance. This is the third time I've read it. The first was in high school and I disliked it, the second was a few years ago when I started to read for pleasure and I while I thought it was better, I still didn't like it much. Now on my third time to read it, I finally like it. I think placing it in the context of WWII helps. Also now that I'm older and have experienced death of people close to me, I can better understand los
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