
over hype for this book.I wanted to love it but didn't.

As a long time reader of WWII history and also literature in general, I felt this book was a child's tale. Not much depth or understanding of the workings of humanity at all but then perhaps that was the point. Certainly he was not a student of the deep secrets of life, mystical nature of the universe. The irony is the man who says he is most in touch with those ideas-no one believes and then he stays around and lets people deride him. Perhaps a classic case of Jewish guilt but clear that the people in the book were in some sort of denial of world history and the nature of humanity or evil. This is the case for many of the victims of the holocaust. Some simple reminders about self interest and the will to survive under the most extreme circumstances. However, I do admire all the the author has done with his fame and money, but I think this book is famous because he was one of the few to ever write about his life in the camps. I was expecting something much more erudite or moving. This is no Anne Frank's Diary. Much better resources out there for those interested including personal interviews with survivors I have known.
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