I just re-read this. I don't think I liked it as much the second time. I'm not sure. Maybe I was just feeling grumpier the second time around.
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i thought i would get tired of alex's comic-effect bad english, but i never did. it was hilarious. also, it is hard to write a holocaust-journey-of-remembrance without being a big ol' cliche, but i didn't think this was. basically i liked it a whole lot and cried a l'il bit.