Yeah, re-reading certainly has tremendous value. That still remains my main method for me to narrow down the wolves after players have flipped.
Also, I wouldn't say it's necessarily easier finding wolves in real-time. But I do find it easier to find the villagers. There are subtle things that villagers will do and say, (or more importantly, things that wolves won't do) that I can usually only pick up on when I see it happen in real time. But of course, these same things can be found retroactively in you're observant enough.