Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Diary of a Young Girl by Mirjam Pressler, Anne Frank, Otto H. Frank

27 reviews

thedevilnextdoor13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime and Antisemitism

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

I don't know why it's taken me this long to actually read this whole book, but jeez I'm glad I did finally. The history major in me loved this glimpse into the lives of this normal family during such a terrifying time in history for their people.

Anne is just a normal girl in a lot of ways, but her situation has made her so much wiser and more mature. She's also just really smart and a really good writer. It's gutting because every time you think something like this throughout the book, you remember how her story ends. She talks about how she has these big drama to be a journalist and famous writer and you remember she never gets to do that. She gets frustated with her mom (same, girl) and vows to be a better one, but she never gets that chance. She also shares surprisingly deep thoughts on humanity, the war, antisemitism, and so much more.

ALSO it was always weird to me that this book has so often been banned or challenged, I figured it was just holocaust-denier hogwash. But now that I've read the definitive edition HOLY COW I get it. The first time she mentioned sex or menstruation I was like 😦 and then she mentioned women being attractive and I was just completely gobsmacked. No wonder they didn't want people, especially kids, reading this and what a shame they did that for so many reasons.

Oh, and Selma Blair did such a great job as a narrator! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Hate crime, Sexism, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and War

abby_can_read's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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I enjoyed this book. It was hard at times. I knew how the book ended before I started it while this was the diary of a teenage who wrote about her life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Genocide, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent

grereads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Antisemitism, and Deportation

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

It was a privilege to read. Let it also be a call to action. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Sexism, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical content, and War

Minor: Genocide and Excrement

Anne Frank didn't write about the Holocaust (as it was not known in its entirety until after her death), but elements of Germany's machinations are hinted at and referenced to unknowingly so CW for Holocaust and genocide.

evaag_2796's review against another edition

inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Antisemitism, and War

rosalie362819's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Antisemitism, and War

quills4days's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and War

sweetmusic22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank is quite a powerful and insightful read. While she does talk about what it was like to hide from the Nazis, she also opened up about normal things that every teenager goes through in their lifetime. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, and Antisemitism

cptnstphy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

The Diary of Anne Frank is a deeply important account of the Holocaust, especially in my opinion because it's written from a child's perspective, which is a unique perspective that should be more closely studied. Anne's thoughts range from tortured at the knowledge of the war's horrors, to the delight and confusion of adolescence, to boredom, to insightful observations and clever remarks. Remembering her brings gratitude to my life that I haven't personally experienced her plight, but more importantly her words are a reminder to prioritize resisting bigotry, ignorance, racism, and interpersonal hierarchy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Torture