Reviews with content warning for Antisemitism - The Diary of a Young Girl

There’s not much to say about this book that hasn’t already been said. Anne Frank is a precocious writer, with many deep things to say for so young a person. It’s heartbreaking to read certain passages knowing what happened to her. Some editions might do this, but I wish there’d been a narration at the end explaining what happened to the family and the rest of the annex. I never read this as a teen, so it was something I wanted to read this year as my “at least one classic a year” book.

Some quotes:
“No one wants to see the danger until it’s staring them in the face.”

“The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature’s beauty and simplicity. As long as this exists, and that should be forever, I know that there will be solace for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances. I firmly believe that nature can bring comfort to all who suffer.”

“…until all of humanity, without exception, undergoes a metamorphosis, wars will continue to be waged, and everything that has been carefully built up, cultivated and grown will be cut down and destroyed, only to start all over again!”

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dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

A story I strongly believe everyone should read at some point.
I had to keep putting this down just to process how this is real. The emotions Anne shares are real, the arguments, thr tension, the conversations are real.

Anne wanted to be a writer and share her story with the world. The more people that share and read her diary, the more her dream is reality.

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inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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readingbetweenthenotes's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad

4.0

Powerful and poignant.

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

I am glad I read this. I wanted to learn about Anne and her situation. What happened to her was disgusting. Reading her diary, she seemed like an intelligent and loving person. It was hard to get through at times, as she wrote about mundane things a lot. It wasn’t completely what I expected, but I learned a lot. However, I wouldn’t read it again. RIP Anne.

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