Reviews

The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett

whatmrsharperisreading's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective tense

4.0

quickievici's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

athenlyrain's review against another edition

3.0

I enjoyed this book more as a teenager than I did as an adult. That’s probably because the themes in this book are very gears towards adolescents. As a teen I thought Anne’s thoughts about Peter were exciting, but now as an adult I find them annoying. It’s a great historical book though, and great for teaching stuff about Hitler and WWII.

lady_nett's review against another edition

5.0

A haunting but necessary tale to experience, especially in these days. The story of Anne Frank is one that every person should experience. My heart aches immensely by the end of the story.

abbyedwards07's review against another edition

4.0

Read this for school. It was fine.

kelseyp1007's review against another edition

3.0

This book was okay. I don’t read nonfiction that much. Usually my favorite parts of the book are the romance bits, and Peter and Anne only had one kiss and one hug I think. I wish the book was longer, and had more details about Anne in the camps, but I know that she couldn’t have had the diary in the camps. I read this book for school.

mels_books_06's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ekiam_3009's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

wren_in_black's review against another edition

5.0

Always one of my favorites. Every year that I teach this play I get something more from it. I understand something more about the characters, about their portrayals, about Anne's maturity over the course of the play, about their constant and nagging worry... Every year after finishing the play I go home and keep silence for the rest of the day because it is absolutely devastating to commit myself so fully to being a memory keeper of Anne's story and of the tragic events of the Holocaust. 8th grade students always have a staggering amount of questions and outrage after finishing this play. But as important as it is to explore the valleys of our past, I can't leave my students there. I have to find a way to pull them back up to more level emotional ground. That gets harder for me to do each year as we have more neo-Nazi visibility, more religious-based hate crimes, and internment on our own boarders.
Anne's story and her words are just as relevant for us Americans today as they were for the world when she wrote them so many decades ago.

vaderbird's review against another edition

5.0

5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish