Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

14 reviews

jjb21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A beautiful, hopeful, heartbreaking account. 

It’s much more than the traumatising history I expected. In some ways it’s a charming coming-of-age story. Hearing the very real trials and tribulations of a ‘normal’ 13-year-old - stuck in a room with a bunch of ’stupid’ adults - can, at times, be very funny and charming.

But it has a menacing countdown throughout, and the final pages were always going to have me in tears.

But it’s as inspiring as it is depressing. Faced by the worst events imaginable, Anne is so wise and forgiving. She writes beautifully about life and love and humanity and hunger and purpose and society and family and friendships. And the Dutch people who support those in the Annexe are a source of great hope for the future.

I hope we’ve learned from this period of history.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Death, Excrement, Genocide, Child death, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Eating disorder, Grief, Confinement, Violence, and War

lucymoosie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Violence, Racism, Confinement, and Antisemitism

abby_can_read's review

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

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

Minor: Death of parent and Child abuse

ellenisntcool's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, and War

aniyahchrouch's review against another edition

5.0

Why do I feel like it’s illegal to review this book i swear 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

flowerowl's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

I loved it! Such a unique look into someone's, but especially a young struggling girls (or women's like how she felt it) mind. things and time are so different, yet the emotions and experience are so the same. Things almost every girl growing up feel, but never says or even sometimes dares to think of, she wrote down and expressed so purely and real (not knowing others would read it). It gives room to think all the while reading on the state of self, families, groups, Country's and cultures, without being imposing or philosophical. I would recommend it to anyone, but especially to other girls/women who feel trapped or stuk what ever situation or place.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Confinement, Mental illness, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Cancer, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

123erty456's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Xenophobia, War, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Racism, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Alcohol, Torture, Slavery, and Sexual violence

jennino's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, Racism, Child death, and Genocide

prajakta_16's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

5.0

This wasn't the perfect book but it was the perfect book for me who was going through all those teenage stuff that anne did. I found this book at perfect time in my life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

quills4days's review

funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

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