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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

23 reviews

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Genocide, War, Violence, and Grief

Holocaust

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

ajabunni's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This books Is amazing.

There's really not much I can say to It! When at first I heard of It, I didn't really thought the diary was made by an actual real kid, and that It was just fiction, but when I read It and confirmed It... was a huge shock for me! the whole diary has so many interestings things, while It would inform you on how these people had to live In hide to keep themselves safe, It would also explain things that family would do to keep sanity! It made me sad <to know that sadly this kid couldn't finish her diary and either have the chance to live the live she so much expected, and wanted to live.> but Im still so Impressed by her writing skills, this Is a must read as you will feel although sadness, also fullfillment from It, made me learn and understand so much! 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement

Moderate: Antisemitism, Violence, War, and Confinement

This book talks about the life of people who were being targetted and had to run and hide and being confined for their own safety, as this book take part of a diary of a Jewish girl on the Second World War, so If you feel highly sensitive on the topic that time was (Racism, Antisemitism, War, Violence and etc.) I wouldn't recommend reading this book until you feel ready to read about this issues, but I still highly recommend reading this book to understand more about this whole topic, as for me the more informed you are, the better you can understand.

rosalie362819's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

lucyselim's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

I have read this book a few times, but not since I was a teenager and I forgot how raw and emotional and graphic and detailed this is. As I was reading this book I started to feel like I was 14 all over again, like we understood each other. And then there would be another mention of the outside world and I would remember the reality of her situation. 
I finished this at work so I had a hard time holding back my tears as I read the afterword. I try not to think about all the work Anne could have done with the years of her life that were stolen. Instead, it seems imperative to thank Anne's father Otto for having followed his daughters wishes and allowed the publication of her work.
"I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Antisemitism, Death, Genocide, War, Confinement, and Sexual content

Minor: Medical content, Vomit, Violence, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship

cptnstphy's review

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

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

Minor: Torture

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative sad slow-paced

4.0

Very interesting and very sad especially the afterword. I learned and read parts of this in school, but never the whole thing. I do have to say don’t go into this expecting like an action packed diary because it’s not it’s this poor girls diary where she shared her preteen/teenage thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Antisemitism, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Religious bigotry, Torture, Grief, War, and Violence

insert_username's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, and Violence

polly_lilith's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Religious bigotry, Torture, Violence, and War