Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

asimpson7's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Such a sad read, knowing her fate while reading her words about being optimistic about the future. Although it makes me very appreciative of my life even though it may be hard it’s nothing compared to having to be in hiding and fear for my life just because of my beliefs.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Antisemitism, War, Confinement, Death, Genocide, and Emotional abuse

venetiana's review against another edition

I've read the original so many times, and the book is so, so dear to my heart. I physically couldn't bear to listen to it with this narration.

It sounds so much like badly acted contemporary German theatre, it almost felt disrespectful to Anne's thoughtful, vulnerable, honest, sensitive writing.

I sincerely hope you read it before you venture into the German audio book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Antisemitism, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual content, Terminal illness, Murder, Mental illness, Abandonment, Misogyny, Deportation, Death, and Grief

sissiemilia's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Genocide, and War

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

lbelow's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

I wish I had read this book as a teenager. As an adult, I still consider it an essential read, but this is the diary of a teenage girl, with all the moodiness, conflict, and curiosity that entails. Had I read it as a teenager, I feel like it would have resonated with me in a different way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Grief, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Genocide, Alcohol, Vomit, Terminal illness, Excrement, and Cancer

Discussion of periods, physical description of female genitalia.

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

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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