Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

6 reviews

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

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

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

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

senny's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Confinement, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Genocide

lucys_library's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

I was surprised and so overjoyed to see the explorations of female sexuality, it wasn't what I expected to gain from this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Hate crime