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featheredpages07's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death and Death
Moderate: Emotional abuse, War, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Genocide
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content
jjb21's review against another edition
5.0
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.
Moderate: Antisemitism, Death, Excrement, Genocide, Child death, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Eating disorder, Grief, Confinement, Violence, and War
asimpson7's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Antisemitism, War, Confinement, Death, Genocide, and Emotional abuse
venetiana's review
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.
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
4.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Genocide, and War
abby_can_read's review against another edition
4.0
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.
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
5.0
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
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Genocide, War, Violence, and Grief
Holocaustquills4days's review against another edition
4.0
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
5.0
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!"
Graphic: Grief, Antisemitism, Death, Genocide, War, Confinement, and Sexual content
Minor: Medical content, Vomit, Violence, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship