Reviews

Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo by Zlata Filipović, Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Janine di Giovanni

samivette's review against another edition

3.0

This book is a simple read and it really feels like your reading her diary. I would not recommend this book if your looking more for facts on the Bosnian war because it doesn't have very many. If your looking more for the emotional side of the war and how it affected peoples life this is a great good for you. You get to see the war from a 11 year old girl who has her life change dramatically, over the 3 years. The book talked about the struggle they had to go threw and the loss. I would recommend this book for people who enjoy reading diary entree styled books.

vikingwolf's review against another edition

2.0

Zlata is a young girl who turns to her diary to write about her thoughts during the war in the former Yugoslavia.
No offence to Zlata when I say that I wish I could have been reading the diary of a 15 year old girl so I could have had some more depth and detail covering the war itself, instead of a child talking about what she misses about school. I just felt this book was too young for me and didn't give me the type of read that I was looking for. If you want a good read about life in Sarajevo try [b:The Cellist of Sarajevo|5984749|The Cellist of Sarajevo|Steven Galloway|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51t6xmQZOHL._SL75_.jpg|2482448] by [a:Steven Galloway|291620|Steven Galloway|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232244321p2/291620.jpg].

helen464's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

4.0

chloejayne98's review against another edition

4.0

it waz great, a clear and frightfulk message of how war can affect peoples life and rights.

ilyssssaaaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

dogtrax's review against another edition

3.0

Interesting, and sad, to see life in war-torn Sarajevo through eyes of 11 year old.

jordanak03's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

jennderqueer's review against another edition

5.0

This was a quick and easy read, as one would expect from a child's diary. Zlata's frustration - she just wants to be a normal kid without all this politics and war crap - is palpable and heart wrenching. Hearing in her own words the hardships she and her family faced is agonizing and brings to mind nothing but the millions of kids around the world dealing with war and trauma even today. 

amylw91's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Eye-opening read into the lives of wartorn children. Read in 2 days. Was my Z for my A-Z reading challenge.

jackets4mice's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

4.0