Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

62 reviews

josephinewillow's review against another edition

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I decided not the give this book a proper rating as I just wasn’t comfortable with doing so. But this book was heartbreaking and inspiring. For such a young girl she had beautifully profound thoughts and taught many lessons that I think everyone could learn something from. If Anne was able to grow older, I am certain she would have continued to be a courageous, self aware and loving individual and turned out to be an incredibly talented and successful author! 💗💗

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Genocide

leialou's review against another edition

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4.5

Key Themes: 

War; Fear; Coming of Age; and Love.
 

Best (or Worst) Moments: 

I really loved the moments in which Anne talked about her emotions and mental health. It only makes sense that a young girl in the prime of her life, who has been forced into hiding would feel panic and fear and suffer from periods of depression and I love how frank she was about her feelings. 

Was this Book What I Expected?: 

I watched the film years ago in school so kind of knew what to expect, but I love that Anne’s diary alongside illustrating her life in hiding, also outlines all of her emotions and her experience of puberty and development into mature teen. 

Review: 

I really like Anne’s writing. I find that non-fiction novels don’t usually engage me but Anne’s diary had me gripped. I listened to the audiobook narrated by Helena Bonham-Carter, which was really well done which further added to the experience. The diary was complex, sad, funny, ad delved deeply into relationships in close quarters. 

Things to Research Further 

I really enjoyed this book - would love to read more books about other individuals’ experiences of the war. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Excrement, Antisemitism, and War

miaaisha's review against another edition

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3.5

The first few pages felt quite repetitive in my opinion.. Anne's self reflection in her diary entries were so heartbreaking to read. As a 15 year old, I find that they're maturely expressed. I think that the hopefulness during such oppressive circumstances makes us emotional knowing what is to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Antisemitism

Moderate: War

nina17's review against another edition

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4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Hate crime, Violence, Antisemitism, and War

joita_mitra's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Antisemitism, and War

charlottebreads's review against another edition

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5.0

CW/TW: Antisemitism, death, confinement
Age Rating: 13+

- This book is so sadddd
- Anne's writing is really good (and this is a diary, it was not intended to be published)

- The ending was heartbreaking :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Death and Antisemitism

lms33's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Antisemitism

major_tom's review against another edition

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5.0

It’s a must read for all of us. I’ve felt broken after finishing it, which I didn’t expect going in. The diary is so well written, it is as if you’re looking at the world through her eyes. It’s a miracle we have an opportunity to read it. Let’s remind ourselves what atrocities humans can do if we let ourselves be heartless and discriminative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, and Antisemitism

Minor: Child death and Death

senny's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Genocide

regalreads's review against another edition

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5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Genocide