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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Antisemitism, War
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I’m blown away by this. How fortunate we are to have this first hand account of bravery, strength, and attempted survival in the face of tyranny and betrayal. And what a wonderful writer and young person wise beyond her years Anne was.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
"Where there's hope, there's life."
"I want to go on living even after my death."
This is a book I found deeply difficult. But I’m not going to review it in the usual way. Even the rating I gave it isn't a typical one.
I’m not here to judge the writing style or say whether it was entertaining. I’m not going to tell you whether I liked the people in it. That’s not the point.
All I’ll say is this: Everyone should read this diary.
Not because people aren’t aware that war is horrific - we’re taught that in school. Everyone understands that. But because reading this is the very least we can do now. Don’t just memorise the statistics. Remember the people. Put names and faces to the numbers. Let yourself feel the love, the dread, the quiet moments of joy, the despair, the dreams… and above all, the hope.
Never forget.
If anyone wants to talk about this more, please reach out to me. It’s incredibly emotional, and I’d rather share those feelings in a more personal space than lay them bare in public.
"I want to go on living even after my death."
This is a book I found deeply difficult. But I’m not going to review it in the usual way. Even the rating I gave it isn't a typical one.
I’m not here to judge the writing style or say whether it was entertaining. I’m not going to tell you whether I liked the people in it. That’s not the point.
All I’ll say is this: Everyone should read this diary.
Not because people aren’t aware that war is horrific - we’re taught that in school. Everyone understands that. But because reading this is the very least we can do now. Don’t just memorise the statistics. Remember the people. Put names and faces to the numbers. Let yourself feel the love, the dread, the quiet moments of joy, the despair, the dreams… and above all, the hope.
Never forget.
If anyone wants to talk about this more, please reach out to me. It’s incredibly emotional, and I’d rather share those feelings in a more personal space than lay them bare in public.
I had wanted to read this book for about 6 years and finally got around to it. Thought I knew some of the details is crazy to hear about how petrifying living in the annex was and how long they were able to hide out from the police.
Hearing her plans for when they got liberated and were free once again broke my heart knowing her ending wouldn’t be the way she planned. I’m happy that she at least got to become a writer and a well known one at that even if she didn’t live to see it happen.
Hearing her plans for when they got liberated and were free once again broke my heart knowing her ending wouldn’t be the way she planned. I’m happy that she at least got to become a writer and a well known one at that even if she didn’t live to see it happen.
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funny
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inspiring
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tense
medium-paced
It feels wrong to rate this book, as it is the diary of a human being and there is no right way to do that. Anne reminds me of myself and many other teenagers I've met. She is so normal with normal fears and thoughts. I'm so lucky that I get this intimate look into her life, and it is heartbreaking that she didn't make it to see her diary's success which I know she would've been so excited about.
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