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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
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tense
medium-paced
challenging
sad
slow-paced
I was uncomfortable the whole time
emotional
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informative
inspiring
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medium-paced
I am stunned speechless with this one. I felt this so forcefully in every aspect- but let's rewind for some context.
I bought this book at the Anne Frank Huis in Amsterdam after telling myself that I was not going to buy this book at the Anne Frank Huis in Amsterdam. While touring the house, however, I was so moved by the the story of the Secret Annexe that I purchased a copy without hesitation from the bookstore (sticker certifying I bought it there included!). Shortly after my return stateside, I started reading. I took my time with it- almost 3 weeks.
From the beginning I was enraptured with Anne's writing. Her wit and outlook on life shine through every journal entry, both good and bad. It made me remember what it's like to be a young girl with those complicated thoughts and feelings, all the more exacerbated by her circumstances. Anne is crazily insightful, reflective, and downright funny (“This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.”). She writes about things that shocked me, either for the times or because of how relatable it was. It was funny to see how the realities of being a teenage girl transcend time, distance, social status, generations, and experience.
It's no wonder Anne wanted to be a writer. Reading this made me feel like I was conversing with a friend and I think that's a testament to her writing. If I can feel like Anne Frank is a friend of mine, not a girl speaking to me through pages over 80 years old, then consider me wowed. Reading this made me feel absolutely gutted, especially paired with my own memories touring the house and the wonderful video diaries they've put online, as I think about the tragic history that seeps into every entry of this diary. From being weeks away from liberation to Anne's legacy living through Otto, the Frank family story is something so immensely emotional. And yet, Anne's diary also gave me great optimism as she wrote about hope, love, freedom, dreams, and more. As I write this, 2 days before what would have been her 96th birthday (6/12), I know that Anne Frank will live on as a staple of world history.
Now to honor her love of Greek mythology, I must end with a joke: RIP Anne Frank, you would have loved Percy Jackson
I bought this book at the Anne Frank Huis in Amsterdam after telling myself that I was not going to buy this book at the Anne Frank Huis in Amsterdam. While touring the house, however, I was so moved by the the story of the Secret Annexe that I purchased a copy without hesitation from the bookstore (sticker certifying I bought it there included!). Shortly after my return stateside, I started reading. I took my time with it- almost 3 weeks.
From the beginning I was enraptured with Anne's writing. Her wit and outlook on life shine through every journal entry, both good and bad. It made me remember what it's like to be a young girl with those complicated thoughts and feelings, all the more exacerbated by her circumstances. Anne is crazily insightful, reflective, and downright funny (“This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.”). She writes about things that shocked me, either for the times or because of how relatable it was. It was funny to see how the realities of being a teenage girl transcend time, distance, social status, generations, and experience.
It's no wonder Anne wanted to be a writer. Reading this made me feel like I was conversing with a friend and I think that's a testament to her writing. If I can feel like Anne Frank is a friend of mine, not a girl speaking to me through pages over 80 years old, then consider me wowed. Reading this made me feel absolutely gutted, especially paired with my own memories touring the house and the wonderful video diaries they've put online, as I think about the tragic history that seeps into every entry of this diary. From being weeks away from liberation to Anne's legacy living through Otto, the Frank family story is something so immensely emotional. And yet, Anne's diary also gave me great optimism as she wrote about hope, love, freedom, dreams, and more. As I write this, 2 days before what would have been her 96th birthday (6/12), I know that Anne Frank will live on as a staple of world history.
Now to honor her love of Greek mythology, I must end with a joke: RIP Anne Frank, you would have loved Percy Jackson
I decided to read this book because my mum bought the book for me for a Christmas and I thought it would be an interesting read :) also this book is a reread.
The categorie this book fits into is a book that is related to the themes we studied in the first half of the year. I found this category interesting because I enjoyed watch and learning about the Freedom Writers and there lives and experiences. The themes we studied were Prejudice, discrimination and the importance of equality. I enjoyed reading about Anne Frank and her sad life in the annex.
A quote a liked in the book is “I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”-Anne Frank. I liked this quote because Anne Frank lived in a world where she was mistreated and discriminated against and yet instead if curling up into a ball and hating the world, like most of us would have done she found the beauty in what was left in her horrible life. She looked past all the terrible things and only saw the beauty in what was left.
A setting liked in the book was the Annex, the place where Anne Frank lived with her family and friends for the last years of her short life. The Annex is where Anne Frank developed in to the young heroin she is to to people today. The Annex contains stories of her life and memories of her. It is now a major tourist attraction in Amsterdam it is her museum, it is a place where she can be remembered.
Something I learnt form the book and from Anne Frank is to always look for the beauty in life and don't think what I have isn't enough because Anne Frank lived with so much less and still was able to see the beauty in the terrible world around her.
The categorie this book fits into is a book that is related to the themes we studied in the first half of the year. I found this category interesting because I enjoyed watch and learning about the Freedom Writers and there lives and experiences. The themes we studied were Prejudice, discrimination and the importance of equality. I enjoyed reading about Anne Frank and her sad life in the annex.
A quote a liked in the book is “I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”-Anne Frank. I liked this quote because Anne Frank lived in a world where she was mistreated and discriminated against and yet instead if curling up into a ball and hating the world, like most of us would have done she found the beauty in what was left in her horrible life. She looked past all the terrible things and only saw the beauty in what was left.
A setting liked in the book was the Annex, the place where Anne Frank lived with her family and friends for the last years of her short life. The Annex is where Anne Frank developed in to the young heroin she is to to people today. The Annex contains stories of her life and memories of her. It is now a major tourist attraction in Amsterdam it is her museum, it is a place where she can be remembered.
Something I learnt form the book and from Anne Frank is to always look for the beauty in life and don't think what I have isn't enough because Anne Frank lived with so much less and still was able to see the beauty in the terrible world around her.
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
inspiring
medium-paced
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
It feels kinda weird to think about rating someone's life story...
This book was very surprising in the sense that I wasn't at all expecting to be able to relate to these characters, and yet so many experiences and emotions that Anne felt were so similar to what I had experienced myself when younger (obviously not the WW2 part). This similarity made the war seem ever more horrible, just knowing that it was ordinary people who were killed and hurt, it honestly really struck me how this really could just happen, not only at any time, but also to anyone.
This book was very surprising in the sense that I wasn't at all expecting to be able to relate to these characters, and yet so many experiences and emotions that Anne felt were so similar to what I had experienced myself when younger (obviously not the WW2 part). This similarity made the war seem ever more horrible, just knowing that it was ordinary people who were killed and hurt, it honestly really struck me how this really could just happen, not only at any time, but also to anyone.
