Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Mirjam Pressler, Anne Frank, Otto H. Frank

62 reviews

fransisu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Antisemitism, and War

heidipretzel's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Antisemitism

fresh_tepid_snoozed's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Some notable quotes:

"For one fleeting moment I thought, 'Him and his lies. I'll smack his ugly mug so hard he'll go bouncing off the wall.'"
"And keep trying to find a way to become what I'd like to be and what I could be if... if only there were no other people in the world."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

elbietha's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

4.25

Very well written, good for young adults around 13-15. Quite slow paced but an excellent, emotional and interesting book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and War

Moderate: Death

Minor: Gun violence

Goes into detail about sexual things

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Antisemitism, and War

kristinetp's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

she really was just a young girl …  with a complicated relationship with her mother and her body and her sexuality. She was so articulate and well spoken, I was nothing like that at 13. 

happy late pride month, Anne Frank 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Antisemitism, and War

Minor: Sexual content

thirdtimesacharm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent

aj9moon's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

redheadorganist's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Genocide, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Death, Excrement, and Deportation

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, and Blood

naomidanae's review against another edition

funny informative tense medium-paced

4.0

There’s not much to say about this book that hasn’t already been said. Anne Frank is a precocious writer, with many deep things to say for so young a person. It’s heartbreaking to read certain passages knowing what happened to her. Some editions might do this, but I wish there’d been a narration at the end explaining what happened to the family and the rest of the annex. I never read this as a teen, so it was something I wanted to read this year as my “at least one classic a year” book. 

Some quotes:
“No one wants to see the danger until it’s staring them in the face.” 

“The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature’s beauty and simplicity. As long as this exists, and that should be forever, I know that there will be solace for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances. I firmly believe that nature can bring comfort to all who suffer.” 

“…until all of humanity, without exception, undergoes a metamorphosis, wars will continue to be waged, and everything that has been carefully built up, cultivated and grown will be cut down and destroyed, only to start all over again!” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Genocide and Sexual content