Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

17 reviews

buzzinfly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Physical abuse and Torture

Minor: Alcohol

lalasluvly's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

Minor: Alcohol

featheredpages07's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

So eyecatching, interesting and thought provoking, literally could not place this book down. Currently she has written the only book that I have read from cover to cover in one sitting, while in Normandy France as well! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

jjb21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A beautiful, hopeful, heartbreaking account. 

It’s much more than the traumatising history I expected. In some ways it’s a charming coming-of-age story. Hearing the very real trials and tribulations of a ‘normal’ 13-year-old - stuck in a room with a bunch of ’stupid’ adults - can, at times, be very funny and charming.

But it has a menacing countdown throughout, and the final pages were always going to have me in tears.

But it’s as inspiring as it is depressing. Faced by the worst events imaginable, Anne is so wise and forgiving. She writes beautifully about life and love and humanity and hunger and purpose and society and family and friendships. And the Dutch people who support those in the Annexe are a source of great hope for the future.

I hope we’ve learned from this period of history.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, and War

asimpson7's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Such a sad read, knowing her fate while reading her words about being optimistic about the future. Although it makes me very appreciative of my life even though it may be hard it’s nothing compared to having to be in hiding and fear for my life just because of my beliefs.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Grief, and War

venetiana's review against another edition

I've read the original so many times, and the book is so, so dear to my heart. I physically couldn't bear to listen to it with this narration.

It sounds so much like badly acted contemporary German theatre, it almost felt disrespectful to Anne's thoughtful, vulnerable, honest, sensitive writing.

I sincerely hope you read it before you venture into the German audio book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Antisemitism, and War

Minor: Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Deportation

sissiemilia's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, and War

abby_can_read's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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I enjoyed this book. It was hard at times. I knew how the book ended before I started it while this was the diary of a teenage who wrote about her life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Genocide, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent

lbelow's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

I wish I had read this book as a teenager. As an adult, I still consider it an essential read, but this is the diary of a teenage girl, with all the moodiness, conflict, and curiosity that entails. Had I read it as a teenager, I feel like it would have resonated with me in a different way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol

Discussion of periods, physical description of female genitalia.

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, and War

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