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jennc's review against another edition
4.0
I know little about Sarajevo and the conflict there. I was graduation from high school at the time and like most teenagers way too wrapped up in my own life to notice what was going on around the world. This book does a great job of showing you the personal cost of war. It's sad and funny and very well done.
kmthomas06's review against another edition
4.0
I remember reading this and having guilt that my life was pretty easy. As a kid, it's hard to fathom everything Zlata talks about - especially reading it from my very safe, well lit and heated comfy bed. This was also my stepping stone to Anne Frank though Zlata herself is, rightly so, scared of that comparison. Her voice is very true though and I remember re-reading this in high school and being impressed by her still.
aradne's review against another edition
3.0
I know that this book is highly regarded, but it is written by a child, and I just didn't really care for it.
bridgeman98's review against another edition
emotional
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and War
zapkode's review against another edition
4.0
{my thoughts} - This book in my honest opinion is not a clear comparison to that of The Diary of Anne Frank. I enjoyed reading this book back when I was a child. I remember it was the first book I had ever gotten through a scholastic thingy from school. When I got the book I was so excited I read it cover to cover twice. I was in awe at the way it was written. An elven-year old girl wrote her diary in letter form. She had named her diary Mimmy. She write's to Mimmy about everything that is going on her life. A majority of the writing takes place by candle light and it helps her to work through her problems. I can't imagine being a child forced to live life during a war and seeing the devastating effects that it can have on them.
mdevlin923's review against another edition
3.0
The diary entries of Zlata Filipovic as she lived through the Bosnian War in Sarajevo from September 1991 to December 1993.
Zlata's entries encapsulate the spirit of a teenage girl: honest and frank, but also philosophical. It clearly demonstrates how war can ravage a country, a neighborhood, and a family.
Zlata's entries encapsulate the spirit of a teenage girl: honest and frank, but also philosophical. It clearly demonstrates how war can ravage a country, a neighborhood, and a family.