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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

112 reviews

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

ellapearl's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Antisemitism

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

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

ar__reads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

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

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

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

whatamidoing_rn's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

It was really interesting to read about Anne Frank especially since she was around my age when she died.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and War

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