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booksjessreads's review against another edition
5.0
I also listened to this version by Helena Bonham Carter who really brought Anne to life. She reads it so appropriately and it made it such an immersive experience.
Graphic: Confinement, Antisemitism, and War
Moderate: Death
Minor: Cancer
emminkirjakasa's review against another edition
5.0
Historian tämä kirja kuvaa rehellisesti, vaikkakin sota jää "pienelle" osalle päiväkirjamerkinnöissä. Se tekee mielestäni kirjasta niin kauniin. Kuinka arki jatkuu salaisessa siivessä vaikka sota myllää ympärillä. Kuinka ihastus kumpuaa vaikka ilmahälytykset soivat.
Kirjan loppu särkee erityisesti sydämen. Kun päiväkirjamerkinnät lähenevät 1944 elokuuta ja salaisen siiven paljastumista ilman, että Anne siitä tietää. Puheet toivosta ja elämästä sodan jälkeen kuuluvat vielä viimeisillä sivuilla.
Graphic: Confinement, Antisemitism, and War
Moderate: Death and Gun violence
Minor: Vomit
leweylibrary's review against another edition
5.0
Anne is just a normal girl in a lot of ways, but her situation has made her so much wiser and more mature. She's also just really smart and a really good writer. It's gutting because every time you think something like this throughout the book, you remember how her story ends. She talks about how she has these big drama to be a journalist and famous writer and you remember she never gets to do that. She gets frustated with her mom (same, girl) and vows to be a better one, but she never gets that chance. She also shares surprisingly deep thoughts on humanity, the war, antisemitism, and so much more.
ALSO it was always weird to me that this book has so often been banned or challenged, I figured it was just holocaust-denier hogwash. But now that I've read the definitive edition HOLY COW I get it. The first time she mentioned sex or menstruation I was like 😦 and then she mentioned women being attractive and I was just completely gobsmacked. No wonder they didn't want people, especially kids, reading this and what a shame they did that for so many reasons.
Oh, and Selma Blair did such a great job as a narrator!
Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Hate crime, Sexism, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and War
deparme's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: War
Minor: Confinement
abby_can_read's review against another edition
4.0
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.
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
grereads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Antisemitism, and Deportation
proceduralbob's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Confinement and Antisemitism
Moderate: War
shelbydm's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Antisemitism
Minor: Body shaming
poirot's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Antisemitism, War, and Deportation
Moderate: Death, Police brutality, and Murder
Minor: Racial slurs
careinthelibrary's review against another edition
Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Sexism, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical content, and War
Minor: Genocide and Excrement
Anne Frank didn't write about the Holocaust (as it was not known in its entirety until after her death), but elements of Germany's machinations are hinted at and referenced to unknowingly so CW for Holocaust and genocide.