Reviews tagging 'Death'

Päiväkirja by Anne Frank

53 reviews

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and War

flowerowl's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

I loved it! Such a unique look into someone's, but especially a young struggling girls (or women's like how she felt it) mind. things and time are so different, yet the emotions and experience are so the same. Things almost every girl growing up feel, but never says or even sometimes dares to think of, she wrote down and expressed so purely and real (not knowing others would read it). It gives room to think all the while reading on the state of self, families, groups, Country's and cultures, without being imposing or philosophical. I would recommend it to anyone, but especially to other girls/women who feel trapped or stuk what ever situation or place.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Racism, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

123erty456's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Alcohol

evaag_2796's review against another edition

inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Antisemitism, and War

_mm_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Very important book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Death

quills4days's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and War

lucyselim's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

I have read this book a few times, but not since I was a teenager and I forgot how raw and emotional and graphic and detailed this is. As I was reading this book I started to feel like I was 14 all over again, like we understood each other. And then there would be another mention of the outside world and I would remember the reality of her situation. 
I finished this at work so I had a hard time holding back my tears as I read the afterword. I try not to think about all the work Anne could have done with the years of her life that were stolen. Instead, it seems imperative to thank Anne's father Otto for having followed his daughters wishes and allowed the publication of her work.
"I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Grief, and War

Minor: Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Medical content

sweetmusic22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank is quite a powerful and insightful read. While she does talk about what it was like to hide from the Nazis, she also opened up about normal things that every teenager goes through in their lifetime. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, and Antisemitism

cptnstphy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

The Diary of Anne Frank is a deeply important account of the Holocaust, especially in my opinion because it's written from a child's perspective, which is a unique perspective that should be more closely studied. Anne's thoughts range from tortured at the knowledge of the war's horrors, to the delight and confusion of adolescence, to boredom, to insightful observations and clever remarks. Remembering her brings gratitude to my life that I haven't personally experienced her plight, but more importantly her words are a reminder to prioritize resisting bigotry, ignorance, racism, and interpersonal hierarchy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Torture

booksanna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

A sad story of a bright girl, killed by the horrors of Holocaust and war. This could also be a coming of age story because of how much Anne changes throughout 2 years in the Annex. Really eye-opening and heartbreaking story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Antisemitism

Moderate: War

Minor: Death