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laura_npeace's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Can you rant a diary???
runjnee's review against another edition
3.0
I know the historical importance of this diary, and I applaud the courageous young woman and certainly mourn her loss. But I didn't "feel" the magic in this book that people generally describe. Yes, it is exactly what it says, it is the diary of a young girl. Maybe it's an amazing thing that a young girl can write that well, but really, I could at that age and I certainly know the world is filled with people like them. She had the misfortune of being in difficult circumstances, and it is only those circumstances that lend meaning to this book - not the authoress and not her mind's workings. I certainly don't blame her, as publication would probably not even have crossed her mind (indeed, at that age, privacy is of the utmost concern). But, I wouldn't give this the "must read" label that many people seem to.
Nevertheless, a good look into the difficulties of life as a private Jewish citizen in the second world war.
Nevertheless, a good look into the difficulties of life as a private Jewish citizen in the second world war.
medusa_23's review against another edition
5.0
To talk about something so hauntingly beautiful is bittersweet. The book, or rather, the diary, is set during the World War II. While many people think that Anne Frank and the Holocaust is fictional (How even!?), the entire incident is pretty much true. When the Germans invaded Holland, where Anne and her family lived, they took most of the Jewish into captivity. Of the remaining Jewish, many went into hiding, the Frank family being one of them. The diary is where Anne used to detail the events of her life in hiding for 25 months, until the whereabouts of her family were discovered by the Nazis. Anne, despite everything that went on in the country, tried her best to stay positive.
For a teen in hiding, she showed immensely strong will power. Her gradual transition from being a regular teenager with lots of complains to a matured adolescent speaks a lot about her efforts. While many people find the book uninteresting, they fail to take into consideration the fact that this isn't a novel, and is in fact someone's personal diary, penned during a really difficult time. To be able to read someone's diary, which also happens to have some of their last words rather sends a chill down my spine.
Why you need to read this book is because I believe everyone will relate to the various things that teenagers go through, with and around themselves. And it doesn't just end there. There's so much you'll get to learn as a person about yourself and the people around you, irrespective of your age.
For a teen in hiding, she showed immensely strong will power. Her gradual transition from being a regular teenager with lots of complains to a matured adolescent speaks a lot about her efforts. While many people find the book uninteresting, they fail to take into consideration the fact that this isn't a novel, and is in fact someone's personal diary, penned during a really difficult time. To be able to read someone's diary, which also happens to have some of their last words rather sends a chill down my spine.
Why you need to read this book is because I believe everyone will relate to the various things that teenagers go through, with and around themselves. And it doesn't just end there. There's so much you'll get to learn as a person about yourself and the people around you, irrespective of your age.
lmabert's review against another edition
sorry but i rly can’t rate this. it’s a diary for goodness sake…it feels wrong to rate it.
although i will say that i liked it very much.
although i will say that i liked it very much.
elizabacelar's review against another edition
5.0
What a tribute. This book was another one of those that touched me very deeply, and how could it not? Anne Frank has a way with words, and there's no better way of putting oneself into her shoes literarily than reading such an intimate written - and at times quite cathartic - expression of her feelings. I must say though that, even with the name saying precisely that, I didn't think this book would have a diary format. It sounds silly for me to think that right now, but I (for whatever reason) had the impression I was going to read a memoir in a long text format. It's not that at all, and the version I read explained how that was compiled, with each "chapter" being entries titled with the different dates they were written. Apart from a few grammar corrections, the diary is pretty much intact and exactly how she wrote it, but in a printed version.
The most heart-wrenching moments for me are the ones that made me feel her hope and plans for 'after the war' and how promising her life would have been. It is also not obvious just how much suffering there was living in the annex, it's almost not mentioned, which is another incredible perspective of such a cheerful and positive mind. Even amongst the horrors that were happening, she was never a complainer, always hopeful and waiting for the day this would all end. The epilogue goes into how it ended for everybody in the annex, and on that, I'm enraged and disgusted by how the human race is capable of such unspeakable acts.
This book absolutely changed part of me for the better, and made me so much more appreciative of the life I'm living, and for that I'm very thankful.
The most heart-wrenching moments for me are the ones that made me feel her hope and plans for 'after the war' and how promising her life would have been. It is also not obvious just how much suffering there was living in the annex, it's almost not mentioned, which is another incredible perspective of such a cheerful and positive mind. Even amongst the horrors that were happening, she was never a complainer, always hopeful and waiting for the day this would all end. The epilogue goes into how it ended for everybody in the annex, and on that, I'm enraged and disgusted by how the human race is capable of such unspeakable acts.
This book absolutely changed part of me for the better, and made me so much more appreciative of the life I'm living, and for that I'm very thankful.
agoodwin0001's review against another edition
5.0
I thought this book was amazing but once I finished it I felt really depressed and sad that she didn't live.