A review by runjnee
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

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.