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A review by medusa_23
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
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.