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When I was 13, I thought this book was marvelous. Anne was just like me - rebelling against her mother, just beginning to become her own person. I wept when I read the Afterward that she died - I didn't know that all of those years ago.
Reading this 43 years later, I no longer am marveled by Anne's diary. I still wonder what kind of woman she would've become. Would she have become a journalist or married with children of her own? I don't think she would have wanted the millions of people to rea ...more
Reading this 43 years later, I no longer am marveled by Anne's diary. I still wonder what kind of woman she would've become. Would she have become a journalist or married with children of her own? I don't think she would have wanted the millions of people to rea ...more
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Unpopular opinions to follow I am sure. But, before we begin, I also question if much of my lesser liking has blame that needs to be put on the narrator.
To start, yes what Anne, her family and SO MANY others went through was awful (to put it mildly). In many ways I like the variety of entries/letters Anne wrote about how she went through things. Some important to history, others mundane, that were meant to connect us to her. But for the first nearly 3/4 of the book, Anne came a ...more
Unpopular opinions to follow I am sure. But, before we begin, I also question if much of my lesser liking has blame that needs to be put on the narrator.
To start, yes what Anne, her family and SO MANY others went through was awful (to put it mildly). In many ways I like the variety of entries/letters Anne wrote about how she went through things. Some important to history, others mundane, that were meant to connect us to her. But for the first nearly 3/4 of the book, Anne came a ...more
I thought this book was AMAZING! I really enjoyed reading it. It is such a great heartwarming and heartbreaking book. It is the story of Anne Frank's life before and after her family went into hiding. Anne was a typical teenager trying to find herself and what she could do with her life. It is sad to know that she did not make it through the camps because she never got to experience how much her story changed the world. Showed how much courage a young girl can have in face of danger. She is a fa
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Jul 15, 2011
Rusty
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Until 2014, I had not read Anne's diary. I pictured in my mind that it was depressing and bleak. What an awakening! It's upbeat, cheerful and full of life. Anne shares her heart, thoughts and dreams with her diary. At fourteen she is amazingly perceptive at times and at others so young and self-centered. I plan to share this one with a young teenage girl who is searching for a path through these troubled years. It's a treasured read.
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There really wasn't much about the situation of jews in hiding during World War 2. Anne Frank wanted to write this diary to share her experience and those of her family during the war, but it was more of a coming of age story, her personnal story. I think it is a good book for girls who are starting to discover who they are, but not so much for history and World War 2 buffs.
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Oct 06, 2010
Amber
marked it as to-read
