Mike’s Reviews > The Diary of a Young Girl > Status Update

I remember reading from the introduction to this book that this was the unabridged version, that included the parts where Anne talked about sex and her mother's bad parenting. Towards the beginning, I was underwhelmed. But now... Jesus, they must've cut the entire last third of the original edition.

I'm embarassed to think that my crushes from a couple of years ago were probably similar to Anne's obsessive crush on Peter.

It's kind of interesting to see Peter's perspective on Anne. We see so little outside perspective on her, since this is her diary. I wonder how accurate her image of herself is.

In retrospect, I kind of wish I had read the version of this that was released first, the one without the discussions of sex and Anne's mother being a bad parent. The discussions of sex does add to our understanding of Anne, but at the same time, it's kind of uncomfortable. It feels like an invasion of her privacy - I can't imagine that she intended the whole world to read this.

I didn't think I'd enjoy this as much as I am. Anne Frank is just a really good writer - she does a good job of communicating how she feels during her ordeal, and it makes her relatable.

Nobody ever told me that Anne Frank has a sense of humor.

I'm really glad I got a relatively unabridged version of this book. I guess I could've lived without the discussions of sex, but it adds a lot to see how Anne felt about her mother. I feel like it's really important to understanding her.

I'm not gonna pretend I feel some deep connection to Judaism or Holocaust victims. Even though I'm technically Jewish on my mother's side, I've never really identified with it. So I guess this is kind of an important experience for me, to understand the oppression that Jews have been victims of. Or maybe this is a bad way to learn about that, since this is just one case study. Whatever, I'm enjoying it either way