Scan barcode
youbelongwithmira's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and War
Minor: Genocide, Gun violence, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, and Grief
fresh_tepid_snoozed's review against another edition
5.0
"For one fleeting moment I thought, 'Him and his lies. I'll smack his ugly mug so hard he'll go bouncing off the wall.'"
"And keep trying to find a way to become what I'd like to be and what I could be if... if only there were no other people in the world."
Graphic: Confinement, Antisemitism, and War
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
ar__reads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War
lalasluvly's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War
Minor: Alcohol
sissiemilia's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, and War
anjh's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and War
Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Excrement, and Gaslighting
ellabruce2009's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Religious bigotry and Deportation
leweylibrary's review against another edition
5.0
Anne is just a normal girl in a lot of ways, but her situation has made her so much wiser and more mature. She's also just really smart and a really good writer. It's gutting because every time you think something like this throughout the book, you remember how her story ends. She talks about how she has these big drama to be a journalist and famous writer and you remember she never gets to do that. She gets frustated with her mom (same, girl) and vows to be a better one, but she never gets that chance. She also shares surprisingly deep thoughts on humanity, the war, antisemitism, and so much more.
ALSO it was always weird to me that this book has so often been banned or challenged, I figured it was just holocaust-denier hogwash. But now that I've read the definitive edition HOLY COW I get it. The first time she mentioned sex or menstruation I was like 😦 and then she mentioned women being attractive and I was just completely gobsmacked. No wonder they didn't want people, especially kids, reading this and what a shame they did that for so many reasons.
Oh, and Selma Blair did such a great job as a narrator!
Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Hate crime, Sexism, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and War
abby_can_read's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book. It was hard at times. I knew how the book ended before I started it while this was the diary of a teenage who wrote about her life.
Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and War
Moderate: Bullying, Genocide, Violence, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent
123erty456's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and War
Minor: Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Alcohol