Read in high school or college. Amazing story!

Absolutely one-of-a-kind.

It's extraordinary that the diary entries of a teenage girl can be so powerful. That's the thing: Anne was just a normal teenage girl. She argued with her parents, she worried about her period, she pondered crushes on girls and boys. She also spoke about gender inequality, wealth inequality, politics. She was a normal girl with a normal diary, writing during one of the most significant periods in history and somehow that blew me away. I'm not a history nerd in the slightest but this book has rejuvenated my interest in WWII.

One of the most heartbreaking things about this book is the few moments of self-awareness, I suppose you could call it, when Anne ponders publishing this diary and what it would be like if others could read it. The abrupt end to the diary entries also broke my heart and was a painful reminder of the reality of the story.

Reread as an adult

Rereading this book as an adult and with the new additions, was quite a new experience - especially knowing the fate of Anne Frank. When I read "Anne's diary ends here" my heart sank. What a complex character Anne was, and what a priceless gem this diary is.

Whilst reading this book I had to keep reminding myself that these were just the thoughts of a young girl.

Throughout many pages I felt that she was quite the brat. The way she speaks about her mother is often quite upsetting, it's hard to imagine that anyone in this very situation wouldn't just feel extremely grateful to have her family with her.

Later on in the book she redeems herself, you can almost see her maturing with every turn of a page.

I didn't find it quite as interesting as I first thought I would and really struggled to find the motivation to pick it up each day to finish it off.

Never the less, it was interesting to read the thoughts and day to day accounts of a families life whilst suffering through such a dreadful time in history.

I read this as a young girl, & it definitely gave me a perspective on WWII that I never would have learned in school. They didn't teach us about the Holocaust. This book touched me & has always made me wonder how a few evil people could be so completely destructive & kill so many innocent lives.

Anne Frank is the polar opposite of the Third Reich. She shows you faith in humanity when in reality, she should have had none.