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A review by marissalobot
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Mirjam Pressler, Anne Frank, Otto H. Frank
5.0
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.
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.