Anne Frank had a way with words and she made even the most mundane things interesting to read about. If she would have survived, there is no doubt she could have been a wonderful novelist. That just makes this story even worse when you realise how so many people like Anne never got a chance in this world due to the bigotry of a few.
Even though virtually nothing happens in the book, it keeps you interested and hooked on your seat just to keep knowing what is going to happen to these Jews who are in hiding against an empire out to destroy them. It's about her relationships with her family and how she is forced to grow up in these cramped quarters just in two years.