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Best review of this book I will ever read.

It is not a fraud, and efforts to call it that have been consistently and uniformly defeated. Here's that mentions the confirmation by the Dutch government that the diary is authentic. The ballpoint pen And you, Odinia, are a member of a racist and anti-Semitic group calling yourselves "Odinists." You're also very poorly informed. Let's have no more of this foolishness, shall we?

(ETA: This was in response to an idiot who briefly spammed like every single review of this book to claim that Anne Frank is a conspiracy. She's been deleted by ŷ������, obviously, which makes this look like I'm arguing with racist ghosts.)

As far as YA lit on the Holocaust, I much preferred Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood in Nazi Germany.

ETA: And, for that matter, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.

Couldn't agree more. I'm reading it and I'm not sure I'll finish.

okay I just felt the need to say that the whole diary wasn't about "no one underatands me" you just didn't see any other than that part, for I as a 17 year old saw way more than that. She talked about so many other things and if you had kept your mind open you would have learned much from Anne, but I suppose not all people see things the same way.

Well, I'm glad it worked better for you than it did for me, Somaya!

İ totally agree..

Isabella wrote: " Plus how would feel if u had to go to a concentration camp and then die of sickness!!"

You're right, I don't know!

Okay, in all serious, though, Isabella, hi, and I'm sorry you were offended by my review of this book. I'm reviewing the book itself, not the Holocaust, which was bad.

The reason I didn't care for the book is that it's the only book many people read about the Jewish experience during WWII, and I don't feel it's the best choice to convey the horrors of the Holocaust.

After all, most of the book isn't concerned with the Holocaust at all; it's about Anne Frank being locked in an attic, which was mostly boring and annoying for her.

Of the books I've read about the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel's Night is the one I think gave me the best feeling for what it might have been like for Jews in the concentration camps. It's more difficult to read than Diary of a Young Girl, but it conveyed the real nightmare clearly.

I think Anne Frank's diary fails both as literature and as education; it doesn't teach us much about the Holocaust itself, nor is it very interesting. I don't mean to downplay Anne Frank's actual experience, which of course was terrible until it was even worse. I'm talking solely about this book's merits as a story that I read.

But if her story really speaks to you, and you like it better than I did, great! Maybe you'll write a positive review to counteract mine! It makes sense that the book might appeal more to you than to me; I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you, like Anne Frank, are a teenage girl, so you might really relate to her story. That's the nice thing about books, right? Some of them are better for some people, and some are better for others.

Thanks Talula! I hope you like Night!

You really can't compare this diary with Flowers in the Attic as it is not Fiction! This is a diary of a young girl who is hiding in an attic because the Nazis want to kill her entire family because she is Jewish! It does go on about childish things because who the hell would even believe a man would even think of annialting an entire group of people and that others would go along with it, but in the end she had to face the horrors of the camps and died there. It is disrespectful at least and ignorant.

Wait, Flowers in the Attic is fiction?

Ugh!#Fail

"There are little folds of skin all over the place, you can hardly find it. The little hole underneath is so terribly small that I simply can't imagine how a man can get in there, let alone how a whole baby can get out!"

Hey, awesome, Talulah-Daisy. I'm really glad you liked it.

Nerdiac, ha, thanks for that - I'd forgotten that bit.

I'm not in agreement with you. The book isn't like 300 pages of "No one understands me"as you wrote.
We're talking about a young girl who was forced to live in an attic,for 2 years,with a constant fear. However she was so hopeful and generous.Maybe you wasn't able to understand all her feelings.
Everyone needs to read this book. Anne isn't dead,she still lives in it. And we must remember her and the story she told us.

No matter how badly written this could be, I cannot fathom how can you make cheap fun of this.

Great review sir! I find that this song is an apt summarization of the overarching theme of the diary:

Haaaaaaa, that's perfect Tara.

You sir are a perfect example of what is wrong in the world. I hope someday you outgrow yourself. I doubt you even read the book. I feel sorry for you.

I really, really wish there was a "dislike" button on these... Even a "hate" button for the REALLY cruel, inconsiderate, callous, idiotic reviews like this one.
Wow...

Ugh, me too, Erin! Going to put this person on block or ignore. I wonder if she would have been more tolerrable if she found herself in the same situtation as Anne did. Shame on you!

Thankyou Erin!!
This reviea... is unbelivable

MravaWishes wrote: "I wonder if she would have been more tolerrable if she found herself in the same situtation as Anne did."

I've always had my suspicions that Alex, lurking somewhere behind his magnanimous façade, was actually an intolerrrable shemale. Irrefutable prufe!

Dude, this was someone's personal thoughts. She wouldn't have thought to make it "great reading" for others. You have the utmost of privileges to have read anything directly from that time. Don't put her off her for saying it how it is.

rofl @ the tweet!

I've read Night, and I've read Diary of a Young Girl, and while I agree that Night portrays the horrors of the holocaust in a better way, that is because Anne Frank's diary was never meant to do that. The book ISN'T a recount about the terrible holocaust - it's a book about the people involved in it, and about being forced to grow up too quickly. It's a DIARY.

The other thing you said that bothered me is: "And Frank is very bright, but not bright enough to make great reading out of a young girl's diary." Now, of course, you're entitled to your own opinion. If you dislike the book, that's fine. But you can't say that this book wasn't good just because you don't personally like it - she was bright enough to make it the best selling holocaust book of all time. Yes, even better selling than 'Night.'

Your opinion does not equal the all-knowing truth.

She told you, Alex.

A genuinely, truly, profoundly imbecilic take.

I wonder how you feel about the emotions expressed in the book now, after the worldwide shutdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. At least in this situation, people in most countries had the luxury to step out briefly and in all countries to open their windows and make noise. People found a few weeks of this life detrimental to their mental health even though 'everyone' in the world was experiencing the same dangers.. imagine 2 years of this life, being some of the select few on the earth who are experiencing this circumstance, with no 'probability' of death or suffering but a guarantee, extremely limited communication with the outside world and no large scale efforts to improve your situation. Imagine being a teenager (girl/ boy shouldn't matter, but your overflowing misogyny indicates you'll empathize only with your younger self, if at all), trying to understand your life and your identity in that circumstances and perhaps a re-read of this book or at least a re-assessment of your views will be warranted.

you completely missed the point of her diary being published.

@Jillian very well stated.

amazing

this is so disrespectful

i wonder how it feels to be so absolutely wrong and stupid. the book wasn’t meant to be about someone being in the holocaust, it’s the effect of it. it’s a diary of a young girl, it’s not going to be a “best selling holocaust book��

must be a truly miserable life to write this out and think you’re right

What the hell man

why would you write this revieuw��

What are you on mate this isn’t supposed to be entertainment for you to chew on then spit out. This is an archive of history and a reality someone lived. You’ve got some balls trying to moan about how she’s not a professional writer and whines too much when you couldn’t withstand a thing she went through. Your point of view turns this girl’s heartbreaking life into a commodity that is to be consumed and critiqued and you are completely out of order for that.

I think you missed the point of the entire book. It wasn’t meant to portray the horrors of the Holocaust, it was just someone documenting what their life was really like. There’s more to WW2 than exciting adventures in the resistance the horrors from the concentration camps and the evil plots of the “bad guys��. Regular life doesn’t stop just because it’s war, and this diary is an important testimony to that.

My guy…Anne Frank is the child this is legit her ACTUAL DIARY, it’s extremely disrespectful to her memory and the memory of the millions who died at the hands of the Nazis to call her a “basic whiny teen��

Well she didn’t write in her DIARY for everyone to read? It’s her DIARY. She can write whatever she wants and whatever she feels.

She isn't a just a young girl, she's a young Jew living in the holocaust. Grow up Alex.

Why are your reviews so funny? 🤣🤣🤣

“it’s so boring to read about being locked in an attic for 2 years�� aw i’m so sorry that reading about a CHILD trying not to die simply because she exists is boring to you

It’s crazy that people are only happy with other peoples opinions/reviews if they are the same as their own. People are sooo tolerant today��

You should read the betrayal of ann frank.. it explains what happend to the family after getting caught and sent to the concentration camp. It's really sad

I really don’t know how you could write this and still not have deleted it .All you wanted is entertainment out of this book ?

This is such an insane critique haha. I can understand finding it a bit boring and repetitive but it’s a piece of history. This wasn’t a literary work made with the goal of being published, it was just the diary of a girl living through one of the worst atrocities in human history.
Your criticisms hold no weight, it feels like you’re engaging with this in completely the wrong way. You do not open this book looking for a riveting read, you open it for a glimpse into the mind of someone who lived through the horrors of war, you get their singular and personal experience. Its value lies in how it allows you to get an intimate look into the mind of a tragic victim.

Why would you read this for entertainment? That literally wasn't the point of the book. You should delete this review, dude.

I had to create an account solely to ask you how you haven't deleted this review yet. Comparing Anne's diary unfavorably to other Holocaust literature because it doesn't meet your expectations for explicit horror, gore, and brutality misses the point entirely, but I'm pretty sure you know that and just wanted to be edgy. This isn't just a "book" you're reviewing; it's a testament to a life lived under unimaginable circumstances, a voice that continues to speak for millions of victims. Saying that the book has failed as an educational tool is an insane statement given how many people carry the content of this book in their hearts, long past their middle school English class. Anne’s story is a poignant reminder that the victims of these atrocities were not faceless statistics, but real people with dreams, fears, a longing for a better life, and yes, even silly musings. You gladly attached your name and face to this?