The Diary of Anne Frank – Book Review

The Diary of Anne Frank – 5/5 Stars

Reviewed by Carly Parker

For the last week, I have spent my evenings reading a well-known classic The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank or as most know it, The Diary Of Anne Frank. Anne Frank wrote this diary when herself, her family and four others were hiding in a secret annexe during the Holocaust between 1942 – 1944. When reading, you live through Anne Frank’s eyes and through all the fear, excitement, hope and longing that she feels. You follow her thoughts as she navigates tricky family dynamics, romance and the normal thoughts/feelings that a teenager goes through, all while having to live like a mouse in a confined area and no outlet other than the very pages we read.

I didn’t think I would enjoy this book as much as I did, I wondered just how interesting could the diary of a fourteen-year-old girl living in one space and not being allowed to leave be? But I very quickly found myself engulfed in Anne’s world. I was in that annexe with her. I felt her hope for the future, her frustrations with her family, her need for more than the life that had been dealt to her. I found myself rooting for her and her love interest and clinging onto her hopes and dreams of the future all while knowing the ending was going to sting… Anne wrote with such finesse and wisdom for such a young girl that it felt like I was reading a story and it was hard to remind myself that this young girl was sat in her hidden bedroom pouring her heart and mind out on these pages during one of the most frightening times of her life. Times that could quite easily come around again if the world continues as it currently is.

If you’re looking for something to read that tugs at your heart strings yet manages to make you smile but still forces you to take a look around at the world around you and see how good we actually have it but how quickly it could all change if oppression gets the upper hand – This is for you.