I read this book once before, and while I thought it was magnificent, there was also a lot I had yet to go through in my life. After having had the experiences I have had, it's much easier not only to connect to Anne Frank, but to appreciate how well she articulates a teenage girl's feelings. She covers such a broad range of topics that it's hard to imagine a reader wouldn't connect on at least one level.
The longer she stays in the Secret Annex, the more you see her relationships with others develop. Some deteriorate under the pressure, but others also start to bloom as she gets to know people she previously ignores. Probably the two best examples of this are her mother and Peter from the Annex.
It's a little heartbreaking when you go through Anne's torments over losing, or at least accepting that she never had, her mother. Sometimes it can be frightening when you think of what would happen with certain people in your life if you examined your relationship a little to closely, And in this, the everyday separation our lives allow us can be a blessing. Anne Frank also had that once, but when it is torn away she is left with few comforts.
However, she finds them in what she can. Anne is, like all of the Annex's tenants, is an ardent reader. She often finds escape in written worlds, which all readers can understand.
Overall, this is an interesting book with, at times, shocking and illuminating insights into a young girls life with the backdrop of a war that left millions dead. I'm looking forward to continuing this book.
"Really, it's not easy being the badly brought-up center of a family of nitpickers."
It's a little heartbreaking when you go through Anne's torments over losing, or at least accepting that she never had, her mother. Sometimes it can be frightening when you think of what would happen with certain people in your life if you examined your relationship a little to closely, And in this, the everyday separation our lives allow us can be a blessing. Anne Frank also had that once, but when it is torn away she is left with few comforts.
"If I'm engrossed in a book, I have to rearrange my thoughts before I can mingle with other people, because otherwise they might think I was strange."
However, she finds them in what she can. Anne is, like all of the Annex's tenants, is an ardent reader. She often finds escape in written worlds, which all readers can understand.
Overall, this is an interesting book with, at times, shocking and illuminating insights into a young girls life with the backdrop of a war that left millions dead. I'm looking forward to continuing this book.
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