Diary of Anne Frank review

Tittle: Diary of Anne frank

Publisher:  Bantam Books

Genere:  Memoir

Where did you get it? :  I got it from a friend of mines in English class, I’ve heard of this book and I thought it was interesting to know how she felt during this time and all the suffering she had gone through.

One sentence summary: the story is about a thirteen year old Jewish girl called Anne Frank (who later turns 14) who is forced to flee out of their home in Amsterdam since all the Jews were being captured by the Nazis. She went into hiding with her family in a “Secret Annexe” of an old office building and is forced to live there with another family called the Vaan Dans including other people like Mr. Dussle and is forced to stay their till the war is over. Anne Frank explains her relationships with these new people around her and her experiences in the house while she faces hunger, boredom and the fear of being discovered.

First sentence:  Sunday, 14 June, 1942. On Friday, June 12^th, I woke up at six o’clock and no wonder; it was my birthday.

First Chapter review: the first entrée of the book she explains how she woke up in the day of her birthday and it also shows how she is obedient about the rules of her house since see explains that she wasn’t allowed to get up at that time. She then explains that she got her diary for her birthday and writes it as if she’s talking to another person, for example, when she says “the first to greet me was you”. The rest of the chapter she tells us that she was spoiled with  gifts from her parents and friends and the mini party she had going on at school, but what she clearly tells us in this entree is that from all the presents, her diary was the best of all, and also says to it “were going to be best pals!”

Verdict: I liked this book, but it did go a bit slow like at the middle of the book where she only explains her feelings towards the people in the building, but then it starts getting better  towards the end, overall, it was good and enjoyable book to read.

Cover comments:  the cover shows Anne frank possibly sitting on the table of the secret annex or at her old house, maybe just after she had written an entree for her diary or maybe taken from the date of her birthday from the first chapter of the book.