The Diary of Anne Frank

 Just a thing to mention before we begin:
I finished Divergent a couple of weeks ago or so . Best book I have read for a while. I absolutely loved it. Then, I read a review.

I HATE SPOILERS!!! (In fact this is a spoiler, but you know)

So I was spoiled pretty badly. Ehs seid. I can't believe it. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!
Stupid, stupid STUPID! I AM AN IDIOT! Number one rule for avoiding spoilers is to not make contact with the internet while reading a really good book or series. I ignored that, and here I am.

Stupid.

Anyway, almost finished Insurgent, and that is really good, so yeah. Let's continue.

The Diary of Anne Frank had been sitting on my shelf for a while. I was waiting for the right time to read it. I knew I wasn't quite old enough when I first spotted it at maybe 10, but then I was waiting for the right time, and early this year I thought- hey. I feel like reading this now.

Yes, I have seen the movie (2009 one) and I really, really liked it. I have watched it two or three times, in fact. So, I knew what was loosely going to be the in the book. And yes, I do know it was an actual diary, so don't sit there thinking, "OMG doesn't she even know it was a real diary?" I am not that dim.

I quite liked it. I quickly skimmed over some parts but read most of it word for word. Even though the edition I had was thin, it had many words on each page, in small print, so it took me a while to read it.

Now, I can't really talk about 'characters' because they were all real people. I can't talk about the storyline, because it is a diary, and a REAL publication of a REAL diary. And I can't talk about 'oh it was fantastic and I loved the ending' because to me, that just sounds wrong.

Let me explain why- this was a real teenage girl, hiding from the Nazis during WWII. I can't say it was fantastic, because she didn't expect it to be. It was just a diary, an interesting, witty diary, and she didn't intend it to sell millions around the world. Authors, when they write books and stories, they want their books to brilliant and emotional, and they sort of want everyone to really like it. But I can't say The Diary of Anne Frank was brilliant, because it just wasn't supposed to be.  I can't love the ending, for obvious reasons.

But it did impact me. Anne was going through the same things as I am going through now- not being inside all day every day and the middle of a war- but she was growing up and learning things, as I am.

Zobo.