Gabrielle Kalus Kalus থেকে Mercœur, France
Initial thought: This book is a freaking DIARY. After reading the first sentence in it, a thought came to my mind--What if someone were to read my journal? So I confess I felt a trifle unnerved while reading certain parts of it. “Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child, I feel quite indepedent of anyone.” Overall, it is very well- written. One thing that did annoy me, was the insane amount of typos in the book. I know it is a Dutch to English translation, but still. Think about it- while Anne Frank was penning her thoughts down, she never knew it was going to be published. So you cannot possibly blame her for the lack of an actual plot. I have to admit, most of the content consisted of her talking about her "boy-friends" or constant whining about her family and her insane inferiority complex; and not about the war. But apart from that, I LOVE the writing style. At some point, I felt like I could relate to her quite a lot even though this was written about 60 years ago.