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El diario de Anne Frank by Anne Frank

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book_bear's review against another edition

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4.0

I liked this but didn't love it. I have already read the full book. I felt like some of the illustrations in the graphic novel where abit of a stretch from the real diary. 
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5.0

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filipa_maia's review against another edition

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5.0

I've read this book once before in school and it stay with me for all these years.

I loved this graphic novel. Is the perfect way to visualise everything that those eight people went through inside that small house without infantilize the story. Anne Frank was a child with an adults mind and that is very cleverly illustrated in this book.

Everyone, everywhere, should read Anne Frank's story because is completely impossible to stay indifferent to it. 
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howlinglibraries's review against another edition

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3.5

 This is a solid adaptation that I would absolutely recommend, especially to young readers today who haven't read the original text. Anne's diary is unquestionably one of the most culturally relevant pieces of literature in recent history, and reading her entries gives so much insight into what her life was like, not only as a teen Jewish girl in hiding from Nazis, but also as a girl surrounded by bickering, stress, anguish, sorrow, grief, and dealing with all of that on top of her own internal struggles (such as puberty, loneliness, depression, and self-loathing).

All of that said, just to review this honestly (and explain the 4-star rating): Anne's narrative is so much angrier (and, to put it bluntly, brattier) than I remembered it being, and at times I found myself skim-reading her tangents.

✨ Representation: all main characters are Jewish, Anne essentially describes herself as bisexual or pansexual 
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laur1099's review against another edition

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4.75

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careinthelibrary's review against another edition

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I think the creators of this graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary did a fantastic job of translating her words and world into the visual. It was different, creative, challenging, and drew me right in to her life.
They capture her voice, her humour, her immaturity alongside her wisdom, her family dynamics. 
If you haven't read the original work, I would suggest starting there? But then again, this is a faithful and respectful adaptation of it and if this format suits better, then it's a good place to start as well.
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5.0

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5.0

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4.0

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