Review: Annelies

Annelies by David R. Gillham
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

In all honesty I have to say that I had trepidations about this book from the start. Given the very real issue of growingly prevalent Holocaust denial, fictionalizing a story about one of the most famous individuals associated with the Holocaust surviving the camps seemed like a bad idea to me. While wholly understanding the intent was to make us feel what was lost even more, by showing us what might have been, I was still troubled. In the end, though Gillham's novel is well-researched, what it comes down to is my simply not feeling the authenticity of the voice of Anne Frank, in all it's petulance, adolescent longing, and burgeoning adulthood that I know from Diary of a Young Girl. This, on top of the fact that I am still left with those same reservations about fictionalizing her life and having her survive (because there are still so many that don't believe that the Shoah even took place) resulted in my rating for this book. This is a novel that should only be paired with the true history of its subject.




Annelies "Anne" Frank, June 12, 1929 - February or March 1945

I received a Digital Review Copy of this book, along with a paper review copy, in exchange for an honest review.

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