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What is the most disturbing book you have ever read? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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Tell me about a book that disturbed, distressed, shocked, traumatized, or unsettled you in any way. Please elaborate on why it does.

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[–] 73kk13@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I read "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank when I was about the same age. It disturbed me beyond measure, to learn what humans can do to each other. (Still I found hope in seeing people were also willing to help.) Same topic (but from a much older woman): Margot Friedländer's memoir "Versuche, dein Leben zu machen" ("Try to make your life").