[2] Steve Pfarrer of Daily Hampshire Gazette wrote that Gillham's Anne "is alternately angry, despairing, and ridden with guilt".

[1] Anne Frank attempts to have a tryst with a boy and begins smoking cigarettes, and she receives criticism from other people who had experienced the Holocaust.

"[4] Ultimately Ellingwood believed the readers were already well-served by the original Diary of Anne Frank.

[3] Publishers Weekly argued that the book was "disappointing", citing the post-war segment, and that it "never lives up to the promise of its premise" despite the "noble effort" and the quality of the research.

[2] Kirkus Reviews stated that the writing quality was noticeably inferior to that of the original diary's and that "flat-footed storytelling weakens the impact"; it added that the concept was a "brave risk".