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A review by missy_evanko
The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook
3.0
A different perspective of WWII. This is set entirely after the war, when the Allies came into Germany to dismantle any remaining resistance and put things back together. A British commander, his wife and son share a house with a German widower and his daughter as the commander tries to get the military to see that not every German is a Nazi, which is the opposite view of his wife who is still grieving a loss from the war. Dealing with German resistance and interaction with the family they live with changes both their perspectives.
The tone is quiet and solemn, and while there's more adult relationships in this book, I kept thinking a lot about The Book Thief while reading.
I liked the movie better, which is odd because you can normally get inside the heads of characters better in a book, but I thought the characters' motivations were more clear in the film.
The tone is quiet and solemn, and while there's more adult relationships in this book, I kept thinking a lot about The Book Thief while reading.
I liked the movie better, which is odd because you can normally get inside the heads of characters better in a book, but I thought the characters' motivations were more clear in the film.