A review by carlybarly6
The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook

2.0

I read this novel just so I could see the movie. By the time I finished this story I was ready to move on all together. My favorite part of this novel was the premise itself. Set in post-WWII, it tells of a British family living in the British Occupied Zone of Germany. Catch is, they’re living in a requisitioned German home...and they’re living with the German family who once owned it. Author Rhidian Brooke brings the focus directly to the demolished state of life by covering the vastly different approaches and philosophies held by those living in Post-WWII Germany - all of which were dependent on the parts played by country or party loyalties, grief, wealth, propaganda, status, expectations, and more. In this sense, this story was insightful. Beyond that, though I had compassion for the characters’ hardships, I struggled to feel connected to them. Overall, I would label this story a solid “semi-interesting”. Nothing more, nothing less.