A review by abookperson
After the War: From Auschwitz to Ambleside by Tom Palmer
3.25
Stars for the kids: 3.75 stars
Stars for me: 3.5 stars
× Death - mother & sisters (quite triggering)
× Historical
× Intrigue
× Religion
× PTSD
Man beaten; mother and sisters ashes floating - quite triggering
× Big spaces between lines - easier if you have trouble reading
× Flashbacks
× Violence
Ending slightly apprupt but thats more because I thought there were more pages to read
Kinda sad we never got to know if the dad was alive or not; kind of an open ending not too sure about
Liked the English soldier son coming home
Also another kind of bleak story
Because it was more character driven and less plot, I struggled staying focused while also working through the weeks.
Doesn't feel like much of a plot occurs; it's more of a collection of painful traumatic flashbacks and hopeful recovery in the present. But I believe Palmer was trying to show the atrocities Jews faced for children to read about and he did that well; kids may be taught further empathy from this
"Now Yossi knew now that aeroplanes could take off. However heavy they were and whatever there was trying to drag them down, they could leave the surface of the water or the ground and fly anywhere they wanted to" - nicely put
Stars for me: 3.5 stars
Spoiler
After The War:× Death - mother & sisters (quite triggering)
× Historical
× Intrigue
× Religion
× PTSD
Man beaten; mother and sisters ashes floating - quite triggering
× Big spaces between lines - easier if you have trouble reading
× Flashbacks
× Violence
Ending slightly apprupt but thats more because I thought there were more pages to read
Kinda sad we never got to know if the dad was alive or not; kind of an open ending not too sure about
Liked the English soldier son coming home
Also another kind of bleak story
Because it was more character driven and less plot, I struggled staying focused while also working through the weeks.
Doesn't feel like much of a plot occurs; it's more of a collection of painful traumatic flashbacks and hopeful recovery in the present. But I believe Palmer was trying to show the atrocities Jews faced for children to read about and he did that well; kids may be taught further empathy from this
"Now Yossi knew now that aeroplanes could take off. However heavy they were and whatever there was trying to drag them down, they could leave the surface of the water or the ground and fly anywhere they wanted to" - nicely put