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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
It was a little hard for me to get into it in the beginning. But in the end, I really enjoyed it.
There are these "flashbacks" that were interesting but at first, they seemed like filler to make the story longer. Boy, was I wrong.
It was pretty awesome how all the pieces fit together.
There are these "flashbacks" that were interesting but at first, they seemed like filler to make the story longer. Boy, was I wrong.
It was pretty awesome how all the pieces fit together.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I only read audio books because I hurt my neck a while ago and for the most part I enjoy them more than when I read them normally. Most of the time I really enjoy when authors read their own books, except this time. The author made no effort to differentiat characters with different voices, causing some confusion, a lot of rewinding, and less immersion. If youre an author making an audio format of your novel and you have no voice acting experience, for the love of god just fucking hire someone, no one will think less of you. This made it a lot harder for me to find any of the characters remotely likeable. The mystery itself is a good one and there were plenty of twists I just found it a lot harder to get into with every character sounding the exact same. I think if I actually read the paper version I may have liked it more. That being said this was a welcome change to a normal murder mystery, adding cloning, space travel, and a sarcastic AI. Unfortunately, a good bit of my rating is based on the audio itself because that's just what ive come to enjoy in the past year or so. For me, if the narrator falls flat the story suffers, but that's my personal opinion and others may find it far more enjoyable, especially if you're reading a hard copy. All in all, if you want a murder mystery with a futuristic Syfi twist, give this one a go.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
La scrittura non mi è piaciuta. A volte ridondante, con dialoghi non proprio al massimo, es. Uno fa quella che palesemente è una battuta, e le caporali sono seguite da "disse Hiro, facendo una battuta"; "Si guardò intorno, iniziando a provare stupore."
Ci sono scivoloni nella narrazione, es. è buio pesto ma la persona sa che l'altro impugna una mannaia; si passa da un punto di vista all'altro nella stessa sezione.
I flashback hanno tolto pathos al mistero.
I personaggi mi sono sembrati molto superficiali.
Ci sono scivoloni nella narrazione, es. è buio pesto ma la persona sa che l'altro impugna una mannaia; si passa da un punto di vista all'altro nella stessa sezione.
I flashback hanno tolto pathos al mistero.
I personaggi mi sono sembrati molto superficiali.
Six Wakes is a cleverly crafted murder mystery, and although the blurb on the back of the book obviously sets it up for a murder mystery in space aboard a colony ship, the Dormire. The story revolves around a group of Clones that have been given the mission of taking this colony ship from Earth to its new destination. They are the custodians of several thousand humans and other clones, all stored away.
Without giving too much of the plot away, this is an incredibly involved story, as the clones in this story can be replicated if they die. That is, there has been an evolution in technology that allows for the mapping of the mind, so that if you die, your body can be regrown (and bodies are regrown at around 20ish so you get a nice healthy fit body when you start out), and your current life experience, memories etc, the current you, is put into this newly grown clone, and bingo, you have a brand new you, with all your old memories. It is basically immortality. Of course, laws etc have been put into place surrounding this.
And this is what makes this book so utterly fascinating, because it is not just about the murder mystery on the colony vessel, the story goes back into the lives of the crew, the clones aboard running the ship, who they are, how they got there, and how their lives lead to this incredibly detailed, creative and just outstanding story.
As the blurb says, the crew awakens to find themselves in the middle of a murder scene, all of them having been killed previously, and although they have been awoken as new clones with their mind maps, they find that these are old mind maps, and they are missing memories. Apart from the fact that their previous incarnations have been murdered, and that their mind maps have been tampered with, they also find that their new bodies are their last, that they no longer can be cloned and have as such, lost their ability to resurrect. And this is where the true mystery really begins.
There are 7 main characters on the ship, but as the story winds through each of their lives, many more characters are discovered. The main characters are the Captain Katrina, her XO Wolfgang, the Dr Joanna, the Navigator/Pilot Hiro, the Engineer Paul, Maria who is a bit of everything, cleaner, chef, handywoman, general all-round fixer/doer of things, and of course IAN – the A.I. that assists in running the ship.
Each of Lafferty’s characters are exceptionally well written, not only with a fascinating back story, but each is so wonderfully unique and so beautifully written, that you feel like you know each and every one of these people. You really get a feeling for the internal workings of the characters as the story progresses, Lafferty has made a real effort to engage you with each of the characters, making it difficult to work out who is the threat, who was a threat, who is in danger and the outcomes that await. This is a story that is just impossible to put down.
This is a really clever and captivating read, with exceptional characters, and although I will agree with some that there are some things that could be considered similar to other stories, I found this to be something new and creative in a world with a lot of repetitiveness.
This is going to appeal to anyone who likes a good Sci-Fi read, who likes a good thriller or a bit of a mystery, or is just interested in a really good read that will let you escape into a fantastic story.
Without giving too much of the plot away, this is an incredibly involved story, as the clones in this story can be replicated if they die. That is, there has been an evolution in technology that allows for the mapping of the mind, so that if you die, your body can be regrown (and bodies are regrown at around 20ish so you get a nice healthy fit body when you start out), and your current life experience, memories etc, the current you, is put into this newly grown clone, and bingo, you have a brand new you, with all your old memories. It is basically immortality. Of course, laws etc have been put into place surrounding this.
And this is what makes this book so utterly fascinating, because it is not just about the murder mystery on the colony vessel, the story goes back into the lives of the crew, the clones aboard running the ship, who they are, how they got there, and how their lives lead to this incredibly detailed, creative and just outstanding story.
As the blurb says, the crew awakens to find themselves in the middle of a murder scene, all of them having been killed previously, and although they have been awoken as new clones with their mind maps, they find that these are old mind maps, and they are missing memories. Apart from the fact that their previous incarnations have been murdered, and that their mind maps have been tampered with, they also find that their new bodies are their last, that they no longer can be cloned and have as such, lost their ability to resurrect. And this is where the true mystery really begins.
There are 7 main characters on the ship, but as the story winds through each of their lives, many more characters are discovered. The main characters are the Captain Katrina, her XO Wolfgang, the Dr Joanna, the Navigator/Pilot Hiro, the Engineer Paul, Maria who is a bit of everything, cleaner, chef, handywoman, general all-round fixer/doer of things, and of course IAN – the A.I. that assists in running the ship.
Each of Lafferty’s characters are exceptionally well written, not only with a fascinating back story, but each is so wonderfully unique and so beautifully written, that you feel like you know each and every one of these people. You really get a feeling for the internal workings of the characters as the story progresses, Lafferty has made a real effort to engage you with each of the characters, making it difficult to work out who is the threat, who was a threat, who is in danger and the outcomes that await. This is a story that is just impossible to put down.
This is a really clever and captivating read, with exceptional characters, and although I will agree with some that there are some things that could be considered similar to other stories, I found this to be something new and creative in a world with a lot of repetitiveness.
This is going to appeal to anyone who likes a good Sci-Fi read, who likes a good thriller or a bit of a mystery, or is just interested in a really good read that will let you escape into a fantastic story.
So this book was ABSOLUTELY STELLAR.
It is so so very well written that it makes me want to rub my face on it like I'm a cat.
At no point did I ever accurately predict what was going to happen. It is also really twisty and plotty which is so much fun. I loved the character building for for everyone, their justifications and personalities and the layers upon layers of experience that makes them act the ways that they do. I especially love Hiro and Maria. Hiro for his upbeat personality and the way he manages stress despite every situation that gets thrown at him throughout his lives. And also for that other thing that makes him pretty damn badass. I also love Maria for being a badass and super smart and for the way she manages the stress and anxiety of the situations she finds herself in. Or how she doesn't manage it, because she's a realistic character who can't take some types of stress and cracks in the face of them. I also ADORE Mrs. Perkins and I feel absolutely cheated that that movie isn't real.
I really love the concept of the book, the way the author frames the world through a lense of "what would happen if people achieved basic immortality through cloning." It's a really interesting take on how cloning technology could be used, regulated, exploited. I also like how a lot of the technology seems absolutely plausible for our current future.
I like that this book takes place on a spaceship, in space, but that is mostly just background to the internal struggles between and within the crew. The space part isn't really the focus, just a feature, and treated like it is totally normal.
Oh, and the unreliable narration. The most unreliable narrayors to ever unreliably narrate. They lie to each other, they lie to themselves, they lie to the reader, they lie on purpose, they lie by mistake, they lie by omission. It's so good because you never quite know what the truth is until the book tells you (and even sometimes then it's lying.)
I also really like the ending of the book. It was a very satisfying end that didn't make me crave a sequel but felt good and natural. So nice, so good, so filling for me.
So, yes, I gave it 5 stars but tbh, this is a 10/10 would recommend to anyone who likes any single one of the elements above.
It is so so very well written that it makes me want to rub my face on it like I'm a cat.
At no point did I ever accurately predict what was going to happen. It is also really twisty and plotty which is so much fun. I loved the character building for for everyone, their justifications and personalities and the layers upon layers of experience that makes them act the ways that they do. I especially love Hiro and Maria. Hiro for his upbeat personality and the way he manages stress despite every situation that gets thrown at him throughout his lives. And also for that other thing that makes him pretty damn badass. I also love Maria for being a badass and super smart and for the way she manages the stress and anxiety of the situations she finds herself in. Or how she doesn't manage it, because she's a realistic character who can't take some types of stress and cracks in the face of them. I also ADORE Mrs. Perkins and I feel absolutely cheated that that movie isn't real.
I really love the concept of the book, the way the author frames the world through a lense of "what would happen if people achieved basic immortality through cloning." It's a really interesting take on how cloning technology could be used, regulated, exploited. I also like how a lot of the technology seems absolutely plausible for our current future.
I like that this book takes place on a spaceship, in space, but that is mostly just background to the internal struggles between and within the crew. The space part isn't really the focus, just a feature, and treated like it is totally normal.
Oh, and the unreliable narration. The most unreliable narrayors to ever unreliably narrate. They lie to each other, they lie to themselves, they lie to the reader, they lie on purpose, they lie by mistake, they lie by omission. It's so good because you never quite know what the truth is until the book tells you (and even sometimes then it's lying.)
I also really like the ending of the book. It was a very satisfying end that didn't make me crave a sequel but felt good and natural. So nice, so good, so filling for me.
So, yes, I gave it 5 stars but tbh, this is a 10/10 would recommend to anyone who likes any single one of the elements above.
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced