Six Wakes in Crazy Challenge Connection

Mar 30, 2024 Sam rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-i-own, books-of-2024

3.5 rounded up.

A locked door mystery set on a spaceship? Sign me up! I loved the idea of this book, but something about it just didn't fully land for me. I struggled to feel invested in the characters and I found the dialogue really stilted in places. The backstories were interesting and it was fun seeing how all the characters were connected, but the solution to the mystery felt too quick and convenient without all the pieces feeling like they really mattered. Still a decent read with an origi ...more

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May 25, 2020 Tara marked it as dnf

This book is part of my postal book club. I'm not big on sci-fi, but I thought with some mystery added in I would be okay. I ended up having to DNF this one - it just wasn't working for me. ...more

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Feb 14, 2022 Erin rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery-thriller, science-fiction, library

This was pitched to me as an isolated closed circle mystery but in space with clones. And I think it did a really solid job on delivering that premise. In addition to the mystery aspect, we got a well developed look at the world building specifically around clones and how the laws and ethics around then evolved over the years. And I thought that was a really interested secondary thing to be reading about and Lafferty did a good job fleshing that out.

The characters themselves were pretty flat th ...more

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Apr 23, 2018 Beth rated it liked it

Shelves: hugo, tuesday-book-club, sf, ammp-fairytale

I really liked the world building and the moral questions about cloning, although the author wasn't as interested in that stuff. I kept forgetting about the mystery, so it was a bit of a surprise to me when they solved it.
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This time I paid a bit more attention to the mystery, and noticed the author paying more attention to the questions around cloning. ...more

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