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reviewed Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

Mur Lafferty: Six Wakes (2017) 4 stars

"A space adventure set on a lone ship where the clones of a murdered crew …

Fun story

3 stars

People wake up and see their dead clones floating all around them, what is not to like? I did enjoy this book. It's a murder mystery that is heavy on the characters and their back stories. It was enjoyable as the book turned into another kind of story but right at the end of it!

I feel like there was more book to be had. Maybe there is a sequel? I haven't checked it out but I will say if you like Sci-Fi, and murder mysteries this should be satisfying. There are some aspects that are telegraphed way early but in the end everything is explained to my satisfaction. But I want an ending to it.

@jkb@books.theunseen.city Believe it or not, there kinda is a sequel? It's a short story in the anthology 'Escape Pod' edited by S B Divya and Mur Lafferty. I uh... I didn't like it. It felt like an extension of the story, but the ending was hilariously disappointing to me. Like it was trimmed off the end of this book and the author waffled on including it.

I don't want to spoil it but I finished and thought 'really author? that's the open ending you chose?' It's not that [other author] has the copyright on that book trope, but man, it's one very much placed in pop culture as generic YA plots.