Yes, you heard me correctly, NOT EVEN THE KILLER KNOWS! How can that be you might ask? In Wake Six the six narrators/crew members are all clones, but something has gone wrong and not only do they all wake up to their mutilated and poisoned bodies floating around them, but their memories were destroyed for the decades that they were in space, leaving them instead with their last known memories being the day before they left on their voyage. But unlike most “who done it” thrillers Lafferty has created a set of circumstances that makes it so that not even the killer knows that they killed the rest of the crew. Lafferty has crafted a compelling and suspenseful “who done it” thriller in space. Why does that matter you might ask? Well, honestly it doesn’t matter, except it allows me to say that not only is Mur Lafferty a great writer, but she is an absolutely fantastic narrator too.Īnd thus ends the audiobook portion of the review.Īs for the book itself, I thoroughly enjoyed Wake Six. Being open and honest in this review I listened to Six Wakes on audiobook as opposed to reading it in the traditional sense.
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The horror isn’t scary, the story is uninteresting – the two boys race toy cars while waiting for Horror Stuff to happen and that’s their miserable storyline - and predictable – gee, wonder if Some Kid’s mate is doomed?! Colourist Matt Hollingsworth still thinks he’s Jackson Pollock, splattering the page with colour blots and obscuring Jock’s unremarkable art in the process – brilliant! The splatters hide the Wytches’ reveal, which might be intentional to some degree, but was still annoying. I can’t take anyone saying “high horn” remotely seriously! The book’s subtitle is cringingly and artlessly shoved into the feeble plot, the concepts of Wytches and their procurers haven’t suddenly become compelling and the terminology is still dumb. Like most of Snyder’s comics these days, it’s insanely overwritten with Some Kid spouting some of the most contrived, unconvincing inner speechifying you’ll ever have the misfortune to trudge through. The only thing horrific about this Halloween Special is how horrifically boring it is! Parents in some backwater town are feeding their kids to the Wytches (weird, tree-inhabiting creatures) for Horror Reasons – will our protagonist, Some Kid, survive and who can he trust?Īfter a three year break since the first book, Scott Snyder, Jock and Matt Hollingsworth are back for the next chapter in their dismal series, Wytches, with Bad Egg. The parallel of childhood dreams and our own adult endeavors is interwoven throughout the book. By the end of the day, all of her lessons become the reader's lessons. She learns that day what we had to go to school and corporate training on: How to do local research, product development, price strategies and some complicated new partnership ventures. With a creative and determined spirit, she finds a way to earn money. Soon she digs out an old bag of shells and rocks that she had stored back when the family returned from the annual trip to Florida. 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Explains the catechism in simple language.Aids memorization by devoting six days per question.Teaching the Shorter Catechism has never been easier. Teaching the Shorter Catechism has never been easier! They are also brief, out of consideration for children's short attention spans and for the busy schedules of contemporary families. The readings are simply written, with elementary and junior–high children in mind. Each question and answer of the catechism has six days’ worth of devotional readings for families to share together. Training Hearts, Teaching Minds guides families through the questions and answers in The Westminster Shorter Catechism in Modern English. Recognizing this deficit, Starr Meade has provided Christian parents and churches with a tool for imparting doctrinal instruction to their children. Today, however, the church focuses on teaching Bible stories, which are often used to moralize children and equip them to win Bible trivia contests! In them, children had a concise handbook of important truths they could call upon at any time in confidence. Publisher's DescriptionDoes your child know the key biblical teachings about God the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit? What about salvation, Scripture, and the sacraments? Can he or she recite the Ten Commandments and the Lord’s Prayer?Ĭatechisms were once used as instructional guides to help children memorize basic Christian doctrines. Listen to an interview with Starr Meade entitled Training Hearts, Teaching Minds. |