SuitabookThe ultimate wave
Terry Denton
- Reading
- Browse the opening together, pausing to discuss how the pictures and text share the storytelling. Revisit the darker material afterwards, since the book’s ending and overall tone remain unclear.
- Themes
- Imaginative adventure and reality: The story is presented as an adventure spanning surfing, space and time, with parallel universes and heroes of either sex. The premise foregrounds imaginative genre-mixing, but it does not establish whether these ideas are explored thoughtfully, humorously or mainly as plot devices.
- Blood and violence: Blood and violence are named among the story’s contents, alongside heroes of either sex. Their presence is clear, but the book’s attitude towards harm cannot be inferred from a contents mention alone.
- Worth knowing
- Before sharing it, check whether your reader is comfortable with the book’s explicitly mentioned blood and violence. Their amount, vividness and narrative treatment are not established.