In the previous comic, they land in the future which is the most dangerous place for them as a man named Jahpo who goes by Grandfather is looking for them to do what we don't know. The girls split up with two of them going to try to find a cure for Mac's leukemia and the other three going to find Wari who they believe to be the same one they met back in prehistoric times. Wari is suffering from dementia but she tells them her story of how she took the lifeboat back with the doctor when her people sent another one and the doctor raised her son as her own. Jahpo is her son. Mac finds out that she doesn't have leukemia but a time traveler's cancer that is incurable. The girls have a walkie talkie to talk to each other and one group gets into trouble and needs help. Jahpo tries to fix something in 1988 which is where they want to return to. 1988 has turned into a war zone and they're heading right for it.
The four girls get stranded in four different time periods. K. J. winds up in 1958 when Jude meets Charlotte, the comic strip author's daughter and tells her about time travel and the wars. Max winds up not long before the sun explodes with the doctor who invented time travel who has the time traveler's cancer and chose to die there. Tiffany ends up in the far off future with a young Erin, an older Erin, and her very old self.
Tiffany is being asked to bring them all back to 1988 so they can have their minds wiped of all that has happened in order to bring peace and an end to the war. But Tiffany refuses and brings them back to August 2, 1831, to discuss the problem with her friends and with the old-timers. They come up with a solution to wipe their minds and the girls accept this even though it means that their friendships will likely end.
I found this to be a weak ending to a great series. I understand there is going to be a television show about the comic book series to come on Amazon. I would be interested in seeing how it fares. I really enjoyed the series and loved the brave characters of Max, K.J., Erin, and Tiffany and the hard edge it took to four girls being lost in time while a war rages on that they know nothing about but involves them. This book just didn't live up to their bravery and badassery. It was tepid and quiet and kind of lame. I give it two and a half out of five stars.
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Listed On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Girls-6-Brian-Vaughan/dp/1534313249/ref=sr_1_1?crid=C9O9RYGA66KJ&keywords=paper+girls+vol+6&qid=1575648223&s=books&sprefix=paper+%2Cstripbooks%2C187&sr=1-1The amount of time we have left is irrelevant. It’s what we choose to do with every second that counts.-Brian K. Vaught (Paper Girls Vol. 6)
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