John Microwave’s Reviews > Rocket Boys > Status Update

"I tried without success to swallow the thickness in my throat. I was raging inside. Why had God made her sick?"

"You did really good, Dad," I told him as a spasm of deep, oily coughs racked his body. "Nobody ever launched a better rocket than you."

"Daisy Mae was gone. I had years yet to live and I missed her already."

Packed chapter to be fair, a lot of exciting rocket launches and then the attempted murder on Sonny's dad

When the more technical aspects of rocket building and science are being written about it can get a bit dry. Especially for a moron like me.