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Across the Universe

By Beth Revis

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| Hardcover | 9781595143976

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Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the braContinue

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Across the Universe

Desert Isle Keeper Review Across the Universe Have I mentioned lately how much I am loving the current YA market? While not every book I am picking up is a winner (I recently finished a crop of C/C- novels that left me wondering if the days of the gr ... (read full critics)

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For readers of young adult fiction, whether you’re a teenager yourself or just like the genre, there have never been more choices. Dystopian YA fiction is a particularly trendy category these days. Science fiction writers have always imagined dystopi ... (read full critics)

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Was interested after reading the blurb but wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Unique plot.

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Jesskeyhoe said on Mar 22, 2011 | Add your feedback

First, all I have to say is, WOW. This was such an excellent book that I had to read this without interruptions or I’d get angry. I LOVED this book!
I do admit, I was skeptical at first. I was concerned because there might be scientific jargon, and that it would be difficult to understand but it wa ... (continue)

First, all I have to say is, WOW. This was such an excellent book that I had to read this without interruptions or I’d get angry. I LOVED this book!
I do admit, I was skeptical at first. I was concerned because there might be scientific jargon, and that it would be difficult to understand but it wasn’t! and there was no hard to read science lingo here either! everything was well described and in clear detail.
I absolutely loved the concept of living on a ship, and the dynamics on how people related to one another, and how they survive and live together. The history of the ship and its’ people is also interesting to read up on. The actual description of the ship itself was fun to read, it made me think of Star Trek immediately. Since this is mostly coming from Amy’s point of view some of the things she encounters are strange and rather disturbing. There is a dark ugly side to how this ship is run and once everything is laid out in the open (you’ll be blindsided a couple of times), there’s a great amount of uncertainty but leaves the book with such a great ending and you’ll be left wanting more!
The mystery behind who wanted to kill her was also well thought out. There is a bit of a guessing game involved - but not much and although the mystery is the main theme of the book, there’s other things to focus on such as how Amy’s character develops throughout the novel as she tries to adjust to this kind of living. The characters in the book are also really well written. I did take a liking to Harley. Amy and Elder on the other hand, are interesting enough to read - especially Amy as she has lots to worry about.
I am definitely looking forward to the sequel! It’s a perfect science fiction read for the younger adult age bracket. Not too much scientific lingo to confuse the reader, just enough to make it a good wholesome setting that can be easily pictured. The plot is fantastic and well worth the read, and the surprises go off like bombs when they’re revealed. I definitely think this is worth the time to go through.

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Sensitivemuse said on Apr 3, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

Reminded me a lot of The Knife of Never Letting Go. I had some issues with the characters and their actions but on the other hand it kept me turning the pages and up way too late to finish it so I guess it deserves 4 stars for that :)

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Deanna Kyre said on Sep 17, 2011 | Add your feedback