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A review by readwithmesashamarie
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
5.0
***MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS***
You can also find this review on my blog
I think it’s pretty safe for me to say that I’ve never read a book quite like Across The Universe, which makes me happy that I’m actually accomplishing my goal of broadening my interest of genres this summer.
Across The Universe is a story about living on a space ship in hopes of creating a better life on a new planet Earth. However, Amy (the main character) and her parents will be frozen for 300 years before they reach this new Earth. During those 300 years the space ship is populated by roughly three thousand people, who over many generations have become monoethnic and behave as if they are empty shells of the real people who once inhabited the real Earth. There is a strange leadership system in place, and more secrets are contained in this ship than there are people to keep them. Perhaps the biggest secret is Amy and her frozen companions, until suddenly someone is unfreezing her and killing the rest. When Amy wakes up she meets Elder who is was chosen or destined to be the future generations leader, and together they uncover all the secrets of the ship they live on known as Godspeed.
I’ve never read or seen any of the Star Wars books or movies (please don’t hate me, it’s on my to do list I promise), but Star Wars seems like the closest story I could relate to Across The Universe. The whole “Luke I am your Father” concept of secrets and denial in space is vaguely mirrored in this novel, however I can assure you from what knowledge I do have of Star Wars that the two stories are completely separate...(read more)
You can also find this review on my blog
I think it’s pretty safe for me to say that I’ve never read a book quite like Across The Universe, which makes me happy that I’m actually accomplishing my goal of broadening my interest of genres this summer.
Across The Universe is a story about living on a space ship in hopes of creating a better life on a new planet Earth. However, Amy (the main character) and her parents will be frozen for 300 years before they reach this new Earth. During those 300 years the space ship is populated by roughly three thousand people, who over many generations have become monoethnic and behave as if they are empty shells of the real people who once inhabited the real Earth. There is a strange leadership system in place, and more secrets are contained in this ship than there are people to keep them. Perhaps the biggest secret is Amy and her frozen companions, until suddenly someone is unfreezing her and killing the rest. When Amy wakes up she meets Elder who is was chosen or destined to be the future generations leader, and together they uncover all the secrets of the ship they live on known as Godspeed.
I’ve never read or seen any of the Star Wars books or movies (please don’t hate me, it’s on my to do list I promise), but Star Wars seems like the closest story I could relate to Across The Universe. The whole “Luke I am your Father” concept of secrets and denial in space is vaguely mirrored in this novel, however I can assure you from what knowledge I do have of Star Wars that the two stories are completely separate...(read more)