Across the Universe
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Teenaged Amy, a cryogenically frozen passenger on the spaceship Godspeed, wakes up to discover that someone may have tried to murder her.
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Add a SummaryAmy was born on Earth, sometime in the not-so-distant-future. The world is on the verge of an economic collapse and a ship christened Godspeed has been sent across the universe to a planet names Centauri-Earth in the hopes that people will be able to colonize this planet. The voyage is supposed to take 300 years and so a group of scientists and military personnel are frozen before the voyage begins. These people will be awakened when the ship reaches its destination and will colonize it. Amy's parents were chosen to be frozen and sent on this journey. Amy goes with them as one of the few nonessential passengers stowed in the cargo bay for 300 years. But she is woken up abruptly, 50 years before she is supposed to. The ship is now ruled by Eldest, a cruel but efficient dictator who controls those aboard the ship by lying to and sedating them. She becomes friends with Eldest's teenage son and heir, Elder, and the two try to figure out who woke her up, and why. ---See my full review here: http://throughthebookvine.blogspot.com/2011/03/across-universe.html
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Add a NoticeSexual Content: Graphic scene where a character is almost raped (gets away just, literally, seconds before) and due to hormones in water people mate in the streets like animals. Not for children.
Frightening or Intense Scenes: Peril throughout the book, elderly are euthanized like animals, and population treated like simpletons, even though they are. In addition, the book's plot revolves around a string of murders and a character is almost raped.
Coarse Language: Common swear words, including a very creative 'future version' of the f-word created by the author.
Other: a little graphic
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Add a CommentGreat story line/concept. But half way through the book had to stop reading because it was really gross. Don't recommend this book unless you are comfortable with that sort of thing.
I enjoyed this book, a good quick page turner.
Its amazing. By far, one of the most epic books I have ever read. EVERYONE MUST READ THIS. It is worth the read.
loved this book, im a huge sci-fi fan so this was so perfect for me. dont drink the water!
This book had some creepy and disturbing parts in it but overall I thought it was good!!
liked the book definitely for sci fi lover's. I don't really understand the cover since there isn't really any romance? but it was still good I was really depressed about Harley. The whole freezing people really creeped me out. It was a creepy book
I loved this book! The ending was reply good too! It was an ending where there could be a second novel, (which I hope there is!) or there couldn't be. But it was a great book!
I have been wanting to read this for ages and finally decided to borrow it from EPL. I got sucked in right away and devoured it in two days. I felt so claustrophobic reading Amy's thoughts while she was frozen, so much so that it haunted my dreams that night. I also enjoyed the switch back and forth between chapters told from Amy and Elder's perspective. I couldn't stop turning the pages...once I discovered one thing about what was really happening on Godspeed I had to know what was next. I am wondering though, would everyone really have become so inbred in the amount of time that they have been on the ship? On the author's blog she does mention a scientific inaccuracy that is addressed in "A Million Suns" so I will have to see.
This was an amazing book! I loved how the chapters were from different points of view and gave you a real perspective of what everyone was thinking. Now I have to wait for the second book to come to my library!
Quite unique, if you ask me. Not that I read much Sci-Fi, but this is pretty great. I could really visualize Godspeed in my mind as I read the descriptions of the ship. Nice twists and turns, and the characters are enjoyable. Great book overall.