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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
Calificar este lectura de adictiva es quedarse corto. En "Godspeed" la nave donde Amy realizaba su viaje hasta al nuevo planeta donde sus padres son "indispensables", hay tantos secretos y mentiras que es imposible no querer saber que esconde dentro de las paredes de este barco. Junto a Elder el futuro líder de la nave, iremos conociendo este nuevo mundo, donde Amy es una especia de "fenómeno" por haber sido despertada de forma misteriosa, 50 años antes del final del viaje.
Con personajes a los que amaremos como Harley, unos de los que no estaremos seguros que pensar (como Doc u Orión), y otros simplemente a los que Odiaremos como Eldest, nos adentraremos en este mundo sin amanecer, donde una vistazo a las estrellas puede cambiar todo.
Con un final de infarto, no puedo esperar a leer la continuación de esta trilogía, que promete muchisimo.
Con personajes a los que amaremos como Harley, unos de los que no estaremos seguros que pensar (como Doc u Orión), y otros simplemente a los que Odiaremos como Eldest, nos adentraremos en este mundo sin amanecer, donde una vistazo a las estrellas puede cambiar todo.
Con un final de infarto, no puedo esperar a leer la continuación de esta trilogía, que promete muchisimo.
Slightly creepy futuristic story about a giant spaceship of mono ethnic peoples and the Elders that rule them. Weird and creepy.
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
RATING: 3.5 stars
After a week without reading anything (except a few manga books for a second or third or even fourth time) I picked up "Across the Universe" wearily. I was afraid I was still not in the mood to read and wouldn't enjoy the book. I am glad to say I did enjoy it! It was a quick, satisfying read with all the elements I love in fiction and a few missing that I dislike immensely, which was great. :D
The book opens with Amy, the protagonist, preparing to be frozen for a 300-year journey across space. Humankind is launching their first colonization ship and they estimate that is the time needed to reach the new planet. Because Amy's parents are specialists needed in the mission they, along with their daughter will be put in a cryogenic sleep so they can help organize life on the new planet.
But something goes terribly wrong and Amy is awakened 50 years ahead of schedule. It seems someone on the ship, a descendant of the original crew is attempting to kill the "frozen" people and Amy was supposed to be one of the victims. Saved by a boy named Elder, Amy discovers a strange society on the ship that seems to have completely different rules from the one she knew back on Earth.
"Across the Universe" is part science-fiction and distopia and part mystery sprinkled with some romance. Although it "tries" to be a lot of things, I believe Revis was successful in balancing everything, except perhaps the mystery because while it was compelling at first it wasn't particularly imaginative or complex. I figured out who was guilty pretty quickly.
Still, I liked the concept of this book a lot. I was amazed at the commitment and sacrifice of the first crew, who knew they and their direct descendants would die on the ship but still boarded.I also liked to see how this human "society" evolved inside that closed space, how different they became from the society we know. It was fascinating to read about the thought processes of characters like Eldest and kind of scary to actually understand, partly, some of his reasoning. I loved that about this book: that there were... shades of grey, I guess. That the 'villains' weren't all bad and the 'heroes' weren't faultless; they were all human doing what they thought best but at the same time corrupted by power and/or trying to preserve a way of life they thought right.
The characters were well developed enough, but sometimes reverted to old YA stereotypes: basically Amy would do something really stupid or Elder would act like a lovesick puppy. But generally they were more level-headed and well fleshed out than most YA characters. The alternating POV helped because we got to know Amy and Elder's thoughts individually. There was one character who wasn't developed at all and that was Orion... he was just plain mean and not especially clever.
Also there was no instantaneous, hot passionate teen romance! Which was refreshing!
Overall this book was a good read. It has a bit of everything, from romance (q.b.) to mystery and the descriptions of life on the ship are really interesting. It isn't particularly complex in terms of story or world building, but it still makes for a fascinating read.
After a week without reading anything (except a few manga books for a second or third or even fourth time) I picked up "Across the Universe" wearily. I was afraid I was still not in the mood to read and wouldn't enjoy the book. I am glad to say I did enjoy it! It was a quick, satisfying read with all the elements I love in fiction and a few missing that I dislike immensely, which was great. :D
The book opens with Amy, the protagonist, preparing to be frozen for a 300-year journey across space. Humankind is launching their first colonization ship and they estimate that is the time needed to reach the new planet. Because Amy's parents are specialists needed in the mission they, along with their daughter will be put in a cryogenic sleep so they can help organize life on the new planet.
But something goes terribly wrong and Amy is awakened 50 years ahead of schedule. It seems someone on the ship, a descendant of the original crew is attempting to kill the "frozen" people and Amy was supposed to be one of the victims. Saved by a boy named Elder, Amy discovers a strange society on the ship that seems to have completely different rules from the one she knew back on Earth.
"Across the Universe" is part science-fiction and distopia and part mystery sprinkled with some romance. Although it "tries" to be a lot of things, I believe Revis was successful in balancing everything, except perhaps the mystery because while it was compelling at first it wasn't particularly imaginative or complex. I figured out who was guilty pretty quickly.
Still, I liked the concept of this book a lot. I was amazed at the commitment and sacrifice of the first crew, who knew they and their direct descendants would die on the ship but still boarded.I also liked to see how this human "society" evolved inside that closed space, how different they became from the society we know. It was fascinating to read about the thought processes of characters like Eldest and kind of scary to actually understand, partly, some of his reasoning. I loved that about this book: that there were... shades of grey, I guess. That the 'villains' weren't all bad and the 'heroes' weren't faultless; they were all human doing what they thought best but at the same time corrupted by power and/or trying to preserve a way of life they thought right.
The characters were well developed enough, but sometimes reverted to old YA stereotypes: basically Amy would do something really stupid or Elder would act like a lovesick puppy. But generally they were more level-headed and well fleshed out than most YA characters. The alternating POV helped because we got to know Amy and Elder's thoughts individually. There was one character who wasn't developed at all and that was Orion... he was just plain mean and not especially clever.
Also there was no instantaneous, hot passionate teen romance! Which was refreshing!
Overall this book was a good read. It has a bit of everything, from romance (q.b.) to mystery and the descriptions of life on the ship are really interesting. It isn't particularly complex in terms of story or world building, but it still makes for a fascinating read.
Vague spoilers in this review.
I really enjoyed this book, it's different. I've never really read a book that takes place on a space ship, other than hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, which is very different from this book.
I'm not really sure what I think about Amy and Elder to be honest. Something about them doesn't seem real, I can't quite click with them. I found it so hard to connect to them. But I enjoyed the journey that they took throughout the book; Amy getting used to her new life and Elder gaining his own mind. There were a lot of secrets that the characters discovered, which made me carry on flipping the pages. I guessed the villain very early on, as Revis made it kind of obvious to be honest. The book also lacks description as I found it hard to envision the scenes. It was written in a very vague way. I'm not sure I like the writing style, but I'm not sure I hate it either.
I will be carrying on with the series and I look forward to the twists and turns that hopefully will be in the second and third book. I hope I connect more with Elder and Amy too. I would recommend this series.
I really enjoyed this book, it's different. I've never really read a book that takes place on a space ship, other than hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, which is very different from this book.
I'm not really sure what I think about Amy and Elder to be honest. Something about them doesn't seem real, I can't quite click with them. I found it so hard to connect to them. But I enjoyed the journey that they took throughout the book; Amy getting used to her new life and Elder gaining his own mind. There were a lot of secrets that the characters discovered, which made me carry on flipping the pages. I guessed the villain very early on, as Revis made it kind of obvious to be honest. The book also lacks description as I found it hard to envision the scenes. It was written in a very vague way. I'm not sure I like the writing style, but I'm not sure I hate it either.
I will be carrying on with the series and I look forward to the twists and turns that hopefully will be in the second and third book. I hope I connect more with Elder and Amy too. I would recommend this series.
2.5 stars - almost 3 stars
To me, this book was just okay. Parts of it were enjoyable, but overall I was just pretty bored. I kind of want to see where the series goes from here, but I’m not in any rush.
To me, this book was just okay. Parts of it were enjoyable, but overall I was just pretty bored. I kind of want to see where the series goes from here, but I’m not in any rush.
An okay story, but the teenaged hormones and temper tantrums are a little much. No heroes here.
I had typed out a long review about how much I hated Amy, but Goodreads thought it would be cool to crash instead of uploading my review.
Basically, I really wanted to like this book. It started off well enough--the Cryogenic freezing scene was really cool! But then Amy woke up and everything started to suck. She is one of the worst characters ever, and I honestly can't think of another character I have disliked as much as her. I found myself rolling my eyes every time I was reminded of her existence.
Elder wasn't much better than Amy, but I still think the book would have been significantly better if it had been written entirely from his perspective.
I'm going to read the next one solely because I want to know if they make it off the ship.
Basically, I really wanted to like this book. It started off well enough--the Cryogenic freezing scene was really cool! But then Amy woke up and everything started to suck. She is one of the worst characters ever, and I honestly can't think of another character I have disliked as much as her. I found myself rolling my eyes every time I was reminded of her existence.
Elder wasn't much better than Amy, but I still think the book would have been significantly better if it had been written entirely from his perspective.
I'm going to read the next one solely because I want to know if they make it off the ship.