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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
3.5 -- Kept my interest, but the bad science hurt the story for me.
this is the first trilogy I've read where the first book was a three star and each subsequent book was progressively better. I also didn't feel a strong connection to either of the main characters... and yet I'd absolutely recommend this to a friend. the science isn't terrible at all, in fact it seems that revis has done her homework. some bits that seem off are later explained as just misinformed characters' beliefs, which I really thought was nice. it isn't often YA sci-fi is even close to updated on technology or physics as we know them, let alone plausible in their imagined future development. some of the genetic engineering stuff seemed a bit far-fetched, but not to the point where I couldn't suspend belief or felt pulled out of the story. I'm sure someone well educated in advanced sciences could find issues with anything, but a layperson would easily be able to believe the world of across the universe could exist. it was entertaining, fast paced, and fun. and the third book was just... unbelievably good. I can't think of a better way to put it. go read these books!
I loved this book! It was interesting and kept me reading far into the night. I never skimmed a single page and was a bit sad when the book ended.
Amy has chosen to be frozen with her parents to survive a 200+ year trip to another planet to colonize it. The is suddenly woken up way before planned and left to drown in the thawed freezing fluid. Once saved by Elder (the young man who will become leader on the spaceship) she finds that life on the ship is full of lies and not as it should be. She also finds that the lies cover an even bigger secret which would disturb the balance of the ship's population. She is not sure who she can trust and is treated as a freak by the ship population because she looks different, not mono-ethnic like everyone else.
I am definitely going to read the next two books in the series. I am curious to see how the story continues and completes since it is so involved. The way it was left in this book definitely can lead to chaos in the coming books. I shall have to get on the library waiting list for the next book asap.
Amy has chosen to be frozen with her parents to survive a 200+ year trip to another planet to colonize it. The is suddenly woken up way before planned and left to drown in the thawed freezing fluid. Once saved by Elder (the young man who will become leader on the spaceship) she finds that life on the ship is full of lies and not as it should be. She also finds that the lies cover an even bigger secret which would disturb the balance of the ship's population. She is not sure who she can trust and is treated as a freak by the ship population because she looks different, not mono-ethnic like everyone else.
I am definitely going to read the next two books in the series. I am curious to see how the story continues and completes since it is so involved. The way it was left in this book definitely can lead to chaos in the coming books. I shall have to get on the library waiting list for the next book asap.
Sadly, so far, some of the best fantasy/sci-fi/futuristic novels are young adult novels. So, yes, I'm read a YA novel and enjoyed it very much. The story themes touched on racism, family, coming of age, and a hint of romance, coupled with my personal love for futuristic technology and space travel. It's a good short read.
Absolutely great. I loved the suspense in the book and how it kept you guessing about what was coming each and every page.
I was on board (pun intended) and liked it and everything... but I have a really really hard time with unreliable narrators. Because it's cheap. The cheapest way a person gets out of letting their audience solve the mystery.
Amy and her parents are ready to be cryogenically frozen for 300 years. Her mother will go first so Amy gets to see the (shocking) process. Amy is to go second, followed by her father. After her mother is frozen Amy's father turns to her and tells her that, in fact, he is going next. He tells her that if she chooses to stay on Earth her aunt and uncle are waiting outside. She can walk away and return to her life, her boyfriend, and resume her natural life on Earth. Amy stands by as her father is frozen, and then follows him.
After endless semi-sleep Amy is awoken, but it is 50 years too early. She is on the spaceship Godspeed, traveling toward Cenaturi-Earth, the planet they will colonize.
How do you keep a closed group of people reproducing for centuries without incest corrupting the genetic stock? How do you keep them motivated and working? What do you want them to know of Earth, and what do you want to build when you arrive at your destination 300 years later?
Dystopian fiction at its best, life on the ship has a creepy undertone as well as a few mysteries. This was a great read, suitable for either boys or girls, with a very satisfying ending. Top marks.
After endless semi-sleep Amy is awoken, but it is 50 years too early. She is on the spaceship Godspeed, traveling toward Cenaturi-Earth, the planet they will colonize.
How do you keep a closed group of people reproducing for centuries without incest corrupting the genetic stock? How do you keep them motivated and working? What do you want them to know of Earth, and what do you want to build when you arrive at your destination 300 years later?
Dystopian fiction at its best, life on the ship has a creepy undertone as well as a few mysteries. This was a great read, suitable for either boys or girls, with a very satisfying ending. Top marks.
Lange habe ich mich darauf gefreut, endlich "Across the Universe" zu lesen, weil ich durchwegs nur gute Rezensionen dazu mitbekommen habe. Dementsprechend waren meine Erwartungen an das Buch auch sehr hoch. Und wie es oftmals eben leider so ist, hat mich der SciFi-Jugendroman im Endeffekt doch sehr enttäuscht. Deshalb nur 2 Sterne.
Was mich an dem Buch hauptsächlich gestört hat war, dass es im Grunde doch nur eine 0815 Teenie-Liebesgeschichte war, ohne Höhepunkte oder Tiefen wie man es schon hundert mal gelesen hat. Für 12- bis 15-Jährige, die Twilight mochten vielleicht ganz nett, für mich allerdings nichts.
Ich fand das Konzept der "Season" ja eigentlich okay, nur die Umsetzung war überhaupt nicht mein Fall. Nachdem das dritte mal erwähnt wurde, wie sonderbar und animalisch das alles abläuft, hatte es wohl auch der letzte kapiert. Das hätte man meiner Meinung nach kürzen sollen und sich auf anderes konzentrieren.
Außerdem fand ich die Figuren allesamt dumm und wenig sympathisch und mochte wirklich niemanden außer den Freund von Elder, dessen Namen ich aber auch schon wieder vergessen habe. Die Figuren schafften es auch nicht, die vorhersehbarsten Wendungen vorherzusagen, was mich richtig genervt hat. Für mich fehlte es also auch an Überraschung und Spannung.
Das Konzept hat durchaus Potential, nur wurde es leider nicht gut umgesetzt. Den Hype und die positiven Meinungen über das Buch kann ich deshalb überhaupt nicht verstehen und werde die Reihe wahrscheinlich nicht fortsetzen.
Was mich an dem Buch hauptsächlich gestört hat war, dass es im Grunde doch nur eine 0815 Teenie-Liebesgeschichte war, ohne Höhepunkte oder Tiefen wie man es schon hundert mal gelesen hat. Für 12- bis 15-Jährige, die Twilight mochten vielleicht ganz nett, für mich allerdings nichts.
Ich fand das Konzept der "Season" ja eigentlich okay, nur die Umsetzung war überhaupt nicht mein Fall. Nachdem das dritte mal erwähnt wurde, wie sonderbar und animalisch das alles abläuft, hatte es wohl auch der letzte kapiert. Das hätte man meiner Meinung nach kürzen sollen und sich auf anderes konzentrieren.
Außerdem fand ich die Figuren allesamt dumm und wenig sympathisch und mochte wirklich niemanden außer den Freund von Elder, dessen Namen ich aber auch schon wieder vergessen habe. Die Figuren schafften es auch nicht, die vorhersehbarsten Wendungen vorherzusagen, was mich richtig genervt hat. Für mich fehlte es also auch an Überraschung und Spannung.
Das Konzept hat durchaus Potential, nur wurde es leider nicht gut umgesetzt. Den Hype und die positiven Meinungen über das Buch kann ich deshalb überhaupt nicht verstehen und werde die Reihe wahrscheinlich nicht fortsetzen.