Original I know, but considering the author begins the book with an exerpt from the song, I'm sure you'll have it stuck in your head too.
5 of 5 stars
Across the Universe starts off with Amy and her parents living on Earth as we know it. Her parents have been choosen to participate in a project that will freeze their bodies for 300 years so that they can be one of the firsts to inhabit a new planet. People from all over the world, based on their expertise, are choosen for this mission. Amy is nonessential meaning, she's just kind of along for the ride.
Now, in the first chapter, I was hooked. You get the whole scene played out as Amy watches her mother become frozen, and when it's supposed to be her turn, her father steps up to give her the choice to stay behind or go with them. Either way, he wont' know her outcome until he wakes up on this new planet. Well, Amy decides to go. As she's being frozen she over hears the men saying they won't arrive for three hundred and one years. Naturally this freaks Amy out. And this was my first, uh oh moment.
Every other chapter is from Amy while the others are from Elder. A man living upon Godspeed, the ship sailing the skies from about 250 years into the future. Well, Amy's future. Elder is supposed to be the next leader of the ship. A ship built on lies and crazy systems. But when Amy is woken up, fifty years too soon, she and Elder have to find out who is trying to unfreeze the "Earthlings" before her parents end up dead. Like, really dead.
The saying, Don't drink the water, holds true on this vessel. Drugs and nutrients are filtered through the water to keep everyone complacent and normal. Well, the sad thing is, those they keep in the hospitals ward are really the normal ones.
This book had several twists and turns. Some I had figured out from the very beginning and some I never saw coming. Overall, I really enjoyed this book and look forward to the second in the series.
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