Book: Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Genre: YA SF
Rating: ★ ★ ★
Awhile back I made a pile of books for a Top Ten Tuesday with the theme of "books I've had for years but never read." That stack has been mocking me ever since. So I grabbed one off the top and read it! So there!
This particular one was interesting to me too because of the scifi theme, since that's the sort of book I'm currently trying to finish up writing myself. So I was kind of hoping that reading this would spur me on to finishing my own story. Ha.
Anyway, I remember this one getting a ton of buzz years ago and I'm assuming many of you have read it, yeah? What did you think? I should look up old reviews!
It's about a girl who decides to go on a mission with her parents, which involves them getting frozen for 300 plus years while the ship travels to the new planet they are going to settle and start civilization there. So the catch is, someone wakes her up WAY too early and now she is part of the crew of the ship that lives and dies there while they make their way to the new planet.
She makes friends with the dude who is up next to lead this crew and there are so many strange things going on and together they get to (or try to get to) the bottom of it all. Basically, this crew and this mission in general, is not a happy one. WAH, these people are messed up!
So of course this book is just the start and to finish the story, one must keep going! I have so many books where I've read the first one and then totally forget to keep going, even if I'm intrigued. Sigh. Has anyone read this whole series? Is it worth it? Should I keep going?
I have not read this book or the series, but it sounds good.
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ReplyDeleteAnyway, I've read the first book and pretty much had the same reaction. I want to read the last two eventually. I'm just not compelled to right now.
Also, I forgot to say that this book reminds me of a cross between Passengers (with Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence) and Voyagers (Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, and Colin Farrell).
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