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Across The Universe by Beth Revis
Feb. 25th, 2013 11:43 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Amy has left the life she loves for a world 300 years away.
Trapped in space and frozen in time, Amy is bound for a new planet. But fifty years before she’s due to arrive, she is violently woken, the victim of an attempted murder. Now Amy’s lost on board and nothing makes sense – she’s never felt so alone …
Yet someone is waiting for her. He wants to protect her – and more if she’ll let him.
But who can she trust amidst the secrets and lies? A killer is out there – and Amy has nowhere to hide …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Beth Revis’s debut YA SF novel (the first in a trilogy) is a well-written story with solid speculative elements and a plot that moves quickly without sacrificing character development. The romance is (thankfully) underplayed with Revis more interested in the power dynamics on board the ship and how the society developed. However, the identity of the killer is easy to guess and neither Amy nor Elder makes any real attempt to work out who it is. I also found the ending too rushed and the way it tied up some ends too pat, while the allusions to Hitler a little too heavy-handed. That said, I did enjoy the book and will definitely be reading the next one in the trilogy.
Trapped in space and frozen in time, Amy is bound for a new planet. But fifty years before she’s due to arrive, she is violently woken, the victim of an attempted murder. Now Amy’s lost on board and nothing makes sense – she’s never felt so alone …
Yet someone is waiting for her. He wants to protect her – and more if she’ll let him.
But who can she trust amidst the secrets and lies? A killer is out there – and Amy has nowhere to hide …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Beth Revis’s debut YA SF novel (the first in a trilogy) is a well-written story with solid speculative elements and a plot that moves quickly without sacrificing character development. The romance is (thankfully) underplayed with Revis more interested in the power dynamics on board the ship and how the society developed. However, the identity of the killer is easy to guess and neither Amy nor Elder makes any real attempt to work out who it is. I also found the ending too rushed and the way it tied up some ends too pat, while the allusions to Hitler a little too heavy-handed. That said, I did enjoy the book and will definitely be reading the next one in the trilogy.
