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Narrado por:
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Lauren Ambrose
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Beth Revis
A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder....
Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, 300 years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end 50 years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.
Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone - one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship - tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be next.
Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming.
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"Entirely original, deeply compelling, and totally unputdownable--I've found a new favorite!" (Carrie Ryan, New York Times best-selling author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth)
"A murder mystery, a budding romance, and a dystopian world gracefully integrated into a sci-fi novel that blows away all expectation." (Melissa Marr, New York Times best-selling author of Wicked Lovely)
"A horrifying and deliciously claustrophobic masterpiece that's part sci-fi, part dystopian, and entirely brilliant." (Kiersten White, New York Times best-selling author of Paranormalcy and Supernaturally)
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Amy and her parents are cryogenically frozen on a spaceship called Godspeed heading towards a new planet. Or at least Amy was frozen. Her cryo chamber is mysteriously opened 50 years earlier than planned and the ship is no where near there destination. Once woken her long freeze, Amy discovers that she is the only person on the ship from Earth and life is very different from what she’s used to.
On Godspeed, everyone is similar in appearance, brown hair and medium colored skin. There are no cultures, ethnicities or religions. This is all to prevent disputes and keep peace on the ship that is traveling millions of miles across space. That said, I found it very strange that the narrator for Elder, long time ship resident and the ships future leader, had a distinct accent. This is horrible but a little distracting when trying to picture his character without a culture. In addition, I found his narration very grating and I really disliked listening his parts. I did enjoy the narrator for Amy and her parts kept me interested.
As stunning as the writing is, and it really is gorgeous, the story was consistently depressing. The genre is dystopian so things are expected to in a state of disarray. However, as a reader I need a little bit of joy in a story to stay inspired and to keep a sense of hope for the characters. The characters and their situation began to wear on me. I was annoyed by their actions and I can’t say that I liked or related to any of them.
I hate to give Across the Universe a bad review as Revis truly did a good a job but this book was just not for me. I need a story where I can rally behind the characters and root for them and in the end I couldn't care less about Amy and Elder’s fate. Fans of dystopian novels might really like Across the Universe and I encourage everyone to try it as many readers did thoroughly enjoy the book.
A Million Suns (Across the Universe #2) releases in February 2012 and once again the cover is absolutely beautiful.
It was alright
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Would you listen to Across the Universe again? Why?
It was a great read...listen... the performance was great!What was one of the most memorable moments of Across the Universe?
It was great when she woke up from being frozen.What about Lauren Ambrose’s performance did you like?
Each chapter is from a different point of view. Male/FemaleIf you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Take_OffAny additional comments?
A great book and would be fun for 15-90 year olds to read.Take off!
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Great Start but Slows a Bit
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Would you listen to Across the Universe again? Why?
Yes the plot was very creative. And I enjoyed the two narrators.What was one of the most memorable moments of Across the Universe?
There was so many but I think I loved all the twists and turns.Have you listened to any of Lauren Ambrose’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
NoDid you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
There were some funny parts.Any additional comments?
This is my first audiobook and my first sci-fi book. idk if it was the narrator or the plot or the world or a combination of all those things but I loved this book. will be checking the next one out soon! :)Imagine a world without stars
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Great mix of sci-fi, distopia, mystery and a little romance.
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just wanted the book to end
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First, let me clear up the misconception. This is not a love story. The picture on the cover has no relevance to the story, and I have no idea why the cover artist designed it like that. The closest scene to the cover image is when Elder first notices Amy in cryogenic sleep. He gets very close to her face to observer her. It wasn't much more to it. He was just looking at her, not kissing her. I must not be the first person to be turned off by the cover, because I noticed that Beth Revis has since changed the cover image.
The book was great. Beth and her parents are put in a cryogenic sleep so they can be the first colonists on a new planet that will take 300 years to travel to. Here's something freaky: She thinks she's going to go into an immediate sleep, but it turns out, she's awake during the whole ordeal. What a nightmare!
Meanwhile, there are people living on the ship. Their jobs are to keep life on the ship going and to maintain the ship so it arrives on the planet safely. The workers on the ship will never make it to the planet. Their lives are purely on the ship. Elder is a kid who is training to be the ship's ruler (called the Eldest). He discovers the room with the cryogenic scientists and notices a young girl his age. Soon after, someone opens Amy's compartment, and she's awaken too early. There is no way to put her back in a frozen state so she thinks she'll never make it to the planet and never see her parents again. She's pretty mad about it. Being from Earth, she also notices that the ship's government system is a little strange and somewhat suspicious. She encourages Elder to snoop around an ask more questions. What they uncover is pretty exciting and the conflicts that ensue were great.
I would have given the book five stars, and here is why I didn't. There were too many scenes where a character started to do something and then stopped for no reason. It was kind of like, "Oh, I'm going to open this box now" and just when he reaches for the box, he thinks, "Well, maybe I shouldn't open the box. No, I'm not going to open the box." Those scenes were incredibly annoying and frustrating. In the real world, when you are faced with a conflict full of mysteries, and the answers are all right in front of you, you're going to check it out. You're not going to wait until later, forget about it, decide not to, or remember that someone didn't want you to. Most of the book went smoothly, though, and most was thoroughly enjoyable.
Don't judge the book by its cover
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great choice
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Not bad.
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Definitely. It's an interesting listen. It kept my husband and I entertained on a long car ride.What other book might you compare Across the Universe to and why?
I'm not much of a sci-fi reader, so this story was different than most I've read. I think that's why I loved it so much.Even my husband enjoyed it!
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