The story begins with a decision deed has to be made by our female protagonist Amy. She has to decide Whether she wants to go on a mission with her parents and be cryogenically frozen for about 300 years or stay on earth all by herself. Doesnt that sound like the hardest choice? The process of being frozen is Described as vividly and detailed its pretty scary and I do not know if I would have been able to make search of important and life-changing decision.
Across the Universe embraces about eighty chapters, alternating between the perspectives of Amy and Elder. They are rather short and allow small reading breaks.
The romance between Those two is subtle. They need time to Their approach eachother Both grown up with very different views on the world and relationships.
Amy and Elder are great Protagonists and two witty and sharp-minded investigators. The main focus of the story lies on the investigation of the murders of various innocent and helplessfrozen people. I was glued to every step Amy and Elder traced the murderers footprints. I was so eager to figure it out!
The Entire Across the Universe Cast is pretty crazy and everyone on That ship Seems to have Their Own Issues did start to influence not only the relationship between Amy, Elder and his best friend Harley and the leader of the ship Eldest, but all the other people , too.
Its an interesting chase for the evil mind in the limited space on Godspeed. The closed space and number of possible antagonists makes ACROSS THE UNIVERSE a really mysterious and exciting story.
The actual story of Across the Universe is set in future and has many opportunities to offer and inventions, medical-wise for example. It Involves a few very cool elements like frozen people, a total agricultural system inside a space ship of a gigantic size and of course all kinds of other advanced technologies.
The US hardcover copy comes with a very helpful print on the inside of the book jacket with a blueprint of the Entire Space Ship of Godspeed. There are several levels on That space ship and many rooms and different parts of it did need to be remembered. Although the story is limited to the setting of Godspeed, a spaceship caught in space, The Possibility of settings is very complex. Its a gigantic project!
THE VERDICT
ACROSS THE Universe A space ship setting of epic expansion, a murder mystery with goose bump potential and a subtle but sweet romance make Beth Revis debut novel shine as bright as the stars.
Beth Revis has a really engaging writing That gives every single character of her Godspeed inhabitants a unique and very authentic voice, Especially Amy and Elder as the two Protagonists. The conspiracy plot of Across the Universe is very well-Constructed by Beth Revis. If I would have to name a captain of my space mission it would definitely be here!
I cant wait to start A Million Suns and dive deeper into the romance of Amy and Elder and future of the space ship Godspeed.