When I started Across the Universe I was a little bored with the whole post apocalyptic society thing. There have just been too many book about that lately and I am getting a little tired of the dystopian theme. I have to say this book was a pleasant surprise. It was different in being that it is set in space, on a ship and the society is so sterile in comparison to some of the other books I have read lately. As these 100 cryogenically frozen people from earth travel to set up and populate a new planet a ship is growing around them. Generations of people are raising a society much different then what they had in mind. I really liked the main character Amy, she is mysteriously unfrozen and she has to do the best she can in this new strange place. The character Elder and his struggle to become the ruler of this society built on lies is an interesting concept. It rings true with today's ideas, do we let people do what they think they want or do what we know is best for the society as a whole?
I liked this book but I found the ending to be a bit abrupt and short. There was a lot of unanswered story lines and too much of the dystopian stuff for me to care enough about the characters. I heard the author has a couple sequels in the works and I will probably read those, if only to see what happens to Amy and Elder. I hope she starts to develop who the characters are and their feelings about living in this place a little better. I get a little tired of all the good vs evil without the story line to back it. I would recommend this book if you are really into the YA post apocalyptic type gene right now.
*This book is recommended for grades 10 and up. There is quite a bit of sex talk, but more in a "mating" sense and not so much in a sexy way.
* Recommendations of similar style books are the Hunger Games, Matched by Ally Condie, and Before I fall and Delirium by Lauren Oliver
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