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A review by offictionandfantasy
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
2.0
This book was.... wow. I selected it as some sort of fiction prompt for Book Battle: November, but couldn’t make myself read it for most of the month. I then selected it again for Book Battle: December as a “Dual POV” prompt. I only finished this book due to wanting to earn points and being mildly interested in a few of the plot twists.
Some characters take a while to warm up to, but I found myself hating both Amy and Eldest the entire book. By the end of it, I was actually scoffing at how I had zero attachment to either of them and how much their actions astounded me.
Things that annoyed me the most, barring spoilers:
Amy is sixteen years old, yet she consistently refers to her father as “Daddy”. To me, that’s already strange, but I do know a couple people who called their fathers Daddy at an older age. Still, she doesn’t only address him as such, but refers to him as “my daddy” when talking to other people. Considering everyone else on the ship is only thinking about murdering or trying to sleep with her, it felt very uncomfortable because I kept imagining her as a small child (it certainly matched going off her tantrums and forgetfulness)
Elder.... I despise this character. He is nothing more than a Nice Guy tm who spends the entire book not thinking for himself. If he bothers to defy Eldest for one moment, it’s only because Amy told him to. Otherwise, he didn’t really do anything except try to or think about getting with Amy.
I was excited at the end to finally see Elder get the ending I thought he deserved, but that wildly swung into the most unrealistic endings I’d seen in some time. I don’t think I can make myself read more.
Pros: there were a couple twists I hadn’t been expecting. That is all.
Some characters take a while to warm up to, but I found myself hating both Amy and Eldest the entire book. By the end of it, I was actually scoffing at how I had zero attachment to either of them and how much their actions astounded me.
Things that annoyed me the most, barring spoilers:
Amy is sixteen years old, yet she consistently refers to her father as “Daddy”. To me, that’s already strange, but I do know a couple people who called their fathers Daddy at an older age. Still, she doesn’t only address him as such, but refers to him as “my daddy” when talking to other people. Considering everyone else on the ship is only thinking about murdering or trying to sleep with her, it felt very uncomfortable because I kept imagining her as a small child (it certainly matched going off her tantrums and forgetfulness)
Elder.... I despise this character. He is nothing more than a Nice Guy tm who spends the entire book not thinking for himself. If he bothers to defy Eldest for one moment, it’s only because Amy told him to. Otherwise, he didn’t really do anything except try to or think about getting with Amy.
I was excited at the end to finally see Elder get the ending I thought he deserved, but that wildly swung into the most unrealistic endings I’d seen in some time. I don’t think I can make myself read more.
Pros: there were a couple twists I hadn’t been expecting. That is all.