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Dystopia in Space! As the end of Earth draws near, important people are being cryogenically frozen. The daughter of 2 of these people is "awakened" onboard a huge spaceship, traveling toward a habitable planet hundreds of human years away. The people running the ship are controlled by Eldest, a man who twists history and controls the lives of everyone on board. Can one teenage girl (with the help of Elder, Eldest's questioning replacement, save them from the tyranny? Interesting twist on what is
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I really enjoyed reading this book. It seemed so far-fetched, but at the same time I could see us figuring out a way to cryogenically freeze people and ship them off to another planet 300 years away from us here on 'sol-Earth' just because we royally screwed up our own planet.
Beth did an awesome job of getting us into the minds of Amy and Elder so much so that I found myself freaking out with Amy when she woke up, feeling the pressure of being a leader placed on Elder, and crying once or twice ...more
Beth did an awesome job of getting us into the minds of Amy and Elder so much so that I found myself freaking out with Amy when she woke up, feeling the pressure of being a leader placed on Elder, and crying once or twice ...more
I fought reading this book for a long time. Finally it was one of my only choices to listen in the car. I really enjoyed it. The setting, a generations ship, is very interesting as are the people. The choice to keep the ship functioning constantly tap into the gray areas of morality. Very compelling.
Shocking! Couldnt put it down!Amazed on how this really could happen and shocked how medicine could really do what fideous was doing! Must Read!
finally finished...took longer than I expected since it started off strong. Actually thought it would be better than it was, meaning it was a little disappointing. It's a good teen read with a sad theme...with a sort of hopelessness to it. I expected more of a survivalist kind of theme but maybe there's a sequel or trilogy in there.
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