Across the Universe - January BOTM Discussion

[Booknut, Head Moderator]

Discuss the book here!

The question to think about is:

Would you have, in Amy's place, have chosen cyro sleep or to remain on 'Sol Earth'?

Feel free to extend the discussion beyond the questions :D

[Madeleine]

I think I would have chosen the cyro sleep. I like adventures and space. I like to take chances and the chance to see the future is too tempting,

This book is so beautiful. I have tried to get my friends to read it but they all refuse. No one else I know around me is a book reader like I am, or if they are not nearly as much.

[Booknut, Head Moderator]

Madeleine wrote: "I think I would have chosen the cyro sleep. I like adventures and space. I like to take chances and the chance to see the future is too tempting,

This book is so beautiful. I have tried to get my..."

Well, Madeleine, welcome to the home of book-readers and bookworms!!! :D

This book was amazingly wonderful. I can't find enough adjectives to describe it - a chance to see the future, for me, would be tempting, but I'm not sure I could get past the fear of things going wrong, never getting there, never landing, being alone, etc. Alot of risks come with that decision. I think Amy is incredibly brave to continue her life as she does, even when her parents still remain in cyro sleep. But if my family was also undergoing it, I would too. If I was doing it alone...I'd probably chicken out :)

[Madeleine]

Booknut wrote: "Madeleine wrote: "I think I would have chosen the cyro sleep. I like adventures and space. I like to take chances and the chance to see the future is too tempting,

This book is so beautiful. I ha..."

I agree! I haven't read the last one yet because I'm scared of it ending! It is such a magical series. It has its own feel and voice. I love it!

[Sasha Ivashkov-Herondale-Jackson (aka Clarisse)]

Madeleine wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Madeleine wrote: "I think I would have chosen the cyro sleep. I like adventures and space. I like to take chances and the chance to see the future is too tempting,

This book is so..."

yes i know me too but i read the book and it was great.... im really gonna miss the series... maybe in a few yrs i will read it again...

[Sasha Ivashkov-Herondale-Jackson (aka Clarisse)]

i would have chosen cryo sleep becuz then im kinda extendin my life and i can venture into space and another planet safely. and i would have my parents with me so i would have chosen cryo sleep. :)

[Anna]

Madeleine wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Madeleine wrote: "I think I would have chosen the cyro sleep. I like adventures and space. I like to take chances and the chance to see the future is too tempting,

This book is so..."

Same here!

[Anna]

I think Amy is so brave for choosing the way she did! I love the idea of space and the unknown, but knowing me I would so chicken out! I would be to scared to go for such a big change and the unknown! But the adventure.. I feel like I may pull a Bilbo Baggins on this one :)

[Booknut, Head Moderator]

Nothing wrong with pulling a Bilbo!! Extreme circumstances force us to make decisions that are often 'against the grain' of what we'd normally feel comfortable with. Who knows - maybe you would throw yourself into the adventure is you had no other choice.

[Anna]

Very true!! Who knows, maybe I would :) Do you think you would be able to go on the adventure booknut?

[Booknut, Head Moderator]

Anna wrote: "Very true!! Who knows, maybe I would :) Do you think you would be able to go on the adventure booknut?"

Hmm...I really don't know. I would never stay behind without my family, but the thought of not knowing what is ahead, of going into the unknown - that is what scares me.

I think if the circumstances were extreme enough and my family were choosing cyro sleep, I would push aside my fears about the icky process of it all and do it. But yeah...Amy was extremely brave. I agree with H99 - what if we didn't wake up? What if the planet ended up being inhabitable? The 'what ifs' would scare me more than the cyro sleep itself.

[Anna]

Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Very true!! Who knows, maybe I would :) Do you think you would be able to go on the adventure booknut?"

Hmm...I really don't know. I would never stay behind without my family, but the..."

Agreed! If my family were going.. I suppose I would go too. But the 'what ifs' would definitely keep me up at night!

[Emily]

i think that i wouldn't be able to go under. i would be wayyyyyyyyy to scared!!