Update: After reading Across the Universe, I have to subtract a star from this short story. Why did the author want to give us more background on the most disgusting character in the entire book?-------------------------------------------------------------I have no idea how this will tie in to Across the Universe, but I can't wait to find out. It was a beautiful, sad, creepy story and it should have been twice as long. Thanks to Bookriot, I learned that Beth Revis wrote a novella prequel to Across the Universe, which is my favorite YA dystopian trilogy as a whole (Meaning, each book was great and the last one didn't fall off the rails like The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner, Matched, etc etc etc - all fantastic, all they all fall apart IMHO.) As They Slip Away was a rather melancholy story of one of the peripheral characters and how she chose to become a drone on Godspeed (the spaceship where the story takes place). If you have 30 minutes and read this series, it's worth checking out.
What do You think about As They Slip Away (2000)?
You wanna be depressed? Go read this story. It's from Selene's point of view.
—helenesky
Esto es desgarradoramente triste y vacío. Doloroso
—miichiy
THIS IS PERFECT, SAD BUT UTTERLY PERFECT.
—oneechelon
