The name of the novel was the first thing that caught my attention. I love the film Across the Universe so I was easily swayed to have a look . The cover itself also caught my attention because its frikin cool! 
 So anyway, I was not expecting the story to be told by two people, but when I come to think of it, it was a "brilly" idea as we get the chance to see how a person born on the ship views things and how different they are to the humans from earth. 
 It was a great idea. Amy's reactions from been woken up early are perfect. It didn't follow my preset idea that she would fit right in and love life and marry and have babies. From the very beginning we know she doesn't want to be on the ship at all and that holds up throughout the book. 
 The whole elder/eldest name thingy was confusing at first but thankfully after a few chapters I worked out who was who. 
 Racism in my opinion is a very big theme. Everyone is the same with no cultural differences and Amy stands out.... How are the people living on the ship to react to this and her old set ways of living? 
 The book overall was brilliant and slightly slow and when it nears the last few chapters everything speeds up and all your questions are answered very quickly but at least they are not dragged out until the next part of the trilogy. I would have gone mad! 
 I wouldn't say its a cliffy but something is mentioned and I would like to see how its played out in its sequel, I'm very much looking forward to it.