The Space Between Us Review
The space between us is a very fitting title to the story of two women in bombay sera a parsi from the upper class and her domestic helper bhima who lives in the slum only 15 minutes away.
The space between us review. The space between us is what youd get if you hit john green between the eyes with a ballpeen hammer and then demanded that he rewrite stranger in a strange land. Bhima is a servant to sera and while they have become friends in a sense they will always be divided by class and family will always top friendship. A little more than 16 years ago his mother rocketed off into deep space on a four year colonizing mission without checking to see if she just might be pregnant before liftoff. The space between us rides on the current wave of young adult or ya for short novels and movies which has dowsed the cinemas for the last ten years or so.
The space between us tells the story of the first human born on mars a boy named gardner asa butterfield who was born and raised in a nasa space station. The space between us is a joyless consistently mediocre movie with only the loosest understanding of plot mechanics and an even looser understanding of logic. Thrity umrigar slowly reveals to us their lives. Sixteen years later there are more scientists on mars but gardners only friend his age is someone.
Its still about romance some sci fi and action like the most of them or at least the most popular of them but it brings some refreshing changes to the menu. She died during childbirth. Both women have radically different lives yet there are overarching themes that bring them together their love for their children their hopes for a. And sometimes those consequences have teeth.
Take gardner elliot for example. A teenager who has spent his entire life on mars finds love when he finally travels to earth in peter chelsoms sci fiteen romance the space between us. Sometimes people make choices that have unexpected consequences. While the idea of moving to mars might not sound so terrible right about now the space between us is about a young man whos spent all of his 16 years on the red planet and cant wait to visit earthspecifically to meet the cute high school girl with whom hes sparked an online flirtation.
The space between us is the story of two women their families their loves their heartbreaks and their division by class.