A Long Long Sleep: Difference between revisions

{{work}}

{{quote|Rosalinda Fitzroy has been asleep for sixty-two years when she is woken by a kiss.

Locked away in the chemically induced slumber of a stasis tube in a forgotten sub-basement, sixteen-year-old Rose slept straight through the Dark Times that killed millions and utterly changed the world she knew. Now her parents and her first love are long dead, and Rose -- hailed upon her awakening as the long-lost heir to an interplanetary empire -- is thrust alone into a future in which she is viewed as either a freak or a threat.

 

 

 

* [[Abusive Parents]]: Rose's parents made a habit of putting her into stasis whenever she annoyed them, under the guise of "protecting her" from her own "high-strung" nature. They kept her ignorant by transferring her between schools, belittled her at every turn, {{spoiler|ordered her to break up with her boyfriend and give up a hard-earned art scholarship, and programmed a freaking ''zombie robot'' to collect her and, failing that, kill her, in the event of her leaving home.}}

* [[After the End]]: While Rose was in stasis, humanity suffered a massive plague and economic depression known as the Dark Times.

* [[Evil Corporation]]: Uni Corp, Rose's parents' company, which runs practically the entire solar system, owns sentient life forms as property (Otto and his family), creates artificial islands with no regard to environmental damage, and more.

* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: Rose is sixty years out of date.

* [[Flash Back]]: Rose-the-narrator's way of informing readers about her past. An interesting variation, since she has several repressed memories that take a long time to come to light.

* [[Future Slang]]: "Holy coit!"

* [[Posthumous Character]]: The Fitzroys, Xavier and Asa are developed via Rose's flashbacks.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Guillory is killed trying to shield Rose from the Plastine.}}

* [[Replacement Love Interest]]: Rose admits to herself that Bren reminds her of Xavier, and that sometimes she can't even tell which one she wants.

* [[Say My Name]]: Reginald Guillory, the leader of [[Uni Corp]], tries to get Rose to call him Reggie. She can't.

* [[Telepathy]]: Otto and some of his siblings.

* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Subverted. Dr. Bija does her level best, but Rose doesn't give her much to work with. It's actually {{spoiler|Otto's telepathy}} that helps her the most.

* [[True Companions]]: The hybrids. {{spoiler|At the end, Rose with Bren, Xavier and Otto.}}

* [[Twice-Told Tale]]: ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]''.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Bren to Rose after she {{spoiler|goes into stasis to console herself over his rejection, without telling anyone.}}

* [[You Are Number Six]]: The hybrids originally went by their birth numbers, until 42 died and Otto (86) could not stand the idea of any more of them dying nameless.

 

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Young Adult Literature]]