Scythe - Neal Shusterman

Scythe

By Neal Shusterman

  • Release Date: 2016-11-22
  • Genre: Coming of Age Fiction for Young Adults
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Description

A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)

Two teens must learn the “art of killing” in this Printz Honor–winning book, the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology.

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

Scythe is the first novel of a thrilling new series by National Book Award–winning author Neal Shusterman in which Citra and Rowan learn that a perfect world comes only with a heavy price.

Reviews

  • Good Read

    3
    By Ms.dumdum
    TLDR: Overall, it was a good and easy read. Finished the book in 2 days and would recommend for anyone interested in diving into in a morally complicated world and wouldn’t mind some plot conveniences. Full Review: This was an easy and entertaining read and is the first book I read in a long while. I think it has a great concept and I love the world as it makes you think about the moral implications of each character’s beliefs and actions. I think the plot is interesting, and I particularly liked following Rowan as he got to do more interesting things and had more conflict in his story. I didn’t give it a 4 stars or higher because I felt like while the world makes you think about these moral issues deeply, they aren’t expanded upon too much. The villains in this story starts off fantastic - they do things that make the reader very uncomfortable but you can justify their actions morally and their motivation is understandable. However, they end up becoming cartoonishly evil which makes it clear that the author wants us to think that their actions are completely wrong, even though I think there are things worth exploring. Another aspect I didn’t like as much is that the character relationships don’t progress - for example, the main characters are supposed to be friends/lovers but you never get the sense that they like each other. They seem similarly cold to each other as they did when they first met and tbh I don’t think they even have a single friendly conversation. This is a shame because I felt like all the characters have distinct personalities and beliefs and their established relationships (e.g. family, old friends etc) are very well done.

  • A fun ride from the beginning to the End!!

    5
    By Mariah;)
    WOW

  • Scythe and BookTok

    5
    By Book_Blonde
    Best novel to come out in dystopian since the Hunger Games

  • One of the best books I’ve ever read

    5
    By AllyRoseVanDeven
    LOVE this series. It is one of those books that you continue to think about long after putting it down.

  • This sentance sums up the book

    5
    By potatostick34
    Monkey can’t climb water without the hoverboard

  • Loved !

    5
    By LalaSantannna
    Everything I wanted and more !

  • Love it

    5
    By Lohanthonysnumber1basicgal
    Full of suspense. I absolutely loved it. Definitely going to continue reading. Right when you think you got it figured out, you don’t😂

  • An adventure to the death 10/10

    5
    By MrProteinshake
    What a book this is. Truly a cyberpunk feel to it, with an amazing story. Just read this and be hypnotized to the last page.

  • 10/10

    5
    By 10/10 book
    I’ve actually met this guy he’s really cool. All his books are fantastic and I highly recommend buying them. The narrator also does a fantastic job

  • Unbelievable

    5
    By Titan1212
    Speechless is one way to put it. I literally couldn’t put this book down and read the whole thing is two days! Possibly the best book I’ve ever read!

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