Scythe

Arc of a Scythe

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Scythe (AudiobookFormat, 2017)

[sound recording] /, 36 pages

English language

Published Sept. 28, 2017

ISBN:
9781543643626
OCLC Number:
996783165

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5 stars (1 review)

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.

7 editions

reviewed Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Review of 'Scythe' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

4.5 stars // I'm going to be thinking about this book for a long time huh

I recommend this book if you're looking for:
- Dystopian that isn't really that dystopian
- A book that pulls very few punches
- Multi-POV
- Mentor-apprentice dynamics
- A first book in a series that feels relatively self-contained
- A book that gets very dark at times but still gives you hope

I don't really know how to put into words how this book made me feel. Like it's just given me so much to think about and was really satisfying in the end. It only loses half a star because I didn't LOVE it, though the book did achieve what I think it set out to achieve so I think some people could love it more than me.

Subjects

  • Young adult fiction
  • Apprentices
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Competition
  • Fiction
  • Science fiction
  • Death
  • Murder