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.
The only reason why I cannot give this book 5 stars is because I missed a more elaborate writing style. That’s definitely not a problem for most people, so I totally get the high ratings, this book was amazing!
Issues are represented in a way that makes them easy to understand and at the same time they are deeply layered and we see the view of multiple perspectives about these issues. The story itself started out predictable, but quickly changed course.
It felt like the scythes did have some layering, which was easy to grasp with their journal entries, but the main characters were a bit more flat.
This book felt totally unique, the futuristic world, the AI, the characters, the way people have to be gleaned. I have never read any other book of Neal Shusterman, but I highly encourage everyone to pick this one up. It’s an easy read but amazingly well done.
