{"id":7173,"date":"2026-08-31T17:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=7173"},"modified":"2026-08-31T17:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:05:12","slug":"scythe-by-neal-shusterman-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=7173","title":{"rendered":"Scythe by Neal Shusterman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scythe<\/strong> by Neal Shusterman<\/a>
on November 28, 2017
Genres:<\/strong> Juvenile Fiction \/ Action & Adventure \/ General<\/a>, Juvenile Fiction \/ Mysteries & Detective Stories<\/a>, Juvenile Fiction \/ Science Fiction \/ General<\/a>, Young Adult Fiction \/ Action & Adventure \/ General<\/a>, Young Adult Fiction \/ Science Fiction \/ General<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 433
Format:<\/strong> Paperback<\/a>
Buy on Amazon<\/a>
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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\u2014and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.
\nCitra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe\u2014a role that neither wants. These teens must master the \u201cart\u201d of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.<\/p>\n

Scythe was fun but not perfect. I enjoyed the dystopian world and the concept behind it: what if, instead of an apocalypse or WWIII, humanity\u2019s future turned out to be a bright one? Death is conquered, humanity has turned immortal, diseases have been wiped out, and where you might have been killed in a car accident in the \u201cmortal age\u201d, now, you are can be revived in an instant. To keep overpopulation in check, Scythedom has been created. At a young age, a few chosen ones are trained to \u201cglean\u201d people, to end their immortal lives forevermore. Citra and Rowan, the main characters, are two of the chosen ones. They are thrown into a world of corruption and deadly secrets. What I like the most about this book turns out to be its biggest flaw at the same time: the pacing. It\u2019s quite fast-paced, which makes it an exciting read because so many things are happening. Then again, because so many things are happening, they become unbelievable, they feel forced and a little exaggerated.<\/p>\n

I rated this one four stars. I really liked it. It was a new take on dystopia, it had lots of interesting characters (e.g. Scythe Curie or Volta) and great plot twists. I was hooked from the first page and liked where the story went from there on.<\/p>\n

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