Review || Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Title: Scythe Author: Neal Shisterman Genre: Young Adult, Thriller, Fantasy Series: Arc of a Scythe Publisher: Simon & Shuster No. of pages: 435 Publication: November 22nd, 2016 Date read: September 15th, 2021 Rating: 5/5 stars
Synopsis:
Thou shalt kill. 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.
Review
This was a wild ride, let me tell you. This book had a very unique and fresh story with a lot of twists I definitely didn’t see coming. I was hooked from the first few pages and couldn’t put it down, it was this good. I came to love almost every character. Both were not only loyal but had a very high moral compass and seeing them struggle through so many different circumstances and growing in the process was amazing. Rowan had it pretty rough in the second half of the book and I wanted to weep for them. Scythe was so refreshing, it just blew me away and I still don’t completely know what to say. I can’t recommend this book enough and I really can’t find anything negative to say about this book.
