Scythe

Books | Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement

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Neal Shusterman

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.

Science Fiction

Romance

Young Adult

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Author

Neal Shusterman

Pages

448

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

2016-11-22

ISBN

1442472448 9781442472440

Ratings

Google: 4.5

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"Wow wow wow!!! Great dystopian novel. The world is so interesting and has obvious flaws that make the plot so dynamic. It's not a thriller but it's thrilling and unexpected in well...unexpected ways! Definitely recommend 5⭐️s"

Maya

"#ai #award_winners #social_themes #distopian "

Ximena Pacheco

"Couldn’t finish the first one, my friend yelled at me for it but it just dragged on for me. I couldn’t stand either of the apprentices."

kzy

"Was a good read with a fascinating world that draws you in from the beginning. Filled with twists and turns which makes it hard to put down. "

Lucy

"Awesome world building, really appreciated the lack of romance and the focus on the main concept, loved all the little twists throughout that kept me wondering what would happen next. #dystopia #death #fantasy #ya #science_fiction "

Katie

"Another could not finish book. I honestly couldn't get over the concept being allowed to kill people. There are many different ways that was more suited to keeping balance in the human race. Like child control or not letting people live past 100. This little fact kept me from finishing the book it just didn't make since. The human race as a whole agreed to this and I don't see it. I don't believe John over here should live to be 200 when Alice is only 32. The concept is lost to me."

Ashley

"Loved this book!! A YA science fiction book about the future. Technology as advanced so much that when people die they can be revived. People live for 100s of years. To keep the population at bay a select group of Scythes glean people- truly killing them. This book is about 2 young apprentice Scythes. I'm starting second of trilogy right away!"

Melanie Schmitz

"Very impressive! What an interesting take on a dystopian age-of-immortality world. Ending made me happy!"

Lauren Christian

"This book is sooo good!! 10/10!!! Its like a cross between The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands and the Hunger Games by Suzzanne Collins! I can’t wait to read the rest of the series! There’s a little bit of swearing, but it’s not very often and they’re not like ‘the super bad’ ones XD. Nothing sexual. Lots of violence and gore tho. "