A few days ago, I borrowed Scythe by Neal Shusterman from one of my friends, and right now I am about halfway through it. It's dark, even for a dystopian novel, but very interesting.
Scythe is a dystopian novel where humans have gotten rid of hunger, illness, and death and artificial intelligence is in charge of the world instead of humans. The setting seems pretty similar to some other dystopian books that I've read before. But to keep the population normal, they have "scythes" to "gleam" (kill) people. The scythes are respected but also feared. They can grant people immunity to being killed if they would like. The main characters, Citra and Rowan both have an encounter with a scythe at the beginning of the book, and they both challenge the scythe. So, for some reason, they are taken to become scythes because they don't like killing. To be honest this part didn't really make very much sense. After they have both completed all their training however, only one of them will become a scythe, the other one will return to normal life.
Like I said, this is a dark topic for a book, even a dystopian novel. Some of the Scythes are corrupt and love killing, and *SPOILER* they try to manipulate Rowan. *END SPOILER* However, the plot is very interesting, and it's kind of like other dystopian books but with some changes. Once I finish it, I might write another blog post on it, with more analysis.
Thanks for reading!
- Juni
I started to read this book but never got into it, from your blog it seems that the book gets better later on, i might try to read it again.
ReplyDeleteShusterman is a terrifying and interesting author. I've had this one recommended many times, but have never read it. Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteI've heard of this book a lot before. Definitely seems interesting, even though it sounds kinda scary. I might need to read this sometime. Nice post!
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds very interesting, and I might choose to check it out one day. I kind of like dark, morbid books and this seems like one of them. Cool post ig
ReplyDeleteShusterman is a different breed of people, he knows how to inflect fear ina persons soul and self. Personally, I enjoy readying dark books, because I always like to see how the author manages to make you feel such way, and Shusterman is certainly good at it.
ReplyDeleteI remember first reading this book a few years ago! I absolutely adored both the writing and plot. Recently, I've been meaning to reread it, so thanks for posting; it's certainly reminded me to do that!
ReplyDeleteI've heard a lot of mixed opinions about this book but it seems pretty interesting. I might check it out some time because I am a huge fan of dystopian books!
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