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, … 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.more
Sci-fi. Set in the future where natural death isn´t really a thing.
Although it’s an original plot, the characters are kind of meh. Also, UGH ROMANCE. AGAIN. It was so unnecessary. I tried reading Unwind and wasn’t exactly a fan, but I liked it better than this. I don’t know, maybe Neal Shusterman just isn’t for me.
I just finished this book yesterday . Definitely going to go buy the second one today
It’s… so… good. Like, putting the book down and shouting my feelings because I can’t contain them good.