I have a tendency to gravitate towards dystopian novels (if you've read any of my blog posts in the past, this is no surprise to you. If you're new here, SURPRISE!). I also kind of gravitate towards the idea of human beings acting as the grim reaper (most notably the Croak Series (First blog about the series)). Which means, that I pretty much immediately fell in love with Scythe.
An amazon summary lead in, "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."
AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
First, we HAVE to talk about the world. It's the future. THE FUTUREEEE. Humans are immortal, if they 'die', they become deadish, and their bodies are taken to the revival centers, some science happens, and they're back to running around again. They have nanites that can heal them, ease pain, and prevent/cure diseases before they begin to happen. They can also reset their age. You're 62 years old and want to be 20 again? Science noises, and now you're back to 20. There's hardly anything that can eliminate a human....
Except for the Scythes.
So the world also reached a point where a powerful AI has become self aware and maintains the world essentially. This AI is called the Thunderhead, and it effectively oversees the planet.
However, there is a law of separation between the Scythes and the Thunderhead. The Thunderhead cannot interfere or interact with any Scythes.
Scythes kill people (they call it gleaning in the book), to control the population. Now that no one can really die (outside of fire or acid), the population increases at a haphazard rate.
Enter Scythe Faraday, Citra, and Rowan. Scythe Faraday takes on Citra and Rowan as apprentices to train to be a scythe, but only one may enter the scythedom.
Anddddddd, I'm going to cut off all further explanations there. With how intricate Neal Shusterman writes, it can be very easy to give away a spoiler or a piece of the grand puzzle too soon.
Which REALLY means, I loved this book. The world building is so fantastic, the character development and plot play together very well, and I love love love how well each character is their own unique person. Each character that enters the stage has a purpose, and every chapter reveals more of the story, which turns out to be kind of a puzzle. Dun dun dunnnn
I'll say, or should I say write, no more! (hehe)
Happy reading!
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