Scan barcode
modernathos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
- This was the perfect introduction to a series. It didn't yet hold the stakes that the series likely will in the future, but it perfectly introduced the world, the characters, the systems, it's flaws, everything. And the stakes that were were perfect. I'm so excited to read the next book soon.
- I love how this book perfectly yet subtly states how the world is neither perfect nor horrible. It has its flaws, but those flaws are handled. But is it really the way things are supposed to be? That is left up to the reader. The best way I can describe is is the same that I did in my review for The Outrage: perfection doesn't exist.
- Rowan and Citra's character developtment was simply amazing. Not many thought processes were completely written out, but the changes that happened made sense, even while they weren't explicitly explained.
- The ending. 10/10.
- I am simply very excited to read the next book in this series.
"I'm sure the founding scythes must be rolling in their graves - but the point is, they are in their graves..."
"The kindes thing you can do is win that ring when Winter Conclave comes, and glean the boy quickly, before that acid burns any deeper than it already has."
"I love it when it rains here," he told her. "It reminds me that some forces of nature can never be entirely subdued. They are eternal, which is a far better thing than to be immortal."
Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Suicide
magnan1mouse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Death
Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Gore
Minor: Genocide, Child death, Gaslighting, Torture, and Xenophobia
cadybooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Death, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Grief, Animal death, Suicide, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Blood, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Murder, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror
chelly_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, Gore, and Mass/school shootings
kat_rowlen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Mass/school shootings, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Gaslighting
hales_1243's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Gaslighting, Racism, Child death, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Body horror, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fatphobia
Minor: Vomit and Alcohol
adrienanthony's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Suicide, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, and Self harm
Moderate: Police brutality and Medical content
Minor: Torture and Genocide
giulianalb99's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
<i>Los mandamientos de los segadores:
1. Matarás.
2. Matarás sin prejuicios, sesgos ni premeditación.
3. Concederás un año de inmunidad a los seres queridos de aquellos que acepten tu llegada y a todo aquel que consideres digno de ello.
4. Matarás a los seres queridos de aquellos que se resistan.
5. Servirás a la humanidad durante el resto de tus días y tu familia recibirá la inmunidad como recompensa durante toda tu vida.
6. Llevarás una vida ejemplar, tanto de palabra como de obra, y escribirás un diario en el que dejarás constancia de lo acontecido cada día.
7. No matarás a ningún segador, salvo a ti mismo.
8. No tendrás más posesiones terrenales que tu túnica, tu anillo y tu diario.
9. No tomarás cónyuge ni engendrarás.
10. No acatarás más leyes que estas.</i>
Este libro me ha gustado bastante. Aunque se publicó hace un tiempo y todo el mundo lo ha leído, yo siempre llego tarde y decidí leerlo antes de acabar el mes de mayo.
La verdad es que sabía que era una distopía pero no me esperaba para nada que fuera así. Todo el tema del Nimbo tampoco me ha parecido una locura considerando los tiempos que vivimos de que la tecnología está completamente transformando el mundo cada día más y más, y no me sorprendería para nada que llegase a pasar lo ocurrido en el libro. Entendiendo el punto de los segadores e incluso puedo llegar a comprender su oficio y lo necesario que es. En esta “utopía” gobernada por el Nimbo aparecen, cómo no, problemas que ellos mismos van a tener que enfrentar: no sólo en cuanto a cribar, sino también entre los segadores.
El libro empieza con una de las protagonistas, Citra, recibiendo al que más tarde sería su mentor, el segador Faraday, en su casa. Después conocemos a Rowan, el otro protagonista, que conoce a Faraday después de que un compañero suyo de clase sea elegido para la criba y decida quedarse con él durante el proceso, haciéndose así el segundo novicio elegido por Faraday. Ambos protagonistas me han encantado, son los dos bastante diferentes el uno del otro: Citra es una chica decidida, fuerte, capaz de cualquier cosa, y nunca se rinde; Rowan es apodado “el lechuga” porque como él dice, siempre es al que menos le hacen caso la gente, el que no importa, el que sobra, pero su evolución como personaje es una brutalidad y la verdad es que le amo. Aunque sea bastante leve, el autor introduce un pequeño romance (o afecto sería mejor) entre ambos y tengo bastante ganas de leer los siguientes para ver cómo evoluciona. Hay otros personajes (aunque aparecen nombrados los familiares de cada uno, no salen lo suficiente para poder dar una opinión concreta de cada uno), básicamente otros segadores, que tienen una ética moral bastante diferente de cada uno y está muy bien reflejado cómo impactan sus actos en el libro.
La verdad es que me ha encantado y la idea del libro me parece bestial, pero sí que es verdad que no deja de ser una introducción a todo el mundo de esta trilogía, y se nota que el segundo libro viene fuerte porque el final te deja con muchísimas ganas de seguir leyendo sin parar. En algunas ocasiones se me ha hecho un poco lento, pero es comprensible teniendo en cuenta que este tomo es básicamente cómo aprenden los protagonistas el arte de ser segador/de cribar. Le doy un 4,5 porque sé que el segundo libro me va a encantar y en este hay cosas que no me han acabado de convencer (aunque sean poquísimas, como ya he dicho).
Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Genocide, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Self harm
Minor: Grief, Torture, Abandonment, and Bullying
fox2800's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Suicide, and Child death
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, Xenophobia, Child death, Suicide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Murder
erinpiac's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Bullying, and Death
Moderate: Suicide and Violence
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Gaslighting