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Scythe by Neal Shusterman

19 reviews

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• 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

4.75

Definitely a fantastic dystopian. I loved this world and the reimagining of this world without natural death. Citra and Rowan are scythe apprentices, and in this world, scythes are the only way to experience true death. Hundreds of years in the future, the thunderhead has taken over all intelligence, and solved all of humanities problems. Now the only issues is that we are too perfect. How the Scythes inact death in a managed and balanced way throughout the world. They are the only way someone can die, and only they decide. They are balanced, precise, and unbiased... Or are they? So many twists! Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Suicide, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Bullying, and Violence

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Gun violence

reina_shouko's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A Dystopian Masterpiece.
This was an such a wild ride. At first, I found the book to be okay BUT THEN I WAS SHOCKED WITH SO MANY TWISTS AND TURNS!!! Couldn't put the book down no matter how hard I tried.
In addition, I loved how the story was not only exciting, but very reflective aswell ! with a lot of food for thought about human nature and our distant future. Can't wait to put my hands on the next book!! I want to know what happens next so bad.


(Little side note: as someone Jewish and Israeli who considers Golda Meir a role model, I was filled with so much joy when I saw an important Scythe with that name!! )

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Violence, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Bullying and Grief

veronicatabor's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence and Child death

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Medical content

recycled_personalities's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

cool world, and like 2 decent characters. i think the societal structure is enough for me to recommend this book as i believe it is quite the ponder one can have.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Genocide, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Child death, Grief, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

mich_nol's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Murder, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Child death and Torture

Minor: Gun violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Adult/minor relationship

ciao_potatoes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

readwithde's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I have nothing but good things to say about this incredible book. It is labeled as YA, but I feel like it's more NA in the reading. It's got something for everyone -- sci-fi, mystery, action, politics -- without being too overwhelming in any one area.

The main characters are likeable and grounded; they feel real and interesting in this crazy Scythdom world they've entered.

While the beginning is a bit boring while they're together, it gets infinitely better as they're apart. They end up in vastly opposite circumstances, giving us a better view of what is happening in the world.

I often see twists coming, and I'm rarely truly surprised, but this book shocked me.

I was certain Goddard and his cronies would be the series antagonists; their downfail was an unexpected and welcome surprise. As for Faraday, I saw that coming, but didn't expect him to be so out of the loop; I'm going we see more of both him and Curie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

bookwormreflections's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• 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

4.0

Scythe is a fascinating look at when “the great equaliser” Death is wiped out. I’ve read a few books from Shusterman and what I love most is how he approaches very dark subjects and uses humour to lighten it up.

I absolutely adored Rowan and the journey he goes on as a scythe’s apprentice. The world building is well done and though humanity and technology know literally everything, it’s interesting to see that perfection is….boring 😂😂

I knocked a star off for a couple of scenes close to the end that felt gratuitous and in my opinion didn’t need to happen 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence