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Kosiarze by Neal Shusterman

99 reviews

nithyuh's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Omg the last 100 pages were so fun to read. Honestly
I suspected that Faraday was alive, but I didn’t expect Goddard would die
. I LOVE CURIE AND FARADAY!
I feel sorry though for Volta. He had such a hard time with Goddard. Did he only join them for “survival purposes?” OMG CITRA WAS SO GIRL BOSS WITH CHOOSING TO BE NAMED ANATASIA! Also it was funny when Rowan said he saw a ghost in the drivers seat in the last chapter
. One last thing, I wonder who’s stronger not just physically, Citra or Rowan?

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relativelyreading's review against another edition

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4.0

Sloooowwwww start. I found it hard to get through the first 200 pages, although the interesting concept and world building was enough to keep going. It took me a week+ to get through the first half of the book and a few days to get through the second half - turned from 3 stars to 4. It gets interesting and less predictable. 

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adrienanthony's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced
  • 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

Fascinating world building and believable character interaction 

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pelb's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

I loved this book, it was extremely intriguing and very engaging. I finished it in two days, and was captivated the whole time. I loved the writing style, the world building, the characters, and all the twists and turns. Very great book, highly recommend.

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giulianasbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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).

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lalabeths's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

Read Time: 6 hr 40 min

Interesting read and concept. Tired of reading about teenagers who end up doing things perfectly very quickly. Also “instant love” arcs are annoying. Will keep reading the trilogy bc the base concept seems interesting enough. 

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tinysierra's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.25

Scythe drew me in and kept me on my feet. Just when you think the story will start to mellow out, there will be an interesting plot twist to keep you turning the page.

I liked that we got to see journal entries from different Scythes. It was also morbidly interesting to see how different people chose to go about their kill craft. 

“No one has been deaf in 2000 years.”
Ouch. I somehow have doubts that erasing the Deaf community was part of the author’s efforts to show that this society is corrupt, disconnected from each other, and stagnant. Maybe it was. Idk. This society seems to run on the medical model of disability, implying that ALL disabilities should be cured for the betterment of society. I’m sure some disabled people in real life would love and benefit from a cure, but not all.
We only see self inflicted disabilities in the community of Tonists which are considered to be the weird religious fanatics of the society. If the Deaf community is erased, what else? What about autistic people? One of the points of the book is that now that people don’t have to worry about death, their art isn’t as profound. They’re uninspired. 
What I’m worried about is: will non disabled people pick up on the fact that a world without disabilities and neurodivergent people is missing out? 

Are queer people accepted in this universe?
Citra mentioned early on how she
wanted to be invited to a dance by Hunter Morrison, but Hunter invited Zachary Swain. These appear to be male names, but I have no idea.
The only romances I remember seeing are presumably cishet. 

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yumaa's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25


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fox2800's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad tense 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

5.0


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karouty's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

What can I say about this book...
You go into it expecting it to be just a ya distopian book but it's so much more.
The depth... the layers... it talks about so many important topics, and at times... it starts to get a bit heavy.
So I definitely recommend.

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