Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

351 reviews

marc_le's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm

Minor: Torture

josoko's review against another edition

adventurous challenging

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Torture

buckydotson's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.75

This surprised me! I read another book by this author (Dry) several years ago and was very middled by it, but I felt like this was well written and had twists I wasn’t expecting. I honestly don’t love the two main characters, they’re fine, but the world and plot were just really well done and kept me going. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

bo0ks_are_cool91's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

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

4.5

On par with the hunger games for iconic dystopias! The exploration of death and the human condition here was done really well, and the world building is well serving to its purpose. Was a tad predictable at times but really good book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Gun violence, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Racism

Minor: Torture

alipenguinface's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

An absolutely brilliant book that comments on the philosophy and ethics of death in an undying world. I don’t think there’s anything I could change about this book to make it better and I’m very excited for the next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm

Moderate: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

ezra_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

The most satisfying ending I've ever read

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Blood, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

sasquach135's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Mass/school shootings, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

kaylo88's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow what can I say about this book?! 

It completely blew me away! It's easily one of the most captivating reads I've come across in a long time. Initially, I was skeptical due to the high praise it received, but it not only lived up to the hype but exceeded all my expectations. I was engrossed from the very beginning.

The concept of a world where humans are immortal, but a group of individuals called "scythes" are tasked with controlling the population by choosing who should die was absolutely fascinating. The moral and ethical dilemmas it presented were thought-provoking. Even though the scythes had commands to live by it was interesting to see how those rules can be bent depending on everyone's interpretations.

The characters were all incredibly well-crafted, each with their own flaws and complexities. Even the antagonist was so well-written that I found myself loving to hate them. The pacing of the book was perfect, the writing was top-notch, and it kept me on the edge of my seat throughout.

I've already added the rest of the books in the series to my reading list, and I'm eagerly looking forward to diving back into this world. I sincerely hope they are as addictive as this first book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide attempt

shayna14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

hilocrasher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder