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griggs0408 's review for:
Scythe
by Neal Shusterman
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hard “meh”. An interesting idea that is a bit wasted. Seems as though the author has created a utopia that, for the most part, is not a terrible place to exist. There’s a lot of manufactured conflict here.
For a book about death being meted out by ordinary humans, whose job is population control, this book is shockingly boring. Nothing happens. I mean, a lot of meaningless filler happens, but nothing of substance. Don’t think too hard about the world contained within this book. The whole thing is quite flimsy and falls apart upon careful inspection. We barely touch upon topics like grief, loss, suffering, empathy and anger. That should be the meat of a story about death. Instead we are offered flimsy moralizations and quick fixes. It’s a book for teens. I get that. I still think they deserve more credit than this book gives them.
PS: I knew I was officially done with this book when the author presented his interesting take on the murders of the Romanov family. Also, Alexei was the youngest Romanov child. Not Anastasia. Luckily, there were three pages left and I could officially call this one “read”.
No desire to read the rest of the series. Obviously, I’m not the target audience here but there is much better dystopian YA fiction out there.
For a book about death being meted out by ordinary humans, whose job is population control, this book is shockingly boring. Nothing happens. I mean, a lot of meaningless filler happens, but nothing of substance. Don’t think too hard about the world contained within this book. The whole thing is quite flimsy and falls apart upon careful inspection. We barely touch upon topics like grief, loss, suffering, empathy and anger. That should be the meat of a story about death. Instead we are offered flimsy moralizations and quick fixes. It’s a book for teens. I get that. I still think they deserve more credit than this book gives them.
PS: I knew I was officially done with this book when the author presented his interesting take on the murders of the Romanov family. Also, Alexei was the youngest Romanov child. Not Anastasia. Luckily, there were three pages left and I could officially call this one “read”.
No desire to read the rest of the series. Obviously, I’m not the target audience here but there is much better dystopian YA fiction out there.