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A review by maida
The Toll by Neal Shusterman
2.0
”You can't expose a lie without first shattering the will to believe it. That is why leading people to truth is so much more effective than merely telling them.”
I think this is the most disappointed I’ve been in… quite a while. The amount of potential this trilogy had made it almost impossible to ruin and yet… I didn’t like this conclusion.
I think Neal Shusterman bit more than he could chew. There were way too many time jumps and different storylines that it was not only hard to follow, but also not really fun to do so.
Let’s go through some of the things I liked about this book:
• The religious parallels. “The Tone, the Toll, the Thunder”, I mean, c’mon! It was brilliant.
• The Thunderheads’ experiments.
• The interpretations of Tonists teachings between chapters were funny as hell.
• And, I can’t believe I’m saying this, Greyson. I really did like his chapters this time around. He truly was my beacon of light through this book.
Now, as for the things I didn’t like:
• As I’ve already said, I thought the pacing was dreadful. The time jumps made no sense and a lot of stuff felt… inconsequential, in a way?
• Jeri. I mean… What? What’s the point of them, again? Besides, you know, being the only lgbtqia+ character in the whole trilogy. Is that what people call… a token?
• I can’t believe I’m mentioning this again, but are we really supposed to root for Rowan and Citra’s relationship? I’m-
• Goddard has been a comic book villain since book one, but this just got way too out of hand.
In a sense, what I’m most disappointed about is the fact that this book didn’t surprise me at all. Yes, there were a couple reveals that I thought were interesting… but not at all what I’ve come to expect from this book series.
Still, the Arc of Scythe series was really fun to get through, and though I didn’t enjoy thins finale as much as I wanted to, I’m still glad I got to read the whole thing at once.
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is ""The""
I think this is the most disappointed I’ve been in… quite a while. The amount of potential this trilogy had made it almost impossible to ruin and yet… I didn’t like this conclusion.
I think Neal Shusterman bit more than he could chew. There were way too many time jumps and different storylines that it was not only hard to follow, but also not really fun to do so.
Let’s go through some of the things I liked about this book:
• The religious parallels. “The Tone, the Toll, the Thunder”, I mean, c’mon! It was brilliant.
• The Thunderheads’ experiments.
• The interpretations of Tonists teachings between chapters were funny as hell.
• And, I can’t believe I’m saying this, Greyson. I really did like his chapters this time around. He truly was my beacon of light through this book.
Now, as for the things I didn’t like:
• As I’ve already said, I thought the pacing was dreadful. The time jumps made no sense and a lot of stuff felt… inconsequential, in a way?
• Jeri. I mean… What? What’s the point of them, again? Besides, you know, being the only lgbtqia+ character in the whole trilogy. Is that what people call… a token?
• I can’t believe I’m mentioning this again, but are we really supposed to root for Rowan and Citra’s relationship? I’m-
• Goddard has been a comic book villain since book one, but this just got way too out of hand.
In a sense, what I’m most disappointed about is the fact that this book didn’t surprise me at all. Yes, there were a couple reveals that I thought were interesting… but not at all what I’ve come to expect from this book series.
Still, the Arc of Scythe series was really fun to get through, and though I didn’t enjoy thins finale as much as I wanted to, I’m still glad I got to read the whole thing at once.
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is ""The""