SCYTHE by Neal Shusterman

Hello How's it going ?

Today I am reviewing a popular YA fantasy " SCYTHE" by Neal Shusterman.

I'm pretty sure there are hefty other good book reviews about the book but since it's my favorite story , I need to keep a record on how much I enjoyed it haha

this is 440 pages story so If the books hadn't been gripping enough , I would've simply DNFed it .

This story is set in a quite unique society where human has conquerd a perfect world .

In the society, You don't get suffer from diseases or any other injuries because ultimately, you shall  live forever unless you are gleaned by a scythe who's job is to terminate one's life to control their overpopulated world.Yes.There is the scythedom which is sort of the institution that encompasses all scythes.

The two protagonists are Citra and Rowan who are now in their apprentice to be ordained to be a proferssional scythe.The story deals with some important topics such as morality , mortality , and suicide along with other minor troubles in life in general.

It includes some plot twists but overall, the story is not hard to follow so for those who don't read a lot of books and need to start off with something not complex ,I HIGHLY recommend it.Each chapters are well organised.

Admittedly ,this book had been on my TBR for a long time and I have no idea why it took me so long to pick it up.I should have read it earlier because OH MY GOODNESS!!

I THOUROUGHLY ENJOYED IT and let me tell you from around the over 100pages , this book becomes an unputdownable one.(Frankly,the beginning of the story is kind of slow and dull.) I love how the author injects the element of thrilling adventure vibe into the story . It really got me.

The plausible world setting is also intriguing which is remarkably  unique.

I think the premise is what makes the book stand out most amongst many other fantasy novels. Well done Neal.haha

Throughout the story, I was thinking what if the act of killing was not just a fiction thing but a reality like would I hope to be gleaned if there were not any other way to die?

What if I were the one to be a scythe who commit their whole life to glean people for our society ? Would I feel constantly guilty or traumatised ? How can I pick and choose who to die and not?

How likely these situations to happen in real?Because , I can not say this won't happen ever with our technology advancement today.No one can tell what future holds.

I really appreciate how the author gave me this oppotunity to actually think the kind of matters .I believe it's incredibly important since it allows us to  actually be grateful for where we are today and what we have. this sounds a wee bit dramatic but this is what I feel.

By the way I gave 4 stars out of 5 on GRs.

The only thing I don't like about this book is how poorly the relationship between Citra and Rowan is told in the book. I wanted to know why there are important each other, Why they fell in love each other and how they build their feelings to the point where they could nearly cost their own life etc.

Anyway this is MUST MUST read .

Very thought-provoking and gripping story.

I love most characters .

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