A world of immortality comes with many prices, like happiness slowly draining away. In this world there are two sides to the story, the citizens, and the scythes. The citizens are immortal, until a scythe decides to glean you. By this, we mean kill you. The scythes are instructed to do this in order to keep the world in one piece. One day, two teenagers are chosen to become apprentices for the Honorable Scythe Faraday to learn the ways of a scythe. Throughout training with Scythe Faraday, they learn about the Scythedom’s corruptions, ideology, and history. They also learn about themselves, their immortality, and and how they fit into the organization.
I would recommend this book because of mainly three things. One, is that it is a sci-fi book, and I feel that most people around me don’t read sci-fi. This book has intrigued me into that genre and now I really enjoy reading sci-fi. Another thing is that this book lets you think about the world. What I mean by that is how the world revolves around you, what actually goes on in your life, and what are you planning on to do in that time. The book really expresses the way that life can end at any moment and you have to spend your time wisely. Finally I think that the book really explains the connecting force of the world that really has a big meaning to the real world and the book itself. The book Scythe overall has a meaning that goes very deep too. I also think that the author Neal Shusterman’s thoughts are very complex yet understandable.
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