so, here’s the thing about scythe, I expected to like it. Love it even. But, it feel short. I gave it 2/5 stars.
I found Citra quite annoying. Half of the time, she’s whining, or complaining that she doesn’t want to be a scythe, in the beginning. But of course, she ends up loving being a scythe and the whole job and what it takes. I felt that she was a basic heroine in a YA novel.
Rowan was probably my favorite character. Even though, he didn’t get that much time, even because he is one of the story tellers. I didn’t think he was that whinny, and didn’t do it for his family’s sake.
I guess you can tell from the review so far, the book was overly boring. The concept was pretty cool, but it wasn’t told that well.
With the whole, you don’t die, we kill you concept, was interesting. It wasn’t something you see a lot, but it wasn’t told well. There wasn’t any rules on what they can and can’t do, hell someone killed themselves. And then Citra got ‘killed.’ I don’t understand how someone can kill someone and they die, but under some points you do die. It just wasn’t told and didn’t have any laws like societies do.
Anyway, that’s my thoughts on scythe. I probably won’t continue with the series, since the first book wasn’t that interesting enough to continue.
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