Since my last post about Scythe, when I had only read about halfway into the book, a lot of things changed in the story's plot and many events have taken place which pushes the protagonists of the story to change.
pickScythe by Neal Shusterman is a very twisted book about the workings of a “perfect”, world. It follows Rowan Damisch and Citra Terranova, in a world with no natural death, controlled by an all knowing AI. The two children that have very opposite lives in the beginning of the of the book, but have a similar experience when both have a run in with a Scythe, the only thing that is able to kill in this world, that encounter would lead to them meeting.
Certain events in the middle of the book have made the original scythe that was training our two protagonists unable to train them, which leads them to be taught by two different Scythes. The Scythes that have taken them have two very different ideas and philosophies about who and how to kill.
The Scythe that takes in Citra is an old scythe and pretty reserved when it comes to killcraft. It's quick, unsuspecting without much... 23h
On the other hand the Scythe that takes in Rowan is rather radical and arrogant in his killing rather than killing one at a time he prefers mass killings with a group of other Scythes that follow in his ideals. Unlike most Scythes he enjoys his killing and takes pleasure in his work and is a very social person holding parties and gala‘s at the mansion he took over...
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Their teachers throughout the rest of the story influence their thoughts and ideas, until the climax of the... 23h
Theme:
Through the story of the book we see the themes of the morality of murder in a world where people can‘t die naturally and whether or not it‘s good or something evil we can also see in the world how valuable a life is and whether its better being...
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We see these themes are very present throughout the book in discussions with the Scythe‘s especially with the Scythe that‘s training Rowan which throughout the story, is clearly showing his distaste of the people that are against his values that killing should be celebrated... 23h
Throughout the book it's shown that the world isn‘t a hidden dystopia, but how people would start acting if they were in a type of utopia. For example throughout the book it brings up stagnation within people‘s drive to live and getting bored because they‘re in a world that guarantees success and comfort so there is no excitement or struggle to survive.
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I think this book is excellent for people who enjoy a story that doesn‘t drag on for too long and a very interesting plot, and is set in a dystopia or utopia, like The Giver or Hunger Games then I would highly recommend this book for you.
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