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I don't know how I always forget that Neal Shusterman always delivers, but I do, and it's a nice surprise when I dive back into his books. (Have you read Unwind? Read [b:Unwind|764347|Unwind (Unwind, #1)|Neal Shusterman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1297677706l/764347._SX50_.jpg|750423].)
Scythe shouldn't be as good as it is. On the surface, all the hallmarks of a tropey YA dystopian novel are there: a boy and a girl who are pretty awesome and chosen for their awesomeness, an interesting post-modern world, a challenge/competition, a romance that came out of left field, secret politics and messiness underneath the placid, perfect dystopian world.
It shouldn't work. BUT IT DOES, and it was the world building that got me there. Bits and pieces of what this world is like painted a whole picture that was easy to be immersed in. I can forgive the tropier aspects of the novel and the entirely weird This Romance is Only Here For Two Lines Because That's What YA Readers Want, Right? romance.
I liked Citra and Rowan from the start, and I liked everything they were going through. Even when the narrative skipped around, even when it felt like plot lines were being added and wrapped up unceremoniously, I enjoyed it all.
Seriously y'all, each plot line was wrapped up in like a page. All open threads were tied off neatly one by one. It was wild having everything happen so quickly and neatly but still satisfyingly. It was WEIRD not having to sit through five chapters of a huge climax.
I highly enjoyed this, read it in two sittings - and it was two simply because I made the mistake of starting it at 10pm the first night and HAD to sleep because I had work the next morning.
Super looking forward to book 2 and SCYTHE LUCIFER!!
Scythe shouldn't be as good as it is. On the surface, all the hallmarks of a tropey YA dystopian novel are there: a boy and a girl who are pretty awesome and chosen for their awesomeness, an interesting post-modern world, a challenge/competition, a romance that came out of left field, secret politics and messiness underneath the placid, perfect dystopian world.
It shouldn't work. BUT IT DOES, and it was the world building that got me there. Bits and pieces of what this world is like painted a whole picture that was easy to be immersed in. I can forgive the tropier aspects of the novel and the entirely weird This Romance is Only Here For Two Lines Because That's What YA Readers Want, Right? romance.
I liked Citra and Rowan from the start, and I liked everything they were going through. Even when the narrative skipped around, even when it felt like plot lines were being added and wrapped up unceremoniously, I enjoyed it all.
Seriously y'all, each plot line was wrapped up in like a page. All open threads were tied off neatly one by one. It was wild having everything happen so quickly and neatly but still satisfyingly. It was WEIRD not having to sit through five chapters of a huge climax.
I highly enjoyed this, read it in two sittings - and it was two simply because I made the mistake of starting it at 10pm the first night and HAD to sleep because I had work the next morning.
Super looking forward to book 2 and SCYTHE LUCIFER!!