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Scythe
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August 1, 2020
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August 31, 2020
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Aarushi
*4.5 stars

“My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human. There’s no version of God that can help us if we ever lose that.”

I enjoyed Scythe so much more than I had expected.

I was expecting a normal science-fiction, and though Scythe is that, it is also completely different than what I was expecting. Though the book was a good chunky size
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Christine Indorf
Jan 07, 2024 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fantasy, ya-2022
An actual 4.5 star read.
It has taken me years to get to this book and why…??? The story of us being mortal and the Scythe selects to kill to control the population. Such a great idea for a story! The story throughout the book keeps getting better and better! I throughly enjoyed the book and highly recommend. I have to keep reading to see what happens to our main protagonists!!!!!
isobel
Mar 30, 2020 rated it really liked it
Ok, wow. I'm definitely really behind on reading this one, but I'm almost glad to have a whole new exciting world to dive into (in a trilogy that's completed! We love not having to wait for all the goodness of a finished storyline.)

The concept of Scythe is so interesting to me - the world and the premise so intriguing I could not wait to start this book. It definitely is a little bit slower than a lot of its YA friends, but I think the pace worked really well with the storyline and I didn't fin
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Mar 21, 2020 rated it it was amazing
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Aug 30, 2020 rated it really liked it
Shelves: romance, ya, dystopia, 4star
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✨️3.75✨️
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