Scythe

 2/16/23

I'm on to my next book. This one is officially on my TBR list and I don't remember where I heard of this book. I also don't remember what it is about. But the cover is beautiful and cool all at the same time. I have a bit of a cold so I don't plan on reading that quickly between work and sleep but I will try. Maybe I will see if the library has the audiobook for this available. Or, see if there is someone reading it on Youtube. The was what I did with We Were Liars. Anyway I am excited to read this book and I look forward to see if I like it. I know nothing and that is how I like to go into a new book. That way the reaction is more genuine. 

2/22/23

World building. That is all I have to say about this book. It has a lot of world building in it. Maybe even more details that I would like to care about to be honest. But the concept is interesting. Even though I feel like the world building is kind of interfering with the plot. From what I understand, the plot is about these two kids from different backgrounds get chosen to be come Scythe Apprentices. They are learning to become Scythes themselves but because they are under the same Scythe and only one can be picked, the Scythedom has decided that the chosen one will have to kill the other. In an attempt to save these two kids from such a fate, the Scythe that took them under their wing sacrifices himself. I guess he was hoping that if he died, the two kids were free to go back to their normal lives. But two other Scythes step up and take one of the two kids. One Scythe is known for their cruelty and not following the rules all that much. The other Scythe is a historic figure that killed the last president that ever lived before the world changed. That is as far as I got. The two kids are now trying to adapt to life with their new Scythe mentor while fearing that one will have to kill the other. I do feel like this book is dragging on a bit but it probably has to do with all of the world building. I'm the type of person that thinks you have at least two, maybe three, chapters to build your world and then just focus on the plot. I feel like the world building is continuous in this book but I'm sure it ended a while back. It just feels like that. As far as I can tell about this book, it's an okay book. I don't hate it and I don't love it. It's kind of in the middle so far.

The good thing about snow storms is that you get to have more time on your hands to either read or listen to an audiobook while playing video games. I didn't think I would finish this book so quick. It got pretty interesting in the end. It was interesting to see what cruelty drives a person to do. I can't tell you how the book ended because that would spoil the whole thing. The second half is the two apprentices learning how to be Scythes. One through compassion and the other through cruelty. So depending on how they student is taught determines how the student turns out at the end of the final test. Everything has a cause and an effect. This book really sent that message. Sadly I still can't get past the world building. I felt like at times that I was really getting into the plot and the author is like "Oh I forgot this detail of the world, let me explain." I looked forward to the second book though because now that the world building should be done, I can focus on what happens to Citra and Rowan. But until then I'm going to read the other books I got from the library.