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Okay, so we've achieved immortality...

The conquering of death is a common occurrence in most (if not all) dystopian fiction; but once death is all but a dream, another problem arises in the form of an ever growing population. Each dystopian universe attempts to answer the question of population control, and Scythe by Neal Shusterman offers a fascinating and unique answer. 

Who chooses?

Rowan and Citra are both sixteen years old when they are recruited by Scythe Faraday to be apprentices to the schythedom. Neither are particularly excited by the prospect of joining those who glean the population of MidMerica, but they accept the apprenticeship and as a result, they are forced to look beyond their assumptions about what it is to be a scythe. 

When I was in high school, I greedily consumed dystopian novels. Something about looking into the future fascinated me, but I eventually fell out of love with this genre for one very simple reason: Love triangles. Why there always had to be two men vying for the affections of the lead heroine, I could not understand, but Scythe is undoubtedly different from any other book in this genre. Some things in this book are hard to stomach, but everything about it is unexpected and exciting, you won't be able to stop yourself from turning the page. It is classified as Young Adult fiction, but I have a feeling that adults will enjoy the superb writing style and the refreshing plot. 

I cannot wait to read the rest of the series, and I do not hesitate to give this book 5 stars! 

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