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Bezig met laden... La Faucheuse, Tome 1 (01) (editie 2017)door Neal Shusterman (Auteur), Cécile Ardilly (Traduction)
Informatie over het werkScythe door Neal Shusterman
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A recommendation from book club. Good but, a very dark storyline. Thankfully the characters are quite likeable and I look forward to the rest of the series. ( ) An outstanding work. Shusterman really dives deep into the philosophy behind his novels, and I appreciate that. While there are certainly some standard YA tropes, he steers them with a deft hand into unexpected places. It looks like a sequel is inbound, but the ending is satisfying if another book never materializes. Fortunately, and unfortunately, I don't have all that much to say about this book. It was a quick read with a really interesting premise behind it. I was intrigued enough to keep moving through it but was never really invested or gripped by it. I was hooked at the beginning by the idea that society had reached such a point that humans would live forever. The only way someone could pass was by being gleaned by a scythe. The scythes are selected for apprenticeships and go through a year-ish term learning from their mentor. Sounds cool right! Absolutely. However, at times it felt rushed, and others felt too long. Basically, the pacing seemed off. I don't mind a book that switches POVs, which this one seems to do, but it isn't always obvious from the start when the POVs switch. I think the biggest issue for me was that I could not get invested in either of the two characters. As mentioned, the plot idea is great! pacing was off, but I can forgive a lot if I am invested in the characters. These two... I could take or leave. Supposedly there is a romantic theme that is supposed to be in there, but it seemed really forced and truly they were words not feeling to me. The book was good enough for me to give the next book in the series a chance. It wasn't a bad book by any means, I just wanted more from a book that has so much promise! I did appreciate the ending though. It left me wondering where the plot line will go with plenty of questions needing to be answered. This is one of the most interesting books I have read in recent years. I was absolutely hooked. It describes a world that has eliminated poverty and crime and humanity has achieved immortality. It shows a utopian world but it feels a lot like a dystopia. The story illustrates what humans lost through immortality and shows how dangerous and cruel unchecked power and corruption are. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Arc of a Scythe (1) PrijzenErelijsten
2042. Rowan en Citra (16) leven in een nieuwe wereld waarin iedereen onsterfelijk is en oorlog en honger uitgebannen zijn. Om overbevolking te voorkomen, doodt de Orde van Zeisen mensen. Tot hun grote schrik worden Rowan en Citra uitgekozen voor de opleiding van deze orde. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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