Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

54 reviews

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Torture, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Suicide, Murder, Gun violence, and Child death

alyanna_dm's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Genocide

megan_j's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Enjoyed this. Wasn’t great wasn’t awful but it definitely kept me interested throughout. All the main characters are likeable (maybe not LOVABLE) and I feel like they might be a bit flat sometimes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Genocide, Murder, Religious bigotry, Mass/school shootings, and Medical content

theunderfold's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I'm not sure what I expected from this book, to be honest. It felt too violent for the demographic, but also not specific enough in ways. It's really hard to categorize it. 

Honestly, I felt like most of the beginning of the book felt a little boring, even though they were trying to keep me engaged with salacious murders (excuse me, "gleanings" lol). And the end did pick up the pace a bit, but it all felt like it wrapped up a little too conveniently for my taste...your mileage may vary.

Don't think I'll be reading the sequels, but this one was an overall decent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, Genocide, Blood, Suicide, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

i_write_on_occasion's review

challenging dark mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Interesting ideas, but poor execution. Plot points and characters aren't fleshed out a lot making it hard to get invested 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Suicide, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Blood

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I feel like I put off reading this book for so long because Sci-Fi wasn’t my genre but this book was good.  I feel like I probably would have liked it more as a teenager.  While the plot was entertaining it also left a few things unexplained.  It just felt a little dull at some moments and dragged out for others.  

I also kinda had a pet peeve about Citra’s and Rowan’s relationship, it felt very forced and out of place.  It was honestly uncomfortable to read, it was like because they were around the same age they had to wind up together…

Spice Level: n/a

Release Date: 16, November 2016

POV: Duel, Third Person

Rep:  n/a

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Body horror, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Torture, Grief, and Fatphobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Confinement

asphodelrose7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Blood, and Gun violence

magnan1mouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Gore

Minor: Genocide, Child death, Gaslighting, Torture, and Xenophobia

chelly_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, Gore, and Mass/school shootings

jampig's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Simple book. Loveable characters. Interesting Worldbuilding. 3rd Person. Good plot twists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Genocide and Gore

Minor: Suicide, Body shaming, Murder, and War