Rude.Ĭitra & Rowan are reunited at the Harvest Conclave but when they’re forced to fight, they both try to lose because they like each other too much. The scythes declare that only one of Faraday’s apprentices can be a scythe and plans to pit them against each other. Goddard “trains” aka tortures Rowan with the help of his evil crew.
The dream team is broken up and Citra is apprenticed to Scythe Curie (we stan the Grandame of Death – Curie is infamous for gleaning the last figureheads of mortal rule) and Rowan is apprenticed to Scythe Goddard (who is the actual WORST). The Thunderhead, a powerful AI, runs everything else and “the separation of Scythe and Thunderhead” keeps those powers “balanced.”Ĭitra and Rowan are apprenticed to Scythe Faraday and things are going well until Faraday self-gleans (or did he? scythes can only die by self-gleaning, or if their bodies are physically destroyed).
“Thou Shalt Kill” is the #1 Scythe commandment because humanity has conquered death and scythes are the only ones who can end life. Now go read them, they’re great!! The Ultimate Arc of a Scythe Recap You Need Before Reading Gleanings A Recap of Scythe If you haven’t read these books, please know that everything below is a giant spoiler. Scythe, Thunderhead, and The Toll are some of my favorite books of all time, and I can’t wait to spend more time in this imperfect utopia.īut what do we need to remember before picking up Gleanings? Here’s a quick and thorough recap of the entire series so you’ll be ready to be gleaned!
Scythe is the first novel of a thrilling new series by National Book Award–winning author Neal Shusterman in which Citra and Rowan learn that a perfect world comes only with a heavy price.Like you, I was SO EXCITED when I heard there was going to be a short story collection set in the world of Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life-and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.Ĭitra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe-a role that neither wants. Two teens must learn the “art of killing” in this Printz Honor–winning book, the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology.Ī world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death.
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