I found most of the stories to be incredibly, incredibly dark, especially for something that is supposed to be a collection for the YA community.
In this book, you get into the minds of a few too many twisted Scythes for my taste.
There are 13 different stories, each with different characters and a different time setting.I found most of these stories to be very dark and some of them very upsetting.I really enjoyed the original trilogy, but that was because there were a lot of people fighting against the corrupt scythes and trying to make them better people – or at least to find a different world where Scythes weren’t necessary. Violence.RATING: 4/5REVIEW: I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley and am leaving an honest review.Gleanings is a collection of short stories that takes place after the events of the Sythe trilogy.
TW/CW: Much talk of death, loss and grief. Gleanings shows just how expansive, terrifying, and thrilling the world that began with the Printz Honor–winning Scythe truly is. Discover secrets and histories of characters you’ve followed for three volumes and meet new heroes, new foes, and some figures in between. Payne, Michelle Knowlden, and Joelle Shusterman-returns to the world throughout the timeline of the Arc of a Scythe series. Neal Shusterman-along with collaborators David Yoon, Jarrod Shusterman, Sofía Lapuente, Michael H. For years, humans lived in a world without hunger, disease, or death with Scythes as the living instruments of population control. Centuries passed between the Thunderhead cradling humanity and Scythe Goddard trying to turn it upside down. There are still countless tales of the Scythedom to tell. The New York Times bestselling Arc of the Scythe series continues with “captivating…thrilling” ( School Library Journal) stories that span the timeline.
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