📖 Scythe

Located in the future of the planet, there is no end or death to life — people will continue living and they will never die, not even if they throw themselves off a rooftop for fun, like Rowan. The only way to truly die is by the hands of a scythe, professional killers always with a ring and a weapon by their sides, randomly killing people at times to prevent overpopulation. So when a scythe comes knocking at Cynthia's door, she fears the worst — one of her family member's will get killed. But it turns out that it's the opposite: in thanks to their generous hospitality, Cynthia and her family get granted a kiss on the ring, which guarantees them that they are immune to scythes for a year. Cynthia thinks it's too easy, and that's when the catch comes — she'll be a scythe's apprentice, training how to kill, along with Rowan. And if one catch wasn't enough, there's another — only one of them can have the ring. And the other one will, almost certainly, die. I recommend this book because it is an amazing read. I first read this in school, but I picked it up at the very day the due date came, so I really couldn't read it for two months (summer break!). Fortunately, I found a copy in my friend's house and immediately started. Once you read this book, it is very hard to forget about the truly astonishing friendship, bravery, and risks each character takes.

位于地球的未来,生命没有尽头,也没有死亡--人们会继续活着,他们永远不会死,即使他们像这个故事中的Rowan一样从屋顶上扔下去玩,也不会死。真正死亡的唯一途径是死于镰刀之手,那些杀人的人身边总是带着戒指和武器,时常随机杀人以防止人口过剩。因此,当那些人来敲Cynthia的门时,她担心最坏的情况--她的一个家庭成员会被杀死。但事实证明,情况恰恰相反:为了感谢他们的慷慨款待,Cythia和她的家人得到了戒指上的一个吻,这保证他们在一年内不被杀害。Cynthia认为这太容易了,这时陷阱来了--她将成为杀人者们的学徒,和Rowan一起训练如何杀人。如果一个陷阱还不够让事情变糟,那还有另一个陷阱在等着Cynthia和Rowan--他们中只有一个人可以拥有戒指。而另一个人几乎肯定会死。 我推荐这本书,因为它是一本了不起的读物。我是在朋友家里看到了它,并立即开始阅读。一旦读了这本书,你就会发现你很难忘记每个角色,还有他们一起经历的令人赞叹的友谊、勇敢和冒险。

Scythe is a story about a utopian world in which humans can live forever, overcome any disease, and not have to work a day in their life to survive. This utopia starts to look like a dystopia when we realize that the Earth is heavily overpopulated with humans. To overcome this, humans developed a system of justified murder to keep the population in check. Qualified individuals can kill any person they want at any given time. With this great power and privilege comes great responsibility, so what happens when one of these individuals becomes corrupt? I recommend scythe because it is a captivating action packed book with topics that question human morality. The story is very well written and pretty easy to follow. As we read we look in awe and fear of this futuristic functioning society, but actually, this society could one day be ours. This book also shows the desperateness that humanity has to preserve life and the greed some people have when they have the ability to take it.

Scythe 讲述了一个乌托邦世界的故事,在这个世界中,人类可以永远活下去,战胜 任何疾病,并且不必为了生存而工作一天。当我们意识到地球上人口过多时,这个乌 托邦开始看起来像一个反乌托邦。为了克服这个问题,人类开发了一种正当谋杀系统 来控制人口。有资格的人可以在任何给定时间杀死他们想要的任何人。这种巨大的权 力和特权伴随着巨大的责任,那么当这些人中的一个人变得腐败时会发生什么? 我推荐 Scythe,因为它是一本引人入胜的动作书籍,其中包含质疑人类道德的主 题。这个故事写得很好,很容易理解。当我们阅读时,我们对这个未来运转的社会充 满敬畏和恐惧,但实际上,这个社会有朝一日可能是我们的。这本书还展示了人类必 须保护生命的绝望,以及一些有能力承受生命的人的贪婪。 MG MICHELLE You've Reached Sam Red Queen Fallen Kingdoms The Tail of Emily Windsnap //