具体描述
Thou shalt kill.
A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. 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.
Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.
作者简介
Award-winning author Neal Shusterman grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he began writing at an early age. After spending his junior and senior years of high school at the American School of Mexico City, Neal went on to UC Irvine, where he made his mark on the UCI swim team, and wrote a successful humor column. Within a year of graduating, he had his first book deal, and was hired to write a movie script.
In the years since, Neal has made his mark as a successful novelist, screenwriter, and television writer. As a full-time writer, he claims to be his own hardest task-master, always at work creating new stories to tell. His books have received many awards from organizations such as the International Reading Association, and the American Library Association, as well as garnering a myriad of state and local awards across the country. Neal's talents range from film directing (two short films he directed won him the coveted CINE Golden Eagle Awards) to writing music and stage plays – including book and lyrical contributions to “American Twistory,” which is currently playing in Boston. He has even tried his hand at creating Games, having developed three successful "How to Host a Mystery" game for teens, as well as seven "How to Host a Murder" games.
As a screen and TV writer, Neal has written for the "Goosebumps" and “Animorphs” TV series, and wrote the Disney Channel Original Movie “Pixel Perfect”. Currently Neal is adapting his novel Everlost as a feature film for Universal Studios.
Wherever Neal goes, he quickly earns a reputation as a storyteller and dynamic speaker. Much of his fiction is traceable back to stories he tells to large audiences of children and teenagers -- such as his novel The Eyes of Kid Midas. As a speaker, Neal is in constant demand at schools and conferences. Degrees in both psychology and drama give Neal a unique approach to writing. Neal's novels always deal with topics that appeal to adults as well as teens, weaving true-to-life characters into sensitive and riveting issues, and binding it all together with a unique and entertaining sense of humor.
Of Everlost, School Library Journal wrote: “Shusterman has reimagined what happens after death and questions power and the meaning of charity. While all this is going on, he has also managed to write a rip-roaring adventure…”
Of What Daddy Did, Voice of Youth Advocates wrote; "This is a compelling, spell-binding story... A stunning novel, impossible to put down once begun.
Of The Schwa Was Here, School Library Journal wrote: “Shusterman's characters–reminiscent of those crafted by E. L. Konigsburg and Jerry Spinelli–are infused with the kind of controlled, precocious improbability that magically vivifies the finest children's classics.
Of Scorpion Shards, Publisher's Weekly wrote: "Shusterman takes an outlandish comic-book concept, and, through the sheer audacity and breadth of his imagination makes it stunningly believable. A spellbinder."
And of The Eyes of Kid Midas, The Midwest Book Review wrote "This wins our vote as one of the best young-adult titles of the year" and was called "Inspired and hypnotically readable" by School Library Journal.
Neal Shusterman lives in Southern California with his children Brendan, Jarrod, Joelle, and Erin, who are a constant source of inspiration!
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读后感
Provided by the State Library Victoria as part of the Inky Awards. What an absolute roller coaster ride! Or not, as this book is not the fast paced action packed kind of book, that is common in Young Adult novels, but rather a much slower pace book then ...
评分Provided by the State Library Victoria as part of the Inky Awards. What an absolute roller coaster ride! Or not, as this book is not the fast paced action packed kind of book, that is common in Young Adult novels, but rather a much slower pace book then ...
评分Provided by the State Library Victoria as part of the Inky Awards. What an absolute roller coaster ride! Or not, as this book is not the fast paced action packed kind of book, that is common in Young Adult novels, but rather a much slower pace book then ...
评分Provided by the State Library Victoria as part of the Inky Awards. What an absolute roller coaster ride! Or not, as this book is not the fast paced action packed kind of book, that is common in Young Adult novels, but rather a much slower pace book then ...
评分Provided by the State Library Victoria as part of the Inky Awards. What an absolute roller coaster ride! Or not, as this book is not the fast paced action packed kind of book, that is common in Young Adult novels, but rather a much slower pace book then ...
用户评价
我得说，这本书的人物塑造达到了一个令人发指的复杂程度。他们绝不是那种脸谱化的“好人”或“坏蛋”，每一个角色，无论戏份轻重，都有着自身难以言说的灰色地带和令人心碎的动机。我常常在想，如果是我处在那个情境下，我是否也能做出同样的选择？书中的主要人物A，他的每一次抉择都充满了内在的矛盾性，你既能理解他行为背后的逻辑，又会为他最终付出的代价感到无比惋惜。作者没有直接评判，而是将所有复杂的伦理困境赤裸裸地摆在你面前，让你自己去衡量，去感受那种沉重的道德重量。特别是反派角色B，我承认，有那么几次我甚至对他产生了强烈的同情，因为他所信奉的“真理”，虽然极端，但在他那个扭曲的世界观里，却是自洽且坚不可摧的。这种对人性的深刻挖掘，超越了简单的善恶二元论，触及了存在主义的内核。读到最后，你需要的不是一个简单的答案，而是对“人究竟为何而活”这个古老命题的再次审视。这种需要读者深度参与解读的文学作品，才是真正有生命力的。
评分这部作品在主题的探讨深度上，远超出了我的预期。原本以为只是一个关于权力斗争或身份认同的故事，但读下去才发现，它实际上是在拷问“何为秩序的合法性”以及“记忆与真实之间的关系”。作者巧妙地构建了一个看似稳定，实则岌岌可危的社会结构，然后通过一系列精心设计的事件，去侵蚀和挑战这个结构赖以存在的基础——集体记忆。我特别喜欢其中关于“被遗忘的片段”如何反噬现实的描写。它不是简单的历史修正，而是展现了一种更深层次的哲学困境：当一个社会的共识基础开始动摇时，我们如何定义当下？书中的哲思并非生硬地植入说教，而是融入在人物的行动和环境的变迁之中，显得水到渠成。这种将深刻的哲学思辨与引人入胜的故事情节完美融合的能力，是许多同类作品望尘莫及的。它迫使你跳出故事本身，去反思我们自己所处的世界的基石是否也建立在某些不容置疑的“谎言”之上。
评分从文学技巧的角度来看，作者对语言的运用简直是鬼斧神工。它不是那种华丽堆砌、辞藻斑斓的文字游戏，而是一种极其精准、如同手术刀般锋利的力量。很多段落，我不得不停下来，反复咀嚼那几个词语的排列组合，思考它们是如何在极简的表达中，迸发出如此巨大的情感张力和画面感。比如，书中描述“寂静”的那个场景，不是用“很安静”这种平庸的词汇，而是描绘了“空气中灰尘颗粒运动的微弱声响，被放大到了足以令人窒息的程度”。这种精确到神经末梢的感官捕捉，让我体会到什么是真正的“文字的力量”。它让你在阅读时，不自觉地就进入了一种高度集中的冥想状态。而且，作者擅长使用一种古老而又现代的语调，既保留了史诗般的厚重感，又不失对现代人疏离感的敏锐捕捉。这种独特的语言质地，使得全书的氛围感保持在一个极高且稳定的水准线上，让人心甘情愿地被这种独特的韵律所裹挟着向前推进。
评分这本书的独特之处还在于它对“情感传递的有效性”的实验。作者似乎在挑战我们对于阅读体验的固有认知——我们习惯于从角色身上获取明确的情感反馈，但在这本书里，很多关键的情感是“缺失”的，或者说是“被压抑”的。你感受到的不是角色嚎啕大哭的直接宣泄，而是他们努力维持表面平静时，从他们紧握的拳头、略微颤抖的睫毛中，捕捉到的那种更具穿透力的痛苦。这种“留白”的处理，极大地拓展了读者的想象空间和共情深度。我时常需要停下来，不是因为情节复杂，而是因为那种潜藏在文字之下的巨大情感张力，让我感到有些透不过气。这就像是听一场顶级的古典乐演奏，所有华彩段落都处理得极其克制，但正是这种克制，让最终的爆发充满了无可抵御的力量。它教会我，最深沉的悲伤，往往是沉默不语的。这是一种高风险的叙事策略，但在这本书里，它百分之百地成功了。
评分这本书的叙事节奏简直是大师级的把控，那种缓缓铺陈，让你沉浸其中，却又在不经意间猛地拽入高潮的技巧，真是让人拍案叫绝。我尤其欣赏作者在构建世界观时那种不疾不徐的细腻，它不像有些作品那样上来就抛出一堆晦涩的设定，而是通过角色不经意间的对话、环境的描绘，将这个世界的运行法则、历史的沉淀，像剥洋葱一样一层层展示出来。我记得有那么一个情节，主角在某个被遗忘的角落发现了一件古老的物件，作者用了整整两页的篇幅来描述光线如何穿过尘埃，落在那物件上反射出的微弱光芒，以及主角握住它时，指尖感受到的那种冰冷与年代感。这种对细节的执着，让我感觉自己真的身处那个时空之中，与角色一同呼吸。这种沉浸感，不是靠炫技堆砌出来的宏大场面，而是源自对生活本质——即使是虚构生活——的深刻洞察。读完后，那种意犹未尽的感觉，就像是刚品尝完一壶陈年的老茶，回味无穷，迫不及待地想知道这片广阔天地的其他角落还隐藏着怎样的秘密。整本书读下来，没有一处是多余的赘笔，每一个场景，每一次转折，都精准地服务于整体的宏大叙事，这种结构上的严谨性，简直是教科书级别的范本。
评分Is this a joke
评分设定比较新颖，但其他的就emmmmm
评分Scythe使用了恐怖片最常见的一种故事原型：看似完美的世界渐渐展现出噩梦的本质。一个没有疾病，饥饿和死亡的乌托邦世界，只有一少部分特殊人群被赋予维护秩序的责任和特权，而恰恰是这一部分人的分裂和斗争，让完美世界走向崩塌。作为反乌托邦小说，书中涉及的人类社会形式，权力与腐败，个体存在的意义等主题值得我们一一思考。另外，不难发现很多类似日漫的设定，比如镰刀们个性化的华服和生活方式，学徒养成，各种花式杀人法，读起来很欢乐，虽然剧情和反转弱了一些，整体值得推荐。
评分4.5吧...好看是好看的，但是我觉得如果当所有人都不死的话,人类的想法和行为会很不一样...如果只当普通fantasy with interesting premise的话是好看的！
评分设定比较新颖，但其他的就emmmmm
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