Neal Shusterman

In the highly anticipated finale to the New York Times bestselling trilogy, dictators, prophets, and tensions rise. In a world that’s conquered death, will humanity finally be torn asunder by the immortal beings it created? Citra and Rowan have disappeared. Endura is gone. It seems like nothing stands between Scythe Goddard and absolute dominion over the world scythedom. With the silence of the Thunderhead and the reverberations of the Great Resonance still shaking the earth to its core, the question remains: Is there anyone left who can stop him? The answer lies in the Tone, the Toll, and the Thunder.

Arc of a Scythe #3

The Toll

Milana Marie Waller

Some things simply made a person feel feminine; other things made a person feel masculine. Wasn’t that true of everyone regardless of gender? Or did binaries deny themselves the things that didn’t 

From what I have read, I have to say that I'm quite disappointed-- which is a shame because I loved the first two books. Author was a bit too ambitious by adding so many new characters, and even the writing style has changed.

“We’re going to need a bigger boat.”

“Well, I would enjoy your company either way.”

“Hmmm,” Anastasia said coyly. “Flirting with me in sunlight. It makes me wonder if you’d also do that in a storm.”

Abigail F

“Time is never of the essence until someone decides that it is."

"Perhaps that is what they need. Something tangible to worship." 

“Is that what you would do? Invite worship?" 

“How else will they ever know their place in the universe? Isn't it the proper order of things for lesser beings to worship that which is greater than themselves?”

Volumes of curious facts and fictions of people who lived each day of their lives with the ravages of age and relentless approach of death. The brittle pages were filled with melodramatic intrigue and passionate short-sightedness that seemed laughable now. People who believed that their slightest actions mattered and that they could find a sense of completion before death inevitably took them, along with everyone they ever knew and loved. It was entertaining reading, but hard for Munira to relate to at first ... but the more she read, the more she came to understand the fears and the dreams of mortals. The trouble they all had living in the moment, in spite of the fact that the moment was all they had.

 "Your naivete is refreshing, Anastasia. But the truth is, power for power's sake is a consuming addiction. He would devour the world whole, and still be unsatisfied!"

Goddard shook his head in pity.“Conscience is a tool, just ike any other. If you don't wield it, it wields you-and from what I can see, it has bludgeoned you senseless. No, the world needs the unity that I offer far more than it needs your simplistic understanding of right and wrong." 

The thing about Goddard was that he always came close enough to making sense that it was demoralizing. He could twist your own thoughts until they were no longer yours, but his. That's what made him so dangerous.

"I like the idea of communication tethering you to a single spot" Tenkamenin told Anastasia."It forces you to give every conversation the attention it deserves.”

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