Scythe by Neal Shusterman 8/10

     This book relies a lot on its main premise but to its credit, it's a good one. The idea is that humans have attained immortality but there is a special class of people whose job it is to kill people (Scythes). This creates a world with an inherent conflict, and that's what I want to see from fantasy/sci-fi worlds.
     It has all sorts of details that make the world immersive and enjoyable. 'Scythes,' all choose patrons who they take the name of; like some religious groups. The Scythe political system is interesting, and it's interesting to see the different way they interact with the world around them. Although, I could understand where some people would find the book a bit slow.
     The two main characters are contrasted very well, but because the author is trying to contrast these two people about three fourths through the book one of the main characters (Rowan's) motivation becomes a bit odd. He get's moments where he's not sure if he was going to turn evil (dun dun dun). This didn't really make sense with the rest of his character arc. Through the setup, he was given didn't really foreshadow this well, and it gave this big disconnect to the rest of the book.
     That said, what I wanted from this book was a dystopian book with a developed society that has learned to deal with death in a fundamentally different way than before. That was what I got, and I loved it.