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The world has a talent for rewarding bad behavior with stardom.

Scythe (Arc of a Scythe #1) by Neil Shusterman

July 1, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“You see through the facade of the world, Citra Terranova. You’d make a good scythe.” Citra recoiled. “I’d never want to be one.” “That”, he said, “is the first requirement.” ― Neal Shusterman, Scythe In the future, humans have solved the pesky problem of death. Disease, war, poverty, and suffering from the Age of Mortality no longer exist. Although people still have jobs and go to school, if they screw up in their life, they can pay money to reset to a younger age. If […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: bureaucracy, immortality, near future, Neil Shusterman

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:57 · Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: bureaucracy, immortality, near future, Neil Shusterman ·
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“These scratches are a history. They tell a story.”

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

May 31, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

Linus Baker is a cog in a bureaucratic machine. He is a case worker at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, or DICOMY. He is average in nearly every way: average build, average house, average desk job. Everything in his life is routine from his bus ride to work, to grinning and bearing it when he has to put up with his boss on a power-trip or his neighbor butting her way into his life, to the detailed reports he completes for all of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: bureaucracy, LGBTQ, magic, magical youth, orphanage, prejudice, The house in the cerulean sea, TJ Klune

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: bureaucracy, LGBTQ, magic, magical youth, orphanage, prejudice, The house in the cerulean sea, TJ Klune ·
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