Thaidakar the Ghostblood

"How long has it been?"

"Only a moment."

Arc of the Scythe: The Toll.

A masterpiece.

The final story.

An ending that made me almost cry (this doesn't happen often in stories).

The final entry.

Some of my favorite characters in Sci-fi.

I could go on and on about what I loved about this book, so I'm going to break the mold a bit and say some of the things I did not like with this note first:

I loved this book, I think it was amazing and the few issues I had with it are minuscule to what I loved about it.

(spoilers ahead)

1) I think Jeri's and Graysen's relationship was a bit... rushed. Despite it barely happening, I think I would've liked more of them developing before the ending. Don't get me wrong, I think they're great. But I'd just wish they'd had more time... *

2) Rand. Scythe Rand was mishandled the entire trilogy. Really, I love her, but she doesn't get the amount of screen time in the first or second book to set up the third book well nor do we get her and Tyger at all. I wanted them to be foreshadowed better because it would've made Rand a lot better

3) I didn't like the fact that the F word and one or two S words were in it. When I get my physical copy of it, I'm gonna have to scratch those out. 

4) Cirrus felt weird, like they weren't their own character, just young adult form Thunderhead. I wish they would've gotten more of a separate voice and personality. 

5) Goddard's ending was weird. Though I did want Rand to kill him, I don't think it was executed in the way I would've wanted.

6) and... that's it.

I really loved this book and would recommend the trilogy to anyone. The timeline thing at the beginning was a bit weird, but I loved it. I can see how people would be confused by it and, perhaps, hate it. This is second place for my favorite Scythe book, the first one being the best, obviously XD. Thunderhead is my least favorite. Felt a little... weird. It left a bad taste in my...

Heheheh, pun.

Anyways, I loved the trilogy and can't wait to read Gleanings.

I hope whatever new books in the series that Shusterman is working on-according to his TikTok that I stumbled upon while looking up stuff about the movie adaptation-are good. 

Thaidakar, out!

*I had other issues with the relationship, but like- it's not pertinent to be discussed on the Shard really, unless it's in a PM, which I'd be glad to if anyone wants me to. But be aware, what I say could offend you unintentionally. Then again, it could be argued that it's intentional- but like... In advance, if you do PM me about it, sorry. P.S. if the mods don't want me to talk about anything like this either in a PM or out, I would be glad to not talk about it if they see this.