Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe

Oh jaaa! Es hat soooo viel Spaß gemacht nochmal in die Welt der Scythe einzutauchen. Ich habe viele alte Bekannte wiedergetroffen, erfahren wie es mit ihnen weiterging oder auch ihre Vorgeschichten. Außerdem gab es auch Storys, die sich fernab abspielten. Auch wenn Neal Shusterman nicht alle Geschichten selbst geschrieben, war es eine runde Sache. Ich fand keine einzige Geschichte doof.

Sehr gute Ergänzung zur Trilogie! Ich empfehle, die Trilogie vorher zu lesen, da die Kurzgeschichten Spoiler enthalten. Die Geschichten sind sehr interessant für mich gewesen und es war schön, ins Scythe-Universum zurückzukehren. Klare Leseempfehlung!

Eine überaus gelungene Ergänzung zur Scythe Reihe - ich könnte noch 10 weitere Bücher mit Kurzgeschichten lesen. Es sind wirklich richtige Juwelen in dieser Anthologie.

All I can say is: You guys… Neal Shusterman has done it again! The ‘Arc of Scythe’ universe is perhaps one of the most entertaining fictional worlds to busy yourself with. I would honestly put it up there with such other favorites of mine as ‘Guild of the Black Magicians’ by Trudi Canavan or A Song of Ice and Fire by GRRM. Well, at least to me it is, because this book series pretty much single handedly ended what you could call a years long reading slump. So, how great is it that we get a collection of short stories, spanning from the streets of old Barcelona to the Arctic, to a colony on Mars and even the world of Communal dreaming?! For the biggest part of this book I was convinced it would be a solid 5 stars from me, no questions asked. However, while some of these stories deliver gut-punch after gut-punch in the usual scythe-typical surgical precision, some others were entertaining, but felt more like filler to buff this book up by another 100 pages. I can forgive that, considering Neal Shusterman& Co gave me so many more stories that will stick with me for a looong time. Some outshining stuff to mention, in no particular order; This author doesn’t fuck around whenever he serves criticism about something going on in the real world, however rare it might be. Let me just remind you of that amazing bit about Wall-building along a certain Northern American border in the last book. Without spoiling too much, you have something similar to look forward to with one of the short stories in ‚Arc of Scythe‘. Another all time favorite, of course: narrow-minded, petty and cruel Scythes getting served with this little thing we like to call ‘consequences’. And my clear favourite: The story of the last day of the Mortal Age, aka further exploring the idea of meaningful art being impossible to create in an immortal world, and thereby asking what does „life“ mean in a world were death, for most people, just doesn’t exist? I don‘t know if you can tell, but this short stories has short-circuited and rewired some parts of my brain.

Erzählungen aus dem Scythe-Universum. Ein muss für alle Liebhaber der Buchreihe. Kein fremdeln, kein schwieriger Einstieg - eher ein freudiges Wiedererkennungen. Große Empfehlung für die gesamte Reihe.

Ich habe die Scythe Bücher von Neal Shusterman ja geliebt. Und auch Gleanings konnte mich überzeugen. Man kann das Buch unabhängig von der Reihe lesen, es gibt einige Verweise und Hintergrund- oder Nebengeschichten zur der Haupttriologie, die allerdings nicht spoilern, sondern mehr Zusatzinfos liefern. Mehrere Kurzgeschichten zeigen uns nochmal mehr aus der Welt in der Scythe spielt. Und wieder stellt sich die Frage "Was ist noch wichtig, wenn es den Tod nicht mehr gibt? Was hat das für Auswirkungen auf unser Leben, unsere Werte, unsere Ziele?" Jede Geschichte handelt von anderen Personen und Aspekten und jede Geschichte hat mich in ihren Bann ziehen können. Natürlich manche mehr als andere, aber insgesamt hat mir das Buch richtig gut gefallen. Es war eine tolle Ergänzung zur Haupttriologie und ist ein Muss für jeden Scythe Fan.

Im Grossen & Ganzen war das halbe Buch spannend & den Rest habe ich übersprungen, weil es zu langweilig war.

I was betting exited when the news dropped about another book in this universe. I didn’t care about what it was or when it would play. I just wanted/needed more! And more I got. While it took me a while to read this, I am so pleased and loved it with all my heart. This collection of short stories involves almost always a scythe and plays throughout the years that they were needed. Per usual, they were thought provoking pieces leaving you with a lot to consider. I especially enjoyed that we got to know a bit about what happened after the third book in the trilogy. It was enlightening and just made sense for the world that the author build. This definitely send me on an emotional roller coaster. I was so fed up with some of these people, but Neal knew what he was doing for sure! The plot twists were so out of the left field and yet absolutely on par, I sometimes laughed out loud. A great book and even greater audiobook.

i was initially so excited for this book, but i'm not sure whether i should read it anymore.. it's probably unrealistic for me to expect this to make up for the hell i endured reading the toll

A wonderful collection of stories from the Scythe universe. A diverse collection of timelines, characters and tellings - all somehow still connected. Some familiar names, some spoken about stories from the main books and some new stories give an interesting insight into Neal Shustermans distopian world.