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The Toll by Neal Shusterman

13 reviews

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Grief, Homophobia, Blood, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Transphobia, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Child death, Kidnapping, Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Cancer, Abandonment, Gun violence, and Vomit

Mention of plane crashes.

allidone's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Murder, Bullying, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gore, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I enjoyed this third book more than book two. The twists were more intense. I am not sure how I feel about the ending yet. The plot of this particular book is so random, I. Not sure if I love it or not. It is definitely going to sit with me, and on that basis alone it gets high marks. It is original, and very well thought out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Violence, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Bullying, Kidnapping, Suicide, Terminal illness, War, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, and Self harm

book_bear's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Wow! What an excellent series! I was shocked by all the twists and turns! My one complaint is the book moving all over the place from different times, here to there. Other than that, it was great!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Suicide, Hate crime, and Gun violence

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

What can I say without giving away any spoilers?. This is the very last book in the series in the arc of a scythe. I definitely hope that there’s going to be another book because I wasn’t 100% satisfied with the ending however a lot of questions were answered and as always I was hooked and cannot put the book down. I think anyone who picks up this series would really enjoy it. It’s supposed to be a utopia which eventually becomes a dystopia and I think it has so much relevance to today in our society. It’s a YA book that I feel like I’m going to be recommending a lot to everyone I know.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical content, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Death, War, Gun violence, Torture, Murder, Xenophobia, Suicide, and Hate crime

Moderate: Kidnapping, Confinement, and Grief

cepbreed's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I am in awe. I really thought this book was on track to be the worst in the series, but I couldn't have been further from correct. In fact I enjoyed it the most out of all three. The story is long and convoluted yet every single thing happens for a reason. Each little detail is brought back and explained in a way that makes Neal Shusterman seem like a human on another level of existence. The mind he has to weave all of these details together is amazing. The ending filled my heart. I had grown to love each character so much I wanted the best for each of them. I am so glad he gave his creations the ending they deserved. Such a masterful balance of world-building, character arcs, and romance. Never was there a moment where I felt bored even when details were introduced that we wouldn't be able to comprehend for another 20 chapters or more.

I was particularly moved by the cutting off of the Thunderhead. It was such a beautiful and melancholy moment. I never thought I could have grown so fond of an AI. Also, I am so glad to see Scythe Rand, who I despised, come into her own in a way that did not compromise her character. She is cold and calculating yet her act to fix the mistake that was her killing Tyger and bringing Goddard to life made me love her.

Ranking of the books: The Toll, Scythe, Thunderhead

Song: 

• Glory and Gore - Lorde 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Physical abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Confinement, and Torture

Minor: War and Sexual content

thejuliette's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

,,We are imperfect beings. How could we ever fit in a perfect world?"

THIS BOOK IS SUCH A MASTERPIECE. I wish I could give it 5 stars but, alas, I didn't like one thing so it's not possible. This book will make you feel every single emotion you have. It will make you cry. It will make you scream. It will make you laugh. It's the perfect ending to a perfect trilogy, where every subplot is explored and explained perfectly (except I still don't quite understand what happened on Mars) and just the way this book makes you feel is so amazing. I loved almost every single character (which says a lot, since this almost never happens).

AND ROWAN AND CITRA GOING TO SPACE AND ROWAN SCREAMING AT CIRRUS AND JUST THE LOVE HE HAS FOR THIS GIRL MY HEART CAN'T TAKE IT. I also loved what Rand did to Goddard/Tyger that was fantastic and I must say, in the first book I didn't like Rand but in this book I absolutely love her and Greyson's character development is just so *mwah*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Suicide

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit