#21 in Dystopian
The Toll
- 625
- Pages
- about 11 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Toll” brings the Arc of a Scythe trilogy to a bold, large-scale close, though not every reader ranks it with the two books before it. At over six hundred pages it has room for many storylines, and the direction of the ending takes people by surprise. Some wish that turn had been better prepared, and that one or two earlier threads had been picked up again.
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About the book
The Toll is a 2019 young adult novel by Neal Shusterman. It is the third book in the Arc of a Scythe series, following Scythe and Thunderhead, and preceding Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe. The novel was first published by Simon & Schuster on November 5, 2019. It received generally positive reviews.
Reading order · Arc of a Scythe
Full order & progress →- ScytheStart here
8.38.3 / 10 - Thunderhead
8.58.5 / 10 - The TollThis book
8.28.2 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 534 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 78% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Dystopian average of 7.7. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.1 | 17 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 517 | 97% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Toll for?
The Toll sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 625 pages — longer than 97% of the ranked books in Dystopian.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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