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Edit - I’m dumb. I changed it to 4.75
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Murder
Moderate: Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Abandonment
Minor: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Car accident
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death
Minor: Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Murder
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Car accident, Death of parent
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Torture, Car accident, Alcohol
Minor: Genocide, Racism
Thunderhead is the second in the Arc of a Scythe trilogy. Trilogies are interesting in that sometimes (ok in more trilogies than I care to admit...) the second book drags. You have the excitement of the first book and the second book has to capitalize on those events while also gearing up for the final installment in the trilogy. With as much as I loved Scythe, I was really worried this book would also fall victim to second installment tragedy. I'm not sure why I worried because [a:Neal Shusterman|19564|Neal Shusterman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1246977170p2/19564.jpg] is a gift to young adult dystopian books. I should have known he would handle this series with care and make me fall even more in love with these characters and this world to the point my heart would break as various events transpired in Thunderhead.
Thunderhead is a remarkable sequel to Scythe. It's full of characters you've grown to love and admire while continuing to pack plenty of punches. Thunderhead is another one of those dystopian books that would be great to read slowly with a partner because there are so many aspects of the plot/world to break down and discuss. Why would Shusterman choose to establish his world in this sense? What part of our world isn't working that would require Shusterman to go this route? This book lends itself perfectly to deep conversations. And that ending?! Whoosh. You can best bet I immediately picked up [b:The Toll|43822024|The Toll (Arc of a Scythe, #3)|Neal Shusterman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1558117336l/43822024._SY75_.jpg|59222476] to find out how this story ends. I have so many questions but I'm excited to see how everything comes together in the final installment.
TW: Murder, death, violence, suicide, genocide, physical abuse, confinement, torture, gun violence, abandonment, car accident, emotional abuse, grief, hate crime, body shaming, fatphobia, dysphoria, kidnapping, drowning, suicide attempt, suicide, panic attacks/disorders, fire/fire injury, gaslighting, stalking, terminal illness, religious bigotry, injury/injury detail, toxic relationship, trafficking, slavery
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence
Moderate: Body shaming, Kidnapping
Song:
- Cinnamon Girl - Lana Del Rey
- Everybody's Watching Me (Uh Oh) - The Neighborhood
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury