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Thunderhead by Stéphanie Leigniel, Neal Shusterman

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bridget_magpie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.75

Second books of a trilogy mostly struggle to keep the story going but I think Thunderhead was very well done. So many crazy things happened, really enjoyed the development of the characters and the plot as well. This trilogy is at least a 4/5, but I actually liked the 2nd book more than the first so I’m giving this one 4.25/5
Edit - I’m dumb. I changed it to 4.75

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ging090803's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Sooooooo good
Its been a while since I’ve read a great book that made me want to read all the time, at every opportunity. I couldn’t put the book down!
I looooved the political intrigue again. Scythe Anastasia is badass, getting confidence as a new scythe. The relations between Scythe Curie and Anastasia is perfect… How they grew to become part of each other…! Rowan the beast!

I would have like though a little bit more of him in the book. I felt like he was mostly there to just complained about work ethics and getting killed multiple time

I wasn’t sure about the new character, Greyson, but I liked how he slowly became more important.

Although he kinda disappeared after half the book which confused me about his role in all of this

I can’t wait to see what Faraday will know/discover!

And I love but hate at the same time how the Thunderhead reacted. We don’t know its plan, but its reaction felt a little too human to my taste for something who is supposed to help human/be impartial

The -0.25 is for 2 things who are completely personal so…
1. It was slow in the beginning. I had trouble to start the book. And I also didnt like how we have multiple POV yet we were still in the dark for most of the thing. I would have liked to know a little more to really feel what we were up against

and not just by the little “monologues” from the Thunderhead that still didn’t explained much. Also, f*ck Goddard. He really pisses me off. He’s such a bad but good villain at the same time because, some times, he can be smart. I hate how he can get away with everything. He still acts impulsively without any real consequence.

2. Very personal for me :

the dead of Scythe Curie killed a part of me. I loved her. She was my favorite character. Her or Scythe Anastasia. Anyway, her death might have caused me to let out some tears. I went through all stages of grief from denial to anger… I have yet to go through acceptance. I think I might still be mad. Why:’( I’m sad and will make her death my whole depression’s personality for the next week(s?).

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asbld123's review against another edition

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sad fast-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? Yes

4.0

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silversparkles50's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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shamciar's review against another edition

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hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely love the use of dramatic irony and the commentary on political apathy. I also love the use of religion in the story itself. I'm also starting to enjoy the commentary and use as a literary device of how people follow rules vs how computer programs follow rules.

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