Reviews

Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman, Stéphanie Leigniel

itismyreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

ambibambi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Murder, Violence, Suicide, and Death

hiraethia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

reading_kapibara's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

sophielouise_'s review against another edition

2.0

3.75/5*

haley_s's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I know a lot of people really loved the first book in this trilogy, Scythe, but Thunderhead is my favorite book so far. While the Thunderhead is simply a thing in the first book, here, it's a character, and its interludes paint a clear picture of this AI, how it thinks, it's morals and how those things shape how it interacts with the human world. There are multiple perspectives in this book, including the Thunderhead, and those differing perspectives help propel the novel along in a way that for me wasn't present in Scythe. There is also a central mystery, really a conflict here about what it really means to be a scythe and what moral code this body of individuals should hold. I found this incredibly interesting, and because of it, the reader is drawn farther into the scythdom, and thus get to see the beginning of the breakdown of the world as humans know it. These are very interesting topics that not many YA novels are confronting in such an open way, and I love that about this novel as an adult reader. This book was so gripping in fact, that I finished it in a couple of days. I highly recommend picking up this book if you loved the post-modern world we enter in Scythe and I'm excited to see what the conclusion of this trilogy means for the scythes and their world.

rosalinde908's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

gabbygetsreading's review against another edition

5.0

On the edge of my seat waiting for the ending and was not disappointed. Can't wait for the third book to come out!!

emac94's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

justiner16's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75