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Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

20 reviews

abbyweber's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

WHAT JUST HAPPENED?! I knew I should have waited to finish this until the third one was delivered but I was too impatient. This series is so good. I have no idea where it’s going but I can’t wait to go along for the ride. The directions this second story took were an improvement on an already stellar start to the Arc of the Scythe series. The world was opened up even more and the themes of the original were expanded upon in interesting ways. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Murder, Self harm, Abandonment, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, and Bullying

Minor: Confinement

hilocrasher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Kidnapping

belou's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence, Gore, and Death of parent

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Genocide, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide, Murder, Gun violence, War, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

ging090803's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Medical content, Torture, Medical trauma, and Suicide

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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Grief, Blood, Death, Genocide, Torture, and Gore

tinysierra's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.25

Wow. I did not predict anything that was going to happen in Thunderhead. It was easy to read and intriguing. This was a worthy sequel. 

Like the first book, when the plot started to feel mundane, some kind of twist would happen to make the story pick up again. 

I liked getting to see more into the Scythedom and the Thunderhead. All the threads of the plot and characters weave to create such an interesting story. 

The romance takes a very back burner, but it’s still vaguely there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Religious bigotry

Minor: Fatphobia

fancypotato1995's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Car accident

esme_28'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

emjen16's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Blood, and Gore