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Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

49 reviews

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

ashleem_26's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.25

I love the writing style of Neal Shusterman, he keeps you reading so you want to find out more and more, keeps the story line going right up until the last page so you have to read the next book to get that full story it’s like cliffhangers but so much better then a movie. I really enjoyed this book and like that fact the it’s was fine in the thunderhead POV. It really gives you that insight of the life style. I can’t wait to start the next book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

This book needs to be added to your TBR pile but if your like me you will read it once you have read the first book you can’t not.

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.0

I did still enjoy this portion of the series, but not as much as the first book. I am still very excited to see where the series goes, but it does suffer a bit from "second book syndrome". The ending was unexpected, and I was definitely shaken because I was not expecting such a twist! It made me more excited to see what happens in book three. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Torture, Death, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Violence

kat1105's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Torture, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

emmaopaline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

erkietheturkey's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Violence

medini_l's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

raichou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Ich habe den zweiten Band noch mehr gemocht als den ersten! 

Es gab einige Wendungen die ich so nicht vermutet hatte, wodurch ich immer angetrieben war weiter zu lesen. 
Zu den alten Hauptcharakteren, Citra und Rowan, ist nun noch Greyson dazu gekommen. Er ist mir in den kurzen Zeit wirklich ans Herz gewachsen.

Sehr interessant fand ich immer die Gedanken des Thunderhead zu den Geschehnissen. Ein stiller Beobachter der sich seinen Teil denkt. 

Mit der Zeit wurden die Gedanken auch immer verzweifelter. Er tut immer nur das Beste für die Menschheit, aber es wird von ein paar Machgierigen alles zerstört. 
Ich kann es ihm überhaupt nicht verübeln, dass er am Ende die Beherrschung verloren hat.

Ich muss mir so schnell wie möglich den dritten Teil besorgen!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Body horror

abby_180's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective fast-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

A really great middle book for this trilogy, it really goes into the grey areas between right and wrong (and sentiments of "for the greater good") of characters in different situations and most characters aren't able to be labeled as strictly "good" or "bad". There are a lot of unexpected plot twists, exploration of issues of immortality and the role and consequence of higher powers and governance. I also love the insights from the Thunderhead at the end of each chapter, similar to the excerpts from the gleaning journals of scythes in the first book, it adds a lot of depth and personality to this entity that is otherwise just seen as an AI created to save humanity

I almost cried when Marie sacrificed herself :'(

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Blood

themoodreader's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Blood, Abandonment, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, and Torture