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Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

5 reviews

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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adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

It felt way more action-packed than book 1. Everything happened pretty fast, but it kept a good pace. It was a really good bridging book that smoothy opened up even more plot threads while still staying consistent with what it already had to work with. This book was mainly just to establish new characters and a big bad, but it was still a compelling, fun read, especially if you're coming right off the heels of the first book in the series. 500 pages went fast.

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