Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

24 reviews

millywebster's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Genocide, Violence, Torture, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicide

jollygreenreader's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Body horror

a_cera_t0ps's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Medical trauma, Medical content, Police brutality, Murder, and Toxic relationship

cadybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Fatphobia, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Suicide, and Violence

hales_1243's review

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

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

ninkendo64's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Body horror, Murder, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Blood and Confinement

adrienanthony's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Gore, Body horror, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Body shaming

wisteria1111's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• 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

4.75

Better then the first book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Cursing, and Body horror

lottielat's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.75

Once again i’m loving a book from this series. written really well. loved it. can’t wait to read the next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail