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A review by turtles1738
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
4.0
More like a 3.5
Thunderhead does address my main issues with the first book. Which was how little Scythe explored the effects of immortality on society. In Thunderhead I got many of the answers to the questions I had from the first book. However it mostly came down to the AI self-imposing restriction on itself for the sake of plot. Which I just found to be really lazy writing. Like Shusterman said, yeah I realize regulating birthing would solve the overpopulation problem but the AI didn't want to put restrictions on humans freedoms... So instead in the Age of Immortality you can just get killed seemingly at random.
I did like that we got to see more of the world in this book. Exploring how immortality has effected society and the kinds of groups that popped up as a result of it. Also the overarching plot kept me engaged throughout and the ending was wild. I'm excited to see how the series wraps up in the next book.
Thunderhead does address my main issues with the first book. Which was how little Scythe explored the effects of immortality on society. In Thunderhead I got many of the answers to the questions I had from the first book. However it mostly came down to the AI self-imposing restriction on itself for the sake of plot. Which I just found to be really lazy writing. Like Shusterman said, yeah I realize regulating birthing would solve the overpopulation problem but the AI didn't want to put restrictions on humans freedoms... So instead in the Age of Immortality you can just get killed seemingly at random.
I did like that we got to see more of the world in this book. Exploring how immortality has effected society and the kinds of groups that popped up as a result of it. Also the overarching plot kept me engaged throughout and the ending was wild. I'm excited to see how the series wraps up in the next book.