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Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

19 reviews

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

msradiosilence's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Addiction, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Blood, and Murder

shainabriley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Gore

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

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

kat1105's review against another edition

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

paulaks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Perfection. This book is EXACTLY why I love science fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Spoiler

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