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Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

103 reviews

sunniva174's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia, Torture, Genocide, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

jackeline_cruz_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Torture, Murder, Death, Genocide, and Suicide

tiffany8's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Grief, Physical abuse, Suicide, Murder, and Self harm

lydz1106's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

alivrolicaopinativa's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Olá Livróliques Opinatives! Estou de volta! E trago-ves uma experiência de leitura fascinante e distópica e que teve umas merecidas 4⭐. Estou a falar de “Tempestade” de @nealshusterman 💀

⚠️TW: Depressão, homicídio, tortura

🌎A construção do mundo de Shusterman que advinha de “Ceifador” continua a prevalecer em “Tempestade”. Termes uma sociedade governada pelo Cúmulo-Nimbo omnisciescente e com a presença cada vez mais problemática dos Ceifadores e da sua linha de pensamento perante a morte, continuam fascinantes e arrepiantes. Acho que Shusterman continua a manter o seu dom de manter o interesse nas intrigas políticas e dilemas morais que já lhe conhecia.

👥O desenvolvimento das personagens é excecional. À medida que seguia a Ceifadora Anastasia e o Ceifador Lúcifer, que se mantêm fiéis àquilo que vinha de “Ceifador”, existem novos personagens que dão complexidade e colocam em perspetiva a moralidade e a condição humana, bem como o poder e a democracia. A minha personagem favorita foi o Cúmulo-Nimbo, porque realmente não esperava que tivesse atuado várias vezes de forma tão parcial e cheguei ao final e vi o que a traição pelos seus criadores lhe fez e que acaba por prejudicar toda a humanidade.

🎭O enredo está cheio reviravoltas inesperadas, através do ressurgimento de certas personagens (que nem sempre foram do meu agrado). Shusterman continua brilhante na forma como mistura momentos de ação com introspeção, que me levou a pensar que já tinha desvendado os mistérios, mas apercebi-me que afinal não.

📚"Tempestade" mergulha em questões filosóficas. As implicações éticas de uma sociedade onde a morte já não é natural são exploradas com subtileza, levando-me a refletir sobre as consequências do poder sem controlo e os limites da existência humana.

👏 Neal Shusterman merece aplausos por ter criado uma sequela que não só está à altura dos elevados padrões estabelecidos pelo “Ceifador”. "Tempestade" é mais do que um thriller distópico, sendo mais filosófico. Se queres uma história provocadora, com ação e que te faz pensar, “Tempestade” é para ti!

#Thunderhead #NealShusterman #BookReview #DystopianMasterpiece #PhilosophicalFiction #FantasyBook #MustRead #4StarsReading

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, and Genocide

whitwithabook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

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

caillou_kaju's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

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