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Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

15 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

esme_28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

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

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.0

I did still enjoy this portion of the series, but not as much as the first book. I am still very excited to see where the series goes, but it does suffer a bit from "second book syndrome". The ending was unexpected, and I was definitely shaken because I was not expecting such a twist! It made me more excited to see what happens in book three. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Torture, Death, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Violence

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

cepbreed's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I cannot put my finger on it, but this sequel lacked the bite of the first story. When a new dystopian world is introduced there is so much to uncover, so many mysteries, and this book dashed the opportunity to capitalize off of the excitement by droning on into the semantics. By that, I just mean it could have been much more straightforward. I can say that I absolutely adored the twist and it was very well done. I will be vague; this choice furthered the plot much more simply than a new introduction could. I am very impressed with how the Thunderhead was handled. It is hard to write an omniscient AI this compelling. However fun the world-building is, I was still missing a lot of interaction between Citra and Rowan.

Song:

• Cinnamon Girl - Lana Del Rey
• Everybody's Watching Me (Uh Oh) - The Neighborhood

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Blood, Gore, Grief, Murder, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Confinement, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Hate crime

apricothopeful's review

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Torture

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

rara_pp's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Genocide, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Minor: Abandonment and Confinement