5*/5*
Neal Shusterman has only gone and done it again! I was really worried that this series could succumb to the curse of the sequel but I was so wrong.
Thunderhead is the second book in the Arc of the Scythe series and the follow up to one of my favourite reads of the year, Scythe. The first in the series followed the apprenticeships of Citra and Rowan, in Thunderhead we see the characters one year on from the Scythe finale.
In the previous book we had excerpts from different Scythe journals but in this one, we get small glimpses into the thoughts of the Thunderhead. I didn’t think I would enjoy this change but I absolutely loved seeing the Thunderhead’s development and it’s perspective on humanity.
Citra’s development has been steady but Rowan steals my heart on every page, how much more can the poor guy take. Xenocrates is till the pain in the ass he was in the first book but I didn’t exactly expect him to change.
The first 50% of the book I would probably give a 4/5 but that second half, oh my goodness those last few chapters…it’s taken me a few days to process so I could write this. If you have not read this series then I strongly recommend you do, even if it is for the sociological implications of living in a near-perfect world.
Don’t wake me up until the next book comes out in 2019!
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