Thunderhead (2) (Arc of a Scythe)
“Intelligent and entertaining.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Even better than the first book.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, in the chilling sequel to the Printz Honor Book Scythe from New York Times bestseller Neal Shusterman, author of the Unwind dystology.
Humans learn from their mistakes. I cannot. I make no mistakes.
The Thunderhead is the perfect ruler of a perfect world, but it has no control over the scythedom. A year has passed since Rowan had gone off grid. Since then, he has become an urban legend, a vigilante snuffing out corrupt scythes in a trial by fire. His story is told in whispers across the continent.
As Scythe Anastasia, Citra gleans with compassion and openly challenges the ideals of the “new order.” But when her life is threatened and her methods questioned, it becomes clear that not everyone is open to the change.
Old foes and new enemies converge, and as corruption within the Scythedom spreads, Rowan and Citra begin to lose hope. Will the Thunderhead intervene?
Or will it simply watch as this perfect world begins to unravel?
“Even better than the first book.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, in the chilling sequel to the Printz Honor Book Scythe from New York Times bestseller Neal Shusterman, author of the Unwind dystology.
Humans learn from their mistakes. I cannot. I make no mistakes.
The Thunderhead is the perfect ruler of a perfect world, but it has no control over the scythedom. A year has passed since Rowan had gone off grid. Since then, he has become an urban legend, a vigilante snuffing out corrupt scythes in a trial by fire. His story is told in whispers across the continent.
As Scythe Anastasia, Citra gleans with compassion and openly challenges the ideals of the “new order.” But when her life is threatened and her methods questioned, it becomes clear that not everyone is open to the change.
Old foes and new enemies converge, and as corruption within the Scythedom spreads, Rowan and Citra begin to lose hope. Will the Thunderhead intervene?
Or will it simply watch as this perfect world begins to unravel?
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Community Reviews
I liked the entries from the thunderhead between the chapters. It was interesting to see how that works. There is a new character introduced Grayson and I was torn back and forth on how I felt about him. I'm still not entirely sure. It feels like another character that is manipulated by the systems and handed some unfortunate cards in life, by the end I loved him. I loved having SOME of the old characters back. Citra and Rowen's brains still impress me so damn much. I just love my babies. I'm going to need Mr. Neal to stop torturing my baby boy Rowan though. That ending had me so damn shocked and gutted. Like how dare you and how do I not jump it not the next book asap. There better be some gleaning of a certain person and some order int he next book.
I need the next one STAT. That ENDING! SO MUCH HAPPENED.
But before the ending there was a lot of nonsense that occurred and bc of that this one was not as good as the first. Scythe was just awesome. This one had its moments tho. The stakes are RAISED.
Don’t know how I feel about the Thunderhead as a character. My brain just automatically says “AI bad” so I’m calling the Thunderhead goes evil. Can’t replace God with Artificial Intelligence and also people are evil so it’s just gonna go south fast.
Gonna think abt what my scythe name would be…
*fangirls and splutters incoherently*
Uh, that was awesome! I loved this! Even if the rest of the book hadn't been good, the ending would have redeemed it many times over!
I'm not even mad about the massive cliffhanger this book ended on. It's perfect, so many questions. :D 8/5 stars for this one!
Uh, that was awesome! I loved this! Even if the rest of the book hadn't been good, the ending would have redeemed it many times over!
I'm not even mad about the massive cliffhanger this book ended on. It's perfect, so many questions. :D 8/5 stars for this one!
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