I can have more than fifteen billion simultaneous conversations, and be fully engaged in every single one. “I can communicate in 6,909 living and dead languages. With the ending of Thunderhead, I’m really curious to see what happens next with these characters and what role they’ll play in the finale. There were times that I felt bad for him, but he also had a great inner strength and resolve that I admired. He starts off as a meek young man, who just like everyone else is greatly dependent on the Thunderhead, but his growth is steady and rewarding as he goes through various trials. I was getting some strong AIDAN (from the Illuminae Files) vibes but much less “sinister” and more benevolent. We also get entries from the Thunderhead sharing its history and thoughts as events happen.
While Citra and Rowan still play the MCs, we’re also introduced to a new character: Grayson Tolliver. I also felt that the pacing was more erratic with parts that were full of action and then others that moved at a glacial pace.While the slow pace did help me savour the writing, it also made me want to skim through a lot of the parts to get to the action at the end. That said, on top of the world building elements I sometimes still felt that there was a little too much information. Shusterman introduced many elements that had me hanging on to the edge of my seat in sheer anticipation. Since this was a re-read and I obviously knew what was coming, I didn’t feel as shook as the first time but it still left me in awe. There were several plot twists in the story that had me shook. If they had to die today in order to live, it would somehow be wrong if they didn’t do it together.”
Everything in their lives was now defined by that binary. But most fascinating to me was Endura, the heart of the Scythedom and where the Grandslayers of the World Scythe Council reside. We also learn about other parts of the world like Israebia with a rebuilt Great Library of Alexandria and D.C. Shusterman continues to present thought-provoking writing, especially from the Thunderhead’s POV, that really made me reflect on what we’re doing not only to our world but to ourselves. Truly, we humans are our own worst enemies. We also go deeper into the political divide in the Scythedom. In this book we learn more about the Thunderhead’s history and how it fairly and sustainably runs the world.
The world building is just as complex and creative as in the first book. I loved the Thunderhead and as a reader, I felt its helplessness to do anything very acutely! I savoured learning more about this dystopia and I became even more invested in the characters. “That’s exactly what the scythedom is: high school with murder.”Ī somewhat slower paced sequel to Scythe but it is no less enjoyable.
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