The Thunderhead also has a pre-occupation with space travel. I'm wondering if any of that will come into play at all, or if Goddard successfully nixed that.
@@ebnovels Uggh that's the worst. 🤣 I do that with Sanderson books all the time, but I always read them to my brother eventually, so I hang on to that anticipation. 😁
I adored this series. I personally liked the second book better (but only slightly). I really enjoyed reading from the Thunderhead's point of view, and that ending! Be still my beating heart! 😍
I freaking loved Thunderhead! I loved Grayson so much, and about the ending, I knew that something big would go down (I knew the island would sink) but I didn’t anticipate the freaking mess that came with it (the sharks for example and how everyone got completely wiped out) until right before it happened. So as I was reading and the story was unfolding I was visualizing it all in my head and was like yooooooooo...! 😵 LOL it was fantastic. The other scene that jarred me was the thing with Tiger. I didn’t like him either and I had a feeling he wouldn’t get out of this alive. And although I was like good grief he’s finally gone, I was also like wtf. That’s messed up. I honestly can’t wait for the third book!
Hahaha, your feelings are exactly my feelings! About basically everything!!! I was starting to figure out the shark stuff once Citra was shown all the animal life around the island. Then I was like, “ohhhhh nooooo.” I thought maybe somebody would save the day, but nope! Everybody just freaking got eaten by sharks!!! 🦈
These books are some of my all time favorites. From front the back both books kept me on my toes and I am completely in love with them. I love the perspective of the thunderhead and it gave new perspective to an area we were blind to in the first book. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Yeeeessss you finished it!! 🙌🙌 I am waiting for this 😂😂 I also like the scene when Greyson got to talk to the Thunderhead at the end of the book it was ‘yes! Yes! Yes!’. 😁😁
YES My main *GASP* moment was the realisation about The Great Resonance and how it all came together. And I agree about Scythe Curie's death. Very fitting, indeed. Also, I'm watching this to remind myself of the events of Thunderhead (although who could forget THAT ending) and get myself back into that mood in preparation for The Toll
Yes! The great Resonance was the best! And the Thunderhead acting very human. I got chills during that part! I also really liked the character development of Scythe Rand in this one. I liked the 2nd one more than the first, but I think that was because there was a lot more going on and the world was so much bigger. Everything I wanted more of in Scythe was in Thunderhead! It was my favorite read this year, tied with Way of Kings 😊
Way of Kings and Thunderhead-two of my favorite books! Both are so fantastic 😄 I agree that Thunderhead felt bigger than Scythe. I enjoyed both; I honestly don’t think I could pick which of these first two books I liked more!
yes I LOVED that the tonists came in for that plot twist at the end with the Thunderhead!!! this book series is awesome, I can't wait until the next book
I absolutely loved Thunderhead ESPECIALLY because of the ending. It just went place that I didn't expect from a YA book. It seems like a lot of books wrap things up nicely and this one just didn't. Scythe Curie was just amazing at the end, but my favorite part was the Thunderhead's reaction to everything. Just to see so much emotion out of the Thunderhead was crazy. I wouldn't mind Xenocrates coming back because he's like the obligatory asshole that you need there to make things messy.
Hahahaha 😂 Your description of Xenocrates is so accurate. And yeah, the Thunderhead’s reaction was SO GOOD! GAH!!! I didn’t even think about it being what created the Resonance. That part was so awesome 💙
Just finished "The Toll", I need my favorite BookTuber's reviews ASAP! (Whenever is obviously fine, just excited to hear what people have to say. Questioning my thoughts!)
Idk, yeah, Shusterman was definitely leading up to the ending, and I wasn't really surprised, but I think that in this world where people only die in a pretty controlled way, it was extra shocking to see a whole island of people being murdered. I just felt the Thunderhead's pain who could've saved all of them in a second, but couldn't do anything. But the cherry on the cake was Goddard, having the audacity to fly above thousands of people who will die in the cruellest way because of him, to give the Supreme Blades hope, only to take it away from them again, and then to say that he didn't even intend to sink the whole island. It just made me so angry.
So I absolutely loved the first one hardcore. The world and the themes were amazing. The second book started off slower for.me, other than for the scythe Lucifer gleanings. It was definitely more gruesome than the first with the kids body being reanimated with goddards head ugh. The shark scene made me not want to go into the ocean lol and the ending, where they sunk with the island was just such a cliff hanger for me, im.dying to see where this goes next. I am loving Neal Shusterman and I want to read all of his books!
I do too! I have the first book in the Unwind series so I’m probably going to have that be the next Shusterman book I read. Which, idk if you’ve seen the synopsis for that one, but it’s pretty morbid. I’m excited 😆
I loved them both so much. I liked Thunderhead a little more because it covered more political intrigue which I thought was amazing. I loved the different kind of gleaning, and the Saint Louis Arch, I loved the libraries and the thoughts of the Thunderhead. I personally don't think Xenocrates will be back I interpreted that as his 'moment of redemption' I just thought the gleaning at the end was epic (in a non sadistic way) where they understand the meaning of their position. The great ressonance was such a moment when you realize he brought everything together and I think the most shocking thing for me was the amount of characters he killed of. Like I expected the island to sink but I didn't expect everyone to for but Citra and Rowan. And I loved it because most authors protect to many darlings
That’s true-most authors don’t kill that many characters!!! I’m so excited for the next one but we know so little about it 😩 I want to know more! And yes, the great resonance was for sure one of those moments where everything was brought together. I loved it!
Yep, totally loved this book. Great continuing story. I had an interesting experience with the reading of these books in that when I read the first one I finished it in 2 days and it would have been faster if I hadn’t been camping with friends, lol. With Thunderhead, I was really busy in life and could only read it a few chapters at a time over the course of a couple of weeks. I don’t know if the different ways I read them made the pacing feel different to me or not. I felt that the pacing for Thunderhead was slower, and Scythe, perfect. Am I wrong?? As for the ending, I don’t know that the acts that happened on the Scythe island in and of themselves really shocked me, but once all was said and done I was - and still am - over-eager to know the effect of these events. That along with the Thunderhead ‘great resonance’ and that moment with Grayson, I am in a bit of agony over WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!! Lol I absolutely loved the Thunderhead itself. I want to be its best friend, haha. The way it processes, cares, and teaches is so simplistic, but also pure, and beautiful. I feel like I learned a lot from the Thunderhead myself! All of that to say - I loved it and I’m dying for the next one to come out, lol!! Great video! 😃💖📚
I 100% feel like the toll will take place with something to do with the islands and greyson. I'm so excited. PLEASE DO ANOTHER ONE OF THESE FOR THE TOLL!!
I read a Neal Shusterman book years ago called Downsiders,wasn't too bad and he writes good short stories,no one seems to read many short story collections these days
Hi I’ve not read this series....... are u almost done reading the book shadow what was lost by James Islington?? Are u going to review on that book?? Happy reading to everyone!! 😄📖
For me I hadn’t put 2 and 2 together until it was basically being told to me that the Island was sinking and Goddard doing it. I had remembered it was mentioned earlier that he did something with the animals and everything starts happening and i kid you not maybe 5 LINES prior to Rowan beinb like this is Goddard I was like OH MY GOD ITS GODDARD. Reading the entire Island being so disjointed while it sunk also induced such a stressful feeling within me the entire “Fail” chapter was just too much for my heart to handle. When people told me the ending was wild I honestly expected like the Thunderhead to just download itself into a body because the more into the story we got the more angry and betrayed it got and felt and then the ending when it just starts SCREAMING I think my heart burst from how out of my mind I was and then Grayson is the only person marked not unsavory and when Citra is in the room and she wonders why so many of the Scythe things are necessary and it’s like within 100 years the world will be too populated and Curie 😭😭😭 and it was just such a whirlwind one of the best books I’ve read all year
Omg I just finished this book and my mind is literally 🤯 which is strange because I was expecting a lot of things like Goddard returning and taking Tygers body because there were a lot of hints but when my predictions came thru I couldn’t help but to be totally surprised by them (so weird) I think it’s because I was reading so intently and knew sometimes things weren’t as they seemed Goddard is so ruthless and a fantastic villain I wonder how this new world he basically created for everyone is going to be especially now that humanity is on its own now... will it be everything he has hoped it would be because now that there are “no rules” isn’t everybody fair game? He was already side eying scythe Rand 😂 I think the thunderhead is showing humanity how their complacent attitude has blinded them and put themselves into a place of acceptance and without a thirst for knowledge and boy are they in for a rude awakening when they start to get slaughtered left and right like the thunderhead says a child who is constantly swaddled won’t learn to walk whewww I can’t wait for the third book it will only arrive tomorrow and I am so pissed about itttt ugh...
Puritys character was unnecessary or I just feel that way cause I cant connect with her. And why is no one talking about scythe curie s death. Her thoughts made the book scythe. At least we still have faraday s adventure to anticipate and feel like the tonists will have a much bigger role in the toll
I wanna hear the review but don't want any spoilers 😧😧 Can u give the books rating (out of 10) in the video description? I mean I trust your judgment and would be easier to know what to expect without hearing any spoilers 😂😂👌👌 Instagram @marwangaadabi
Yassss the Thunderhead's Resonance is the best. That was definitely the best part of the end. *chills*
The Thunderhead also has a pre-occupation with space travel. I'm wondering if any of that will come into play at all, or if Goddard successfully nixed that.
I was flipping out at that part. But the hubby was asleep and hasn’t read it anyway, so I was like, “darn it!!! I have no one to freak out with!” 😂
@@ebnovels Uggh that's the worst. 🤣 I do that with Sanderson books all the time, but I always read them to my brother eventually, so I hang on to that anticipation. 😁
I adored this series. I personally liked the second book better (but only slightly). I really enjoyed reading from the Thunderhead's point of view, and that ending! Be still my beating heart! 😍
It was so awesome!!! I can’t wait for the next one :D I don’t want to wait until next year!!!!!
BATH IN THE THUNDERHEADS INFANITE WISDOM THAT ISNT REALLY ITS. the wisdom the thunderhead has is from humanity
I loved them both equally. This is the best series I have read in YEARS.
It’s so fantastic. I’m so happy I picked it up because-I’m with you-it’s one of the best 💚💚💚
THAT RESONANCE AT THE END THO
Right?!? 💚💚💚
I freaking loved Thunderhead!
I loved Grayson so much, and about the ending, I knew that something big would go down (I knew the island would sink) but I didn’t anticipate the freaking mess that came with it (the sharks for example and how everyone got completely wiped out) until right before it happened. So as I was reading and the story was unfolding I was visualizing it all in my head and was like yooooooooo...! 😵 LOL it was fantastic. The other scene that jarred me was the thing with Tiger. I didn’t like him either and I had a feeling he wouldn’t get out of this alive. And although I was like good grief he’s finally gone, I was also like wtf. That’s messed up.
I honestly can’t wait for the third book!
Hahaha, your feelings are exactly my feelings! About basically everything!!! I was starting to figure out the shark stuff once Citra was shown all the animal life around the island. Then I was like, “ohhhhh nooooo.” I thought maybe somebody would save the day, but nope! Everybody just freaking got eaten by sharks!!! 🦈
heheh “go down”
bc it sank lol
These books are some of my all time favorites. From front the back both books kept me on my toes and I am completely in love with them. I love the perspective of the thunderhead and it gave new perspective to an area we were blind to in the first book. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you-I’m glad you enjoyed it too! I agree that they were so good from beginning to end. I didn’t want to put them down!
Yeeeessss you finished it!! 🙌🙌
I am waiting for this 😂😂
I also like the scene when Greyson got to talk to the Thunderhead at the end of the book it was ‘yes! Yes! Yes!’. 😁😁
I seriously could picture that scene in a tv show or movie. It was just done so well!!!
Elliot Brooks Neal Shusterman probably picture it being on tv screen when he was writing Thunderhead
YES
My main *GASP* moment was the realisation about The Great Resonance and how it all came together.
And I agree about Scythe Curie's death. Very fitting, indeed.
Also, I'm watching this to remind myself of the events of Thunderhead (although who could forget THAT ending) and get myself back into that mood in preparation for The Toll
Yes! The great Resonance was the best! And the Thunderhead acting very human. I got chills during that part!
I also really liked the character development of Scythe Rand in this one. I liked the 2nd one more than the first, but I think that was because there was a lot more going on and the world was so much bigger. Everything I wanted more of in Scythe was in Thunderhead! It was my favorite read this year, tied with Way of Kings 😊
Way of Kings and Thunderhead-two of my favorite books! Both are so fantastic 😄 I agree that Thunderhead felt bigger than Scythe. I enjoyed both; I honestly don’t think I could pick which of these first two books I liked more!
One of the best books I read this year. I was really surprised how epic this book is.
I loved it! 💚💚💚
I picked up Scythe on your recommendation and I loved it. I love the Thunderhead. I just started reading The Toll. Such a great series.
yes I LOVED that the tonists came in for that plot twist at the end with the Thunderhead!!! this book series is awesome, I can't wait until the next book
Me either! Goodness, I just want the next book now 😆
@@ebnovels this next book will be the last
Xenocrates drowned but the sharks still ate him he was just dead when they did
Please read Neal's Unwind Series! It's really the predecessor to Sycthe & Thunderhead. I would love to hear your opinion on it!!!
I absolutely loved Thunderhead ESPECIALLY because of the ending. It just went place that I didn't expect from a YA book. It seems like a lot of books wrap things up nicely and this one just didn't. Scythe Curie was just amazing at the end, but my favorite part was the Thunderhead's reaction to everything. Just to see so much emotion out of the Thunderhead was crazy. I wouldn't mind Xenocrates coming back because he's like the obligatory asshole that you need there to make things messy.
Hahahaha 😂 Your description of Xenocrates is so accurate. And yeah, the Thunderhead’s reaction was SO GOOD! GAH!!! I didn’t even think about it being what created the Resonance. That part was so awesome 💙
Elliot Brooks yessss. It's like that super logical being needed a faith based parallel to prosper. There's just so much to unpack there.
Just finished "The Toll", I need my favorite BookTuber's reviews ASAP! (Whenever is obviously fine, just excited to hear what people have to say. Questioning my thoughts!)
My review and chat will be up very soon! :D
Idk, yeah, Shusterman was definitely leading up to the ending, and I wasn't really surprised, but I think that in this world where people only die in a pretty controlled way, it was extra shocking to see a whole island of people being murdered. I just felt the Thunderhead's pain who could've saved all of them in a second, but couldn't do anything.
But the cherry on the cake was Goddard, having the audacity to fly above thousands of people who will die in the cruellest way because of him, to give the Supreme Blades hope, only to take it away from them again, and then to say that he didn't even intend to sink the whole island. It just made me so angry.
So I absolutely loved the first one hardcore. The world and the themes were amazing. The second book started off slower for.me, other than for the scythe Lucifer gleanings. It was definitely more gruesome than the first with the kids body being reanimated with goddards head ugh. The shark scene made me not want to go into the ocean lol and the ending, where they sunk with the island was just such a cliff hanger for me, im.dying to see where this goes next. I am loving Neal Shusterman and I want to read all of his books!
I do too! I have the first book in the Unwind series so I’m probably going to have that be the next Shusterman book I read. Which, idk if you’ve seen the synopsis for that one, but it’s pretty morbid. I’m excited 😆
@@ebnovels he "liked" my what's up next post on twitter and I fangirled about that for quite a while lol I'm such a dork
Can anyone talk about how the thunderhead is angry at munira and faraday that scares me
I loved them both so much. I liked Thunderhead a little more because it covered more political intrigue which I thought was amazing. I loved the different kind of gleaning, and the Saint Louis Arch, I loved the libraries and the thoughts of the Thunderhead. I personally don't think Xenocrates will be back I interpreted that as his 'moment of redemption' I just thought the gleaning at the end was epic (in a non sadistic way) where they understand the meaning of their position. The great ressonance was such a moment when you realize he brought everything together and I think the most shocking thing for me was the amount of characters he killed of. Like I expected the island to sink but I didn't expect everyone to for but Citra and Rowan. And I loved it because most authors protect to many darlings
That’s true-most authors don’t kill that many characters!!! I’m so excited for the next one but we know so little about it 😩 I want to know more! And yes, the great resonance was for sure one of those moments where everything was brought together. I loved it!
@@ebnovels I know I just want a summary or at least a release date
okay, just finished Scythe and now I need to read this one so I can watch the video!
It was so good!!!
Yep, totally loved this book. Great continuing story. I had an interesting experience with the reading of these books in that when I read the first one I finished it in 2 days and it would have been faster if I hadn’t been camping with friends, lol. With Thunderhead, I was really busy in life and could only read it a few chapters at a time over the course of a couple of weeks. I don’t know if the different ways I read them made the pacing feel different to me or not. I felt that the pacing for Thunderhead was slower, and Scythe, perfect. Am I wrong??
As for the ending, I don’t know that the acts that happened on the Scythe island in and of themselves really shocked me, but once all was said and done I was - and still am - over-eager to know the effect of these events. That along with the Thunderhead ‘great resonance’ and that moment with Grayson, I am in a bit of agony over WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!! Lol
I absolutely loved the Thunderhead itself. I want to be its best friend, haha. The way it processes, cares, and teaches is so simplistic, but also pure, and beautiful. I feel like I learned a lot from the Thunderhead myself!
All of that to say - I loved it and I’m dying for the next one to come out, lol!!
Great video! 😃💖📚
I loved them both equally! Great books that make you really think about the world!
They do!!! Gah, they’re so good 😆
I 100% feel like the toll will take place with something to do with the islands and greyson. I'm so excited. PLEASE DO ANOTHER ONE OF THESE FOR THE TOLL!!
I will, I will!
Funny thing the marshall islands were used by the us in ww2 for nuclear testing
I just finished this today so I'm hella stoked about this video !!
Yay!!! I loved Thunderhead :D
Hi Elle, do you know when I will be able to pre-order your book Peace and Turmoil? I am very very excited to read it. You are Awesome Elle.
I don’t know that yet but I’ll keep everyone update 😄
I'm so excited to see what happens in the next one! I cant believe this one just came out and we have to wait 😭😭😭
The third one comes out this year though! Yay :D
I read a Neal Shusterman book years ago called Downsiders,wasn't too bad and he writes good short stories,no one seems to read many short story collections these days
That’s true. I know I don’t really read short stories!
i was actually a little happy at the ending of thunderhead bc rowan and citra were together🥺
I felt like Scythe Curie didn’t really have to die it’s not likely she had to make a sacrifice.
I think you should read the Unwind series next, ahhhhhhh soooooo gooooood
I can’t wait! I have the first one-hopefully I’ll be able to get to it in the next couple of months :D
Hi I’ve not read this series....... are u almost done reading the book shadow what was lost by James Islington?? Are u going to review on that book?? Happy reading to everyone!! 😄📖
I’ll review it, yes :)
Lol I was so so so so so so surprised. I thought it would be a happy ending ☹️
Because of this I will be trusting your judgment from now on
For me I hadn’t put 2 and 2 together until it was basically being told to me that the Island was sinking and Goddard doing it. I had remembered it was mentioned earlier that he did something with the animals and everything starts happening and i kid you not maybe 5 LINES prior to Rowan beinb like this is Goddard I was like OH MY GOD ITS GODDARD. Reading the entire Island being so disjointed while it sunk also induced such a stressful feeling within me the entire “Fail” chapter was just too much for my heart to handle. When people told me the ending was wild I honestly expected like the Thunderhead to just download itself into a body because the more into the story we got the more angry and betrayed it got and felt and then the ending when it just starts SCREAMING I think my heart burst from how out of my mind I was and then Grayson is the only person marked not unsavory and when Citra is in the room and she wonders why so many of the Scythe things are necessary and it’s like within 100 years the world will be too populated and Curie 😭😭😭 and it was just such a whirlwind one of the best books I’ve read all year
Omg I just finished this book and my mind is literally 🤯 which is strange because I was expecting a lot of things like Goddard returning and taking Tygers body because there were a lot of hints but when my predictions came thru I couldn’t help but to be totally surprised by them (so weird) I think it’s because I was reading so intently and knew sometimes things weren’t as they seemed Goddard is so ruthless and a fantastic villain I wonder how this new world he basically created for everyone is going to be especially now that humanity is on its own now... will it be everything he has hoped it would be because now that there are “no rules” isn’t everybody fair game? He was already side eying scythe Rand 😂
I think the thunderhead is showing humanity how their complacent attitude has blinded them and put themselves into a place of acceptance and without a thirst for knowledge and boy are they in for a rude awakening when they start to get slaughtered left and right like the thunderhead says a child who is constantly swaddled won’t learn to walk whewww I can’t wait for the third book it will only arrive tomorrow and I am so pissed about itttt ugh...
I think there's no way Xenocrates can be revived because after drowning, there's no way his body wouldn't have gotten eaten
Puritys character was unnecessary or I just feel that way cause I cant connect with her. And why is no one talking about scythe curie s death. Her thoughts made the book scythe.
At least we still have faraday s adventure to anticipate and feel like the tonists will have a much bigger role in the toll
Very nice
I loved them both so much!
Me too!!!
Go read The Unwind Dystology by Neal Shusterman....OMG...Beyond AMAZING!!!!
These are both on my list- thanks for the chat!
@feeney86
I hope you like them :)
I wanna hear the review but don't want any spoilers 😧😧
Can u give the books rating (out of 10) in the video description? I mean I trust your judgment and would be easier to know what to expect without hearing any spoilers 😂😂👌👌
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I don’t really do 1-10 ratings, but I can tell you that I thought the book was fantastic! 💕
@@ebnovels good enough
Thank you! 👌👌