Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe #2)

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

This thread is to discuss Thunderhead, the second book in the Arc of a Scythe series by Neal Shusterman.

Pages: 504 pages

Length: 1 month (October)

Participants: SarahKat, Dominique, Billie-Jade

Everyone reads at their own pace during a Buddy Read. Because participants can be at different parts of the book at different times, it is extremely important to mark spoilers so that the book is not ruined for someone who is not as far along as others!!!

Mark spoilers by placing {spoiler} before the text and {/spoiler} after the text but use the < and > instead of the { and }.

Here are some questions to help get the conversation started! Feel free to look up discussion questions specific to this book or come up with your own. Just make sure any questions that contain spoilers are under spoiler tags.
Discussion questions are not required but may be a fun way to talk about the book and get to know each other!

Prior to starting:
What prompted you to join this buddy read?
Have you read this author before? What do you think of their other books?

Mid-read:
What character or ideas do you relate to the most and why?
Do you have any favorite quotes or scenes?

After reading:
What was enjoyable or not-so-enjoyable about this book?
Did this book change your perception about anything, either within the book (character development) or in real life?

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

I'm actually going to pick this up from the library today.

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Getting through this really quickly. I'm through Part 4.

(view spoiler)[I liked Rowan's new purpose in life, to end scythes who are abusing their power. I think it's good Faraday is trying to reign him in a little bit because even those scythes aren't all completely evil like Goddard.
I did not see Goddard coming back and it's so messed up they used Tyger's body for him. Gross, disturbing, and very sad, especially for Rowan. He's having a hard go of it. The scythe he let live is now a pretty important cog in the new order scythes, and he gleaned Rowan's dad.

Citra and Curie keep being targeted, by who I assume is Goddard's group. I can't tell if Constantine is good or back or neutral. Greyson is having a rough time too. Why can't the Thunderhead place someone as his new contact like he did with Traxler from the beginning? (hide spoiler)]