Some men just want to watch the world burn. And for James Dashner, that statement is not merely a figure of speech. Dashner's sequel to the question-inducing Maze Runner is a fiery hot mixture of mysteries, problems, trials, deaths, (yes, deaths) and twists that will leave your questions barely answered. BARELY.
- Title: The Scorch Trials
- Author: James Dashner
- Genre: science fiction, Dystopian, young adult
- Pages: 368 pages
- Series: The Maze Runner
"Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No more puzzles. No more variables. And no more running. Thomas was sure that escape meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back. But no one really knew what sort of life they were going back to.
In the Maze, life was easy. They had food, and shelter, and safety . . . until Teresa triggered the end. In the world outside the Maze, however, the end was triggered long ago.
Burned by sun flares and baked by a new, brutal climate, the earth is a wasteland. Government has disintegrated—and with it, order—and now Cranks, people covered in festering wounds and driven to murderous insanity by the infectious disease known as the Flare, roam the crumbling cities hunting for their next victim . . . and meal.
The Gladers are far from finished with running. Instead of freedom, they find themselves faced with another trial. They must cross the Scorch, the most burned-out section of the world, and arrive at a safe haven in two weeks. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.
Thomas can only wonder—does he hold the secret of freedom somewhere in his mind? Or will he forever be at the mercy of WICKED?"
In the Maze, life was easy. They had food, and shelter, and safety . . . until Teresa triggered the end. In the world outside the Maze, however, the end was triggered long ago.
Burned by sun flares and baked by a new, brutal climate, the earth is a wasteland. Government has disintegrated—and with it, order—and now Cranks, people covered in festering wounds and driven to murderous insanity by the infectious disease known as the Flare, roam the crumbling cities hunting for their next victim . . . and meal.
The Gladers are far from finished with running. Instead of freedom, they find themselves faced with another trial. They must cross the Scorch, the most burned-out section of the world, and arrive at a safe haven in two weeks. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.
Thomas can only wonder—does he hold the secret of freedom somewhere in his mind? Or will he forever be at the mercy of WICKED?"
To be honest, if it weren't for the suspense effect that Dashner uses, I would be totally disappointed about The Scorch Trials. If you've read The Maze Runner, you'll be disappointed that you've read it from cover to cover without getting an explanation to the abnormal things that have been happening to Thomas, the protagonist. Now imagine what you would feel if you read another whole book yet once again the explanation you are longing for is not there. I've got a couple of words for that: utter disappointment.
But I did like the twists and turns the characters have gone through. I feel like it keeps you engrossed throughout the book and at the same time keeps you excited for the ending. So there wasn't any dull/boring moments. Also, I loved the feeling of not knowing what will happen next. The Scorch Trials was full of suspenseful chapter endings that keeps your reading momentum going. Although, like I said, the answers are still not in this book. I guess I'll get it in the next book, The Death Cure. But for now you'll probably be loaded with a lot of questions and longing for explanations.
So those are my thoughts about The Scorch Trials. And I think this book review is too serious, so here's a picture of a fat gorilla with the head of a pug.
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