The Scorch Trials

While this wasn't quite as good as the first book in the series, it does a great job of continuing the line. The world created is great, and I really like the characters, especially Minho and Winston. I didn't like some of what happened near the end (Winston, obviously), but I won't spoil it with details. Still, despite a few hiccups, it's a good read. Looking forward to Book 3. The last chapter is pretty kick-a&& and leaves us wanted to read on.

Yep this was one of the first books to truly throw me through a loop. The book fixes everything that the first one lacked the beginning is anything but slow. They bring in what is the equivalent to talking Zombies called Cranks and literally in the first couple of chapters they take away a big main character and quickly throw someone else at you. Also in the first book they manage to build a bond between the characters and the readers well in this book all of that love you have for some characters get thrown out the window. There is a point in this book when I started to scream at it. But this book is so great with character development during the actually "trials" your going to meet two people Brenda and George and even though they come in during around the half way mark your going to love them. Also the writing style was a perfect match for the book you feel like your everywhere when your only apart of Thomas's perceptive. Now warning parts of this book is DARK anyone younger than 13 better beware but if you love a great read where you feel like your part of the book and you love to learn about the characters in more ways than you expected than I honestly I believe you should get this book. Also I forgot to add this, this book gives you A LOT of questions that about only half get answered so yeah there are some answers left on the table but hey that's why there's a third book and a prequel

These books are quickly becoming some of my very favorites. They're just so stinkin' awesome! I really think I could just go on and on about how awesome The Maze Runner Trilogy is turning out to be, but I suppose I should get down to the nitty-gritty details (no, not the spoilery kind.)

I'm pretty sure I have nothing bad to see about The Scorch Trials. There was so much action I wasn't bored for one minute. I found myself being torn between wanting to relish the story and wanting to flip pages as fast as I could. There was just the right amount of mystery that I continued wanting to discover the answers instead of becoming fed up with all the unanswered questions. And boy, are there questions. It starts with a few and then they just snowball from there, but luckily, answers are slowly given along the way. It leads quite nicely into the last book.

All the unexpected twists and turns were perfect. My mind kept being blown over and over. It was awesome. There was a tinge of horror to this one even more than the first, but it's a raw, real horror instead of paranormal or anything of the like. It was such a surprising aspect that only made me love it more. Each new horror just made me sympathize with Thomas and his friends moreso.

The writing is also very well done. I think the third-person POV makes it even more realistic and easier to feel what Thomas is going through. I think I went through the gauntlet of emotions just as much as him. Everything felt so realistic, I was turning around checking to make sure nasty monsters sent by WICKED weren't right behind me. Especially Cranks. You'll have to read it, I definitely don't want to ruin the full effect for anyone.

Final thoughts: This is a seriously fantastic follow-up book. I actually liked it better than The Maze Runner but only slightly. If you're in for a good action-filled book full of mystery with the added rarity of a main boy character definitely pick this up. I'm begging you, read these books! They're seriously amazing.

This was a brilliant sequel to the amazing Maze Runner. This books is set outside the maze where the stakes are even higher. This book was just as good as the Maze Runner, maybe even better. WIth a great plot and stunning characters, this The Scorch Trials is a book that is so worth reading.

The Scorch Trials takes place straight after Maze Runner. The Gladers had escaped from WICKED and taken away by a group against WICKED. Outside the Maze, the world is dying. The government has disappeared, and now Cranks, people infected by a disease known as the flare, are roaming the crumbling cities in search of their next meal. The Gladers think that the Variables are over and they can leave, but they are faced with another task: They must cross the Scorch, the burned-out section of the world, and at the other side is a safe heaven which they must reach in two weeks. But the odds are stacked against and they can only wonder if they will ever survive.

In the Scorch Trials, you get to know some of the characters that were the whole time but not mentioned that much. Some of the personalities change as people take sides and reality dawns upon them. The plot is just as good, maybe even better. I loved this book, especially the creep factor. If you love creepy, futuristic worlds inside a book, then this is so for you.