So, basically, I think that I’m an adult that writes stories that I think are cool, and almost anyone I know who just gives it a shot - who gives any young adult book that’s well done a shot - they end up falling in love. And I don’t think we ever lose our teenage selves.Īnd I also never, ever write down to teenagers. Overall this one was a little mediocre in comparison to my pleasant surprise of the first one in the series! However, I’m excited to read The Death Cure soon as I haven’t seen the film of that one so I have no idea what to expect there.“The reason I write to that age is because, when I was a teenager, it was by far the most magical time in terms of reading and discovering stories … and writing in that same genre helps me return to that. You wouldn’t need to run to the mirror to know they were gone I just thought this one was slightly easier to pick up and felt a little more compelling than the first. The chapters were super short and I found this so easy to read because I didn’t want to put it down! I found this slightly quicker and easier to read than The Maze Runner (despite me reading that over a fewer amount of days). One of the most positive parts of this book for me was the plot. This book was quite dark in places and the characters have some incredibly traumatic times – however I just didn’t feel enough sympathy for them in my opinion. I also felt a little bit of a disconnect to the characters and I just wish I felt more for the horrific things these characters go through. it was like waking up one day with no teeth in your mouth. Which might sound stupid, but I honestly think it gave me some strange symbolism.
I think this was partly because this book features a journey across a hot, flat desert…which made it feel like a journey bridging the two books and also made it feel a little flat. In some ways this book did have a bit of second book syndrome and felt a little like a bridge book between the first and third books.
The earlier scenes also reminded me of some parts from Terminator 2: Judgement Day and I think if you’ve read this one and watched the films you will know what I mean! There is definitely some scenes in here that weren’t included in the movies (at least not that I remember) and I can fully see why they were left out, because they were very dark. Reading this book made me realise how I often recommend this series to young teens at the bookshop I work in, and even I was slightly creeped out. He must cross the Scorch to once again save himself and his friends. Instead of freedom, Thomas must face another trial. But no one knew what sort of a life they were going back to…īurned and baked, the earth is a wasteland, its people driven mad by an infection known as the Flare. Thomas was sure that escaping meant he would get his life back. Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end.
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