![]() ![]() Those who are far-gone have become hideous zombie-like creatures, while those who aren't simply fight to survive another day, and both present a threat to the Gladers. For this phase, they are given precisely two weeks to cross The Scorch, one of the most burned out areas of the World where virtually nothing still lives except those infected with the Flare. They now must face phase two of the trials, except this time Teresa has been taken away and a new boy named Aris has joined the remaining Gladers. As they soon discover, WICKED isn't finished with them yet. When Thomas and his friends escaped the Maze, they thought it was finally the end and that everything was going to get better. Evernight Teen Summer Kick-off Blog Hop.Cosmo Red Hot Reads from Harlequin Launch.If you want to know what happens, read a plot summary, nor better yet, watch the movies. I had no connection, limited fascination and general lack of enjoyment when reading. Overall, ‘The Scorch Trials’ gets two stars. So, the plot of this books removes at least two stars from my rating, because of the predictability. They were just extras, used to flesh out the story.Īs you may know, when a dystopian spirals into a genetic experiment, which could involve deletion, enhancement, addition or some special powers like immunity I get annoyed. So many people were injured or killed that I didn’t cry over because I didn’t know their names. ![]() I didn’t feel attached to anyone but Minho, so when bad things happened I didn’t react. If anything happens to him in ‘The Death Cure’, then I will feel actual emotion. Also, he seemed to be the only one to genuinely care about Thomas. You could tell he had everyone’s best interests at heart. His leadership was bossy, but he wanted to keep moving forward. The only character I really felt any attachment to was Minho. Wouldn’t you snuggle up to someone in a desert of imminent death? Sure, she was a bit full on and touchy-feely, but I respected her desire to get close to Thomas. Thomas could certainly trust her more than he could Teresa, though he doesn’t seem to be able to find girls who don’t lie to him in some way. Me? Brenda was about the only thing I didn’t have a problem with. A lot of people have problems with Brenda. One of these Cranks is Brenda, also known as the new Teresa. These characters were either the female version of the Gladers (although I swear only two of the thirty-or-so girls actually spoke) or the newly created breed of ‘Cranks’. The whole point of the Scorch was to try and narrow down the amount of people in WICKED’s game, but, unconventionally, new characters were introduced, with a lot more significance than the original Gladers. What did the Scorch look like? Someone draw me a map, and then maybe I’ll be more reasonable. It seems that only Chancellor Paige knows what’s going on, and that anyone further down the hierarchy of command had their own ideas about WICKED and their testing.Īlso, Thomas spent most of his time in the Scorch with Brenda (see below for Brenda opinions) This was fine, but where were the other Gladers?! To split them up so many times was repetitive and darted around the explanation of how they all kept managing to meet up despite separation. ![]() If you thought Thomas had a lot of questions in the first book, this was even worse. Is WICKED really good? Why can’t anyone seem to give a solid and correct answer to any question. The whole time I wondered what was going on, and as more repetitive things happened to Thomas, I got more and more disinterested in the real answer. The science behind mapping the cognitive movements of the boys to find a cure was sketchy.Īt the end of ‘The Scorch Trials’ I felt like I’d taken three steps backwards, not a step towards understanding. I knew the bare minimum a deadly disease had been unleashed on the world and they were trying to find a cure. My main reason for continuing with the series was to understand what WICKED’s motives were, and why they’d taken the boys into the Maze in the first place. With ‘The Scorch Trials’, the fate of my reading enjoyment was left solely in the hands of James Dashner. I knew what to expect with ‘The Maze Runner’ and wasn’t that surprised with the changes the movie made. I was a little bit worried to begin this book, because it meant venturing into new, unchartered territory. Series: The Maze Runner (#1) | The Death Cure (#3) ![]()
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