The Scorch Trials #4

After being chased by the crank, and escaping, Thomas and Brenda make it out of the sewers and into the town. After getting into the town, they realise that it is almost night time and have to find a place to rest for the night. They end up sleeping in an abondoned car in an alley-- bad idea from the start. When they wake up they are confronted by a large man and a woman who have weapons.  They force Thomas and Brenda into a basement of an abondoned house where a party is taking place. After wondering around for a bit , they are forced by the nameless man and woman to have a drink. It is described that it burns their throat as it goes down, and makes them pass out. When they regain conciousness, the man and woman are standing in front om Thomas and Brenda, who are tied to chairs. Soon after they wake up, Minho and Newt come bursting through the dorr with guns and shoot the woman in the face and the man in the arm. They quickly untie Thomas and Brenda and make their escape to where the rest of the gladers and Jorge are waiting, but as they are making their escape, something very bad happens to Thomas which you will have to red to find out.

Scorch trials #3

In The Scorch Trials, a lot has happened since I have last posted and I have only read about 50 pages. This reinstates my saying that the book has a lot of action. I'll start off where I last posted. After being surrounded by the people, Thomas tells the group that they can lead them to a cure for the flare (the mysterious disease in the book). I don't think I've said anything about the cure before, but when the man comes to where they are at the start of the book, he tells them that there is a cure waiting for them at the end of the road where they need to go. So, only the leaders of the group join them, leaving the others behind. They act as tour guides through the city so the gladers won't get attacked by the cranks (people who have the flare). One of the leaders names is Brenda, the other's name is Jorge. They come up with a plan to lead the gladers as safely through the city. The first place they go is into the sewers after packing up food and water for the group. When they get into the sewers, they eat their first meal, and Thomas tries to separate himself from the rest of the group, but Brenda comes over to keep him company. After they talk for a little, part of the ceiling collapses in between Thomas and Brenda and the rest of the gladers. This also separates Thomas and Brenda from the exit, forcing them to find another way out. As they travel through the sewers, they hear a tapping sound that continually gets louder, then when they turn around to look, a crank is standing about 10 feet behind them. They start to run, but the crank alerts more of his friends to chase Thomas and Brenda. When they finally find a place to hide, a crank barges into the room, unknowing where they are. I know what happens, but don't want to spoil it, so I hope you get out and read for yourself!

Recommendation for The Scorch Trials

So far in the book, it is very exciting and very fast paced. It is interesting because at every turn of a page, something is happening. If it it is boring one moment, the very next sentence, something will happen. Out of five stars, I would give this book a 4.5. It is for either gender because there is a little bit of a love story going on within the story and, at the same time, it is an action/sci-fi book. This book is a continuation of the first one, and the main thing that the characters are trying to to is remember who they are and what is happening in the world around them.

The Scorch trials #2

Now that I am halfway through The Scorch Trials, there is a lot more detail about the world outside of the glade (the place from the first book). This book is still as fast-paced as the beginning and I am liking that about this series. Details that Thomas remembered in the start of the book are now making sense. Like a deadly disease that is spread out across the world called the scorch. This disease is just coming into detail, and some people that they just met are saying things about the scorch and a lot of other things that will probably come to light at the end of the book. So, i'll start where I left off from my first post. Thomas and his friends are trapped in the building for three days without food until one day a strange man comes to the building and gives them food and directs them to follow a path that leads to a desert. After he is done giving details about their "trial," he vanishes. The next morning the boys pack up and leave for the desert, facing impossible odds as they approach a far off city. But, as they approach the city, Thomas spots Theresa(the girl from the first book) and goes to her. She tells him how she got taken away from his group and how she is now with group B. After she is done talking to Thomas, she forces him to leave and get back to his group. After this event they get into the city and are surrounded by a group of people from the city. This is where I am in the book. So far this is a very good series and I hope you get out there and enjoy it for yourself.

The Scorch Trials

I have recently finished The Maze Runner by James Dashner, and it was a pretty good book. After reading that, I started reading the second book in the series, The Scorch Trials. So far, it is very interesting. The action starts out very quickly rather than the first book where the beginning was very drug out. It is a sci- fi book just like The Maze Runner. I like these kinds of books that start out fast, continuing from the previous book. So far, it is one of the kinds of sequels worth reading. There is a mystery from the very beginning with the disappearance of  one of the main characters which was the only girl in the glade (where Thomas was before the end of the first book). The gladers are trapped in a building with a strange boy who says he is in group B and replaced the girl from the first book. That is the main story line from where I am and I am very excited to read this book. Stay tuned to find out more.

Maze Runner #2

I have just finished the book The Maze Runner, and overall, it was a very good book. I saw my last post and saw some people wanted to read it, so i won't reveal the end, but tell how the main character, Thomas, developed over the course of the book. The setting starts out in a very dark box with little light, and Thomas doesn't know who he is. When he is lifted up to a place called the Glade, he meets two of the other main characters, Alby and Newt. After he is introduced to everybody, he meets Chuck, his best friend throughout the book. After this, he stars gaining memories about the world and other things he has forgotten. Basic things such as what things are called, and partially how and why he is there. When Thomas goes out into the maze, he remembers that he was part of the team that built the maze. Then a girl comes to the maze, which he remembers, but doesn't remember where she was from. By the end of the book, he remembers enough to escape the maze, but an immense challenge arises which you will have to read to find out.

The Maze Runner post 1

       The book I've been reading is something everyone has heard of, James Dashner's The Maze Runner. It starts out slowly, and the beginning it is very drug out, but it quickly picks up. It is much like the book Robopocalypse in how the main characters are trying to dodge killing machines and fighting for their lives. Only halfway through the book, The Maze Runner is a very action-packed book and a good page turner. At the part I'm reading, Thomas and two of his friends are stuck in the maze with killing machines called grievers and Thomas sees one in the distance. I predict that Thomas will run away and try to find a way to stop them, or just try and run until morning when the grievers go back into hiding. This book kind of relates to the early stages of the holocaust because Thomas and 23 other boys are put into the maze by other people to try and cure a disease. This is much like what Hitler was trying to do when he segregated the Jews. He thought they were a disease that would spread, but they really weren't. Chuck, Thomas' best friend in the book is like me. He is a bit on the chubby side and can't run. He is also a lot shorter than most of the guys there. I only say the short part because I used to be really short.  Thank you for reading.