Hey People,
So, usually, I write on this blog about current events that I hear about on the news, or talk radio. But I was asked to write a book review for English class, so I figured I'd write it here. It's my opinion, and this is my blog, so I figured "Why not?"
This past week I read a book called "The Scorch Trials" by James Dashner. It's the sequel to a book I read this summer, called "The Maze Runner" The Maze Runner was the story of a boy named Thomas, who finds himself in the middle of a maze, along with a bunch of other boys his age. A new boy is brought into what they call "The glade" every month, in "The box" with supplies. The boy has no idea where he came from, and where he is now, but only knows his first name. But Thomas was a different boy. Only days after Thomas's arrival, a girl shows up in the maze. Things begin to change for the "Gladers" and desperation to get out of this maze rises. The gladers must work together to find their way out of the maze, while fighting "Grievers". Monsters in the maze that are almost part robot, part flesh. One sting, and you go into "The changing". A painful, dreadful sickness that tortures your body. And after, you are "changed". My book, The scorch trials, comes after the maze, after they've escaped. Now, some people may say that you give it away by saying they escaped. But I didn't say who escaped, and I didn't say how. Come on, obviously they had to escape sometime, or else it wouldn't be a very good book. Anyways, after their escape, they come into the real world to find that Sun Flares are destroying man kind, and an incurable virus called "The Flare" has spread amongst the people of Earth. The few remaining people banded together to form "WICKED", a government that was put together to try and stop this virus. WICKED is running tests on the children of the Glade, and the Gladers aren't to happy. Their next objective, is to travel across the baron wasteland to the "Safe Haven" within 2 weeks. Can they do it, can they save the Human Race"?
I would give this book a 5 out of 5 stars. I couldn't put it down, and I was dissapointed when I finished it, knowing I would have to wait for the next book to come out. To quote my school librarian, " It would make a great video game". I recommend it to anyone who likes an adventure book. (although, you have to read Maze Runner first. My school librarian, while she loved it, hadn't read The Maze Runner first, and was a little confused at some parts).
I anxiously await the next book in the series, to find out what happens to Thomas and his friends.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
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