The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

This book is called Scorch Trials by James Dashner. The characters are the Thomas and the Gladers. (Well actually Thomas is a glader) The Gladers are the kids that got dumped in the Glade with their no memory. In this book it turns out that the Maze is part one in a series of tests a weird organization called WICKED. The Glade is inside giant maze that opens in the morning and closes at night. Thomas mostly worries about his own problems because after they get these tattoos that tells them their place in the group all Thomas thinks about is how his tattoo says “to be killed by group B.” The setting of this book is in future America where there are sun flares that give people diseases that turn people into cranks and when you’re a full blown crank you go crazy.

Spoiler! Don’t Read The Second Paragraph If You Haven’t Read The Book

Thomas’s main problem is that he has a disease called the flare and needs to go 100 miles north to get to a safe haven where there’s a cure. An important event is when a hurricane strikes and kills lots of gladers. Another big event is when Thomas gets kidnapped by group B and Teresea is in charge of the group. Teresea is the only girl glader who Thomas can talk to in his mind if she also wants to. That is important because that means Teresea betrayed him. Also, a big event is when Thomas sees Teresea and kisses her. I think that Teresea betrayed him because of this quote: “The betrayal meant he couldn’t trust her anymore, and his heart told him he couldn’t forgive her.”

 

I enjoyed this book because most of the time it kept you on your toes and because it had lots of action. I would recommend this book to people who like mystery because this book is pretty mysterious. It is mysterious because the character doesn’t know a lot about the world he’s in. I would also recommend this book to people who like action because it has lots of action. I would rate this book 4 out of 5 stars.

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10 thoughts on “The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

  1. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I can’t wait to read this series! I have it but I want to read a few other books before I can read this. To mush suspense!

  2. Oh my god Beckett, the point of this was so people don’t see the book and toss it in the reject pile before they read it but it defeats the purpose if you have to read the book first. 😮

    • Hudson,

      I think Beckett did a good job of writing his thoughts on the book. It is difficult to write a review like this without giving away too many spoilers. I think that the way it is written now is perfect – he clearly states not to read the 2nd paragraph.

      To be honest, it does seem that there might be a couple minor spoilers in that paragraph but it isn’t that big of a deal. By the time you read the book, you won’t remember these details I’m guessing. It isn’t like he divulged who Luke Skywalker’s dad or anything!

  3. The book looks like one of those books when there is a lot of action and it is hard to keep up with the story, even though it is a good book.

  4. You should have put the warning sign before the actual book review, ’cause I could only read the first paragraph.

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