Genre: YA Dystopian
The Maze Runner Series, Book 2
Note: This is the second book in a series. You've been warned...
Description (taken from James Dashner's website):
This one was definitely not exactly like the movie, unlike the first book. I was kind of excited to see that movie led me down an entirely different direction than the book was starting out. The Gladers have gotten out of the Maze and found shelter. But in reality, they haven't. Instead, they will undergo another test where you either pass or you die. All bets are off in this high risk dystopian world. But WICKED is trying to save the world by putting these boys through hell.
Honestly, I was happy to start this story with a new setting to see what happened. And while the story did evolve more, it still felt exactly like the first book. We're in a maze completing a mission. Only it's a desert town instead of a maze. And there are psychos on the loose. I guess I have mixed feelings about this. Yes, the story was easy to follow. But no, I don't really like Thomas. I just don't. But I'm still going to finish the series.
Maybe with the next book, I'll be able to say I read it before the movie came out. Although I'm worried it's going to follow closer to the movie since the second book obviously didn't. Meh, it's a dystopian series...
Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end.
Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch.
There are no rules. There is no help. You either make it or you die.
The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch—the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.
Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be broken. All bets are off.
There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers’ destruction—and they’re determined to survive.
This one was definitely not exactly like the movie, unlike the first book. I was kind of excited to see that movie led me down an entirely different direction than the book was starting out. The Gladers have gotten out of the Maze and found shelter. But in reality, they haven't. Instead, they will undergo another test where you either pass or you die. All bets are off in this high risk dystopian world. But WICKED is trying to save the world by putting these boys through hell.
Honestly, I was happy to start this story with a new setting to see what happened. And while the story did evolve more, it still felt exactly like the first book. We're in a maze completing a mission. Only it's a desert town instead of a maze. And there are psychos on the loose. I guess I have mixed feelings about this. Yes, the story was easy to follow. But no, I don't really like Thomas. I just don't. But I'm still going to finish the series.
Maybe with the next book, I'll be able to say I read it before the movie came out. Although I'm worried it's going to follow closer to the movie since the second book obviously didn't. Meh, it's a dystopian series...
You're right, it felt a lot like the first book. The third book is different, but you'll have to see whether you like that or not. I thought the first book was the best one in the series, but I enjoyed them all for the most part.
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