The Scorch Trials Review

I am always apprehensive when continuing a series.  I often fear I will be let down and no longer want to continue.  I had all of the apprehension wiped away within minutes of starting The Scorch Trials!

The book begins within hours of Tom, Teresa, and the other Gladers escape from the maze.  Their time of relief is short lived when Tom discovers that Teresa is missing and a strange man in white explains they will be moving on to the next phase.  Included in the next phase, they have all been given a disease which is used to influence any of them who might want to not participate in the next phase.  They also notice they have all been tattooed with what part they will play in the next phase.  Thomas has been labeled “to be killed by Group B.”

As they move through the Scorch, they are met with many different types of enemies.  They meet the people who have gone crazy from the disease, the girls from Group B, and many other wonderful creatures created by WICKED.  More of Thomas’s memories return but he still can’t figure out the part he played in the creation of the maze and he still can’t find Teresa.  He and the Gladers also find other allies to help them reach the safe point, hopefully before time runs out.

This book is even more action packed than The Maze Runner.  It keeps the reader on their toes and always guessing what will happen next.  Another major influence of the book is the sense of not being able to trust anyone, and when it comes to Thomas, that includes himself.  Readers will not be disappointed in the second installment of the series.