Scorch Trials

The Scorch Trials might be a book that has fantasy has magic, but there’s something about it that gives you the sense that you’re in the book. How can something that you know will never come true, draw you in to the point that you can’t tell if you’re reading about a scene, or living a nightmare. I think that is the real appeal to a book like this, because there is so many of its kind, that have a fantasy setting with suspense and action, but not many of those books can seem down to earth. Not many fantasy books make me feel like I could actually be a character in the story, walk with the characters, talk with the characters, and live with the characters.

                In short, Scorch Trials is the second book in the Maze Runners Trilogy. In the first book there is a group of boys and one girl caught in what is called the Maze. The main character of the book is Thomas a boy who started a chain of events when he showed up that no one could understand, which included the first and only girl to be in the Maze, Teresa. Thomas really only had 2 friends when he got to the Maze, Teresa and Chuck. Chuck was the kid that no one really liked, and tried desperately to make friends. This is one of the  connections that I think everyone can make to the book.

                Think about the toughest time in your life, or even just the one time you something so embarrassing that you didn’t want anybody to make fun of you. Now, how many of your friends stood by you right then and there, never wavered. Then, how many of your friends joined the crowd, and then showed up when everything had cleared up, when no one remembered the latest mishap. Now, my guess is that you had one maybe 2 or 3 if you’re lucky that came to your side. That’s what Chuck was to Thomas, Chuck never wavered from Thomas’ side, no matter what came his way because of it. Then imagine losing that friend, imagine losing your Chuck. Most people lose a friend because they move, or you switch schools, but Thomas lost Chuck because he was killed. Now Thomas has to try and sleep at night knowing that his best friend was killed. Imagine that, then think about your brother or sister being brain washed to believe that they never had known you.

                That was what Thomas was dealing with after Teresa was taken. Teresa and Thomas had a special relationship, because they could communicate telepathically, meaning they could talk just to each other in the others mind, but Teresa was taken away and was brainwashed to believe she didn’t know Thomas at all. So what would you do to cope with such a tragedy as this.

                As you can see, there are many ways you can put yourself into the book to make connections with the characters. I truly think this is what makes a book good, when you can find ways to implement yourself into a world that is as impossible as any.