Book response #4: The Scorch Trials

 

 

As I've gotten further into the Scorch Trials by James Dashner, I've realized that this book is nothing like I thought it would be. Before I started reading this book I pictured it being just like the first one but instead of the maze being the puzzle it would be something else ridiculously confusing and almost impossible to solve.

 

James Dashner hasn't just grabbed my attention to this series, but he has kidnapped my interest in what book I read. For whatever book I read next, one of his will be put into consideration.

 

One thing I like about Dashner's writing is his use of different and descriptive words. Sometimes I'll have to look up what one of his weird words mean. Despite his diverse use of words, his ability to bring mystery and confusion to the audience then piece it all together in the end of the story really intrigues me.  

 

"The next few seconds were beyond strange. As soon as Thomas's hand made contact with the odd metal ball, the boy stopped moving. His arms and legs stilled and the stiffness in his twitching torso went away in an instant. Thomas felt a thick wetness on the hard sphere, oozing up from where the kid's neck should've been. He knew it was blood, could smell the coppery scent of it."

(pg.. 80)

 

I chose this passage because it shows the style of Dashner's writing. It brings out his descriptive yet kind of creepy phrases. This passage is describing what the main character Thomas is going through as one of the boys he once shared times with in the maze died.