The Scorch Trials

Like the book before, the story becomes more interesting in the second half/last chapters of the book.

There is some forced escalation of trust issues between certain characters (Thomas and Teresa) that never felt too serious. It was easy to predict how things would go in the end.

One thing that annoyed me was the repetition. There are too many sentences conveying feelings that were already expressed numerous times (I lost count of the times that Thomas said he felt guilty for Teresa about being with Brenda).

It is an alright book, probably better than the first, with more visual and visceral scenes that better depict the world, I think, the writer is trying to expose.

The former had the labyrinth enigma/puzzle as its main focus, while this one focuses more on the relationship between the characters and trust feelings.

Let's see how the third one goes and wraps it up.