Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

12 reviews

yashaflwrs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

this whole book got me worried abt newt & minho all the time oml. a very great read, forced me to imagine all the scenarios they were in (which was hard sometimes as a non-english speaker). although i still did  luv the world-building on this one! it’s a great sequel to the first book & opened the world into more dangerous paths than they were in before (from being trapped in a box to exploring the outside desolate unknown). still can’t believe how cruel W.I.C.K.E.D. is to a bunch of teenagers & using them as the cure to justify their bloody crimes like how much more do u want them to suffer just to get ur results …. can’t wait to get my hands on the third book <3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Confinement, Medical content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

ironseaweed's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This is personally, my least favorite out of the main series, but definitely worth while. I heard if you watch the movies before you read the books it’s more challenging to get through. I didn’t watch the movies before the books, and I absolutely loved it! Would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

There is gore. If you don’t like to read those kind of topics I’d not recommend.

guccishoestrings's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Easily the best book in the series and a big step up from the first book. The world grows much bigger and the mystery of why the world is the way it is makes for an intriguing and tense story. The big twist at the end was weird and still is weird to me to this day but I would not say it was bad.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

bookworm_123_456's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

bella_01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed reading this book, I actually preferred it to the first book in the series. The plot was super interesting and unpredictable, so I got invested easily. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

chelseeaa's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Forced institutionalization

summerem's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I enjoyed this sequel to the Maze Runner, but not more than the first book itself. This book feels like a bridge between the first book and (hopefully) the resolutions in the third book, in a bit of an unnecessary way. The way that it was written and the events in this book feel like it either should have been fleshed out more with less repetitive situations and narrations, and more details about what the heck is actually going on in the world- or should have been combined with the third book (granted, I have not read the third book yet, but I'm assuming we find out more about all the questions we have there). 
The narrative is a bit repetitive, with Thomas having the same thought processes more than once. 
I can definitely feel that Thomas is a teenager with the way his feelings change every five minutes about something. I'm not sure if that's on purpose or a result of the writing style, but I enjoyed this book nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Murder

izzyvioletgrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

An amazing book, better than the first. Can’t wait to read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sparkle5g's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail