Kill Order

The Kill Order by James Dashner

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Although I quite enjoyed Maze Runner, this book billed as a prequel to the the story, did not really answer many questions except how the "flare," got started.  It also left much to be desired as far as character development.  The author spent so much time creating one disastrous episode after another for the characters to work their way through, that we didn't feel much about the characters except a little sympathy for Mark who never got a break from the horrendous action from beginning to end.  There have been a couple of middle school boys who told me they absolutely loved this book, and, I'm sure for lovers of high-action video games would be the perfect book. It was one long video game, contrived escapes and all.  But, there is definitely a point where enough is enough, and the reader (at least this reader)wants to have something more than high action. There needs to be some softness or comic relief to contrast with the action. It wasn't to be found in this book.



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