Book Review - "The Kill Order" (No spoilers)

(This book review doesn't give any plot information about the book.)

I got the fourth book in a series called The Maze Runner, The Kill Order. It's a prequel to the first three, set 13 years before the first book. I got it for Christmas and started it the day after. I finished it in 3 days, that's how much it sucked me in. The entire series (The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure, The Kill Order, respectively) was written by James Dashner.

The Kill Order is the latest book. It was released this year. And that's what I'm reviewing.

A basic premise: The Earth suffered terrible sun flares a year ago. Mark and Trina survived them. But now, a virus is beginning to spread all across the eastern United States. A disease of absolute madness. And it's mutating.

Pro - The book was very intense and action-packed. Any book that's like that will suck me in.

Pro - The characters were likable. He did a good job of making me care for the good people.

Con - The author's writing style sometimes annoys me. He will often write "the boy," "the girl," etc. in reference to the person he's writing about, instead of using "he" or "she." Why there shouldn't be anything wrong with doing that, he does it all the time.

I'd recommend picking up the first book, The Maze Runner, at the library, and giving it a go.

PARENTAL INFORMATION:
I'd rate this book PG-13. It is very violent. Very violent. The entire virus part may especially affect young children. The language is okay, only uses a slight bit of the least inappropriate profanity. There is only a little drug mentioning in the book.

All relationships are appropriate.

Before the Year Wraps Up...

2012 draws to a close in a few days. But before it ends, I want to mention some highlights from this year.

This blog was created, first of all.

And second of all, the world didn't end on December 21st. I didn't really expect it to.

So, coming into 2013, I'm going to make it a goal to write posts on this blog more frequently. As a matter of fact, I'm going to start writing ideas down after I finish this blog post.

To all readers of this blog, you all are really awesome people. Really.

NaNoWriMo: Final Words

I completed NaNoWriMo on the 28th of November. Yes, I wrote a 50,000+ word novel. But for some people, they had a comeback story, or some other exciting finish of NaNoWriMo. Some didn't even finish.

If you didn't finish, good job for attempting! Not many average people would say "yes" to writing a novel in a month. Hey, maybe next year!

For those who did finish, great job for what you have accomplished! Whether it was hard work or easy work for you, whether you came back from almost not winning, good job!

If you had a comeback or some other interesting story of how you won NaNoWriMo or almost came back but just couldn't win, come here and share it! I'd love to hear them!