Independent Reading Book Reflection- The Kill Order

The book I read this month was the Kill Order by James Dashner. This book is the prequel to the Maze Runner trilogy. The story is about two characters, Mark and Trina, who live in a time where sun flares have scorched the Earth.Together they survived many dangers but one they are unprepared for. Named the Flare, it is a disease that gets rooted in your brain and causes rage and lunacy. Every time the disease spreads, it mutates and gets worse, killing slower and making you more insane than the last person. Yet the characters find that the illness may not have come from natural causes. The rest of the book is about how Mark and Trina fight to find a cure and the suspicious origin of the disease, without infecting themselves or the loved ones around them.
I chose to read this book because I had previously read the Maze Runner and the other books in the trilogy and enjoyed them. Due to this, I thought it would be interesting to read about how the scene for the Maze Runner was set. I found it a little violent but it was overall a very good read with its faced paced and unpredictable storyline.This connects to American Culture because it demonstrates that people are willing to do whatever it takes to get loved ones out of harms way through Mark and Trina's determination to get Alec, Deedee and the others of their group to safety. Also perseverance is shown. Many times the characters wanted to give up because something was too hard or they were too tired. Yet they did everything within their power to keep going and give humanity a chance.