By Jonathan R.
The Kill Order, written by James Dashner, is the prequel of James Dashner's The Maze Runner series. Like the rest of the series, The Kill Order is written in a third-person Point-Of-View that revolves around Mark. Since the story is in third person, we get a better sense of the people around Mark and what they are thinking or feeling. Most readers might find this both interesting and useful for the fact that they're getting a better sense of the story as a whole. The story has a few slow, fluffy moments, but mostly is filled with action, thrills, mystery or all three.
Throughout the story, Mark feels a myriad of different emotions, happiness, anger, sadness and confusion being some of the few. This is the same for Mark's, for lack of a better word, partner Alec, a retired veteran of the U.S. Army, as they run and fight in search of a cure that makes all but few go insane and die, them included. Due to the fact that the story is in third person, we get a little insight on almost everyone in the story in terms of history, personality and feelings. However this is none more so than Mark, since he is the main focus of the story as we follow him and get a glimpse of what's around him.
It's not as easy as some may think to write a story, let alone one in third person. There are many factors to consider, like the different ways you can portray a certain character and the correct ways to do so. James Dashner nails it in this series and is written well enough that they are now becoming movies!
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