So I recently finished The Maze Runner by James Dashner, the first book in The Maze Runner trilogy and another YA dystopian novel. Similar to The Hunger Games but yet completely different so don't go hating on me for comparing them.
" When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas can remember is his first name. But he's not alone. He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade, an encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible maze.
Like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they came to be there , or what's happened to the world outside. All they know is that every morning when the walls slide back, they will risk everything to find out- even the Grievers, half-machine, half-animal horrors that hunt the Maze's walled corridors."
-A/N: Please excuse my battered copy from the library ;) -
I just want to start off and say that I did like this book but feel like I could've enjoyed it more. After I finished Frostbite (see my last booktalk) I just wanted to carry on that series so maybe that's why.
So I'm giving it an 85% becuase I did still enjoy it and will read the next book , The Scorch Trials, so that does say something.
The Maze Runner is about a boy called Thomas. He wakes up in a lift with no memories, except for his name. Technically, he can remember some things but not specifics, so he remembers what a school is but can't remember being in one or any of the people he used to know.
After the lift stops, he is brought to the Glade, a sort of field, surrounded by stone walls that close every night. These keep out these monsters called Grievers. The walls lead to a maze that surrounds the Glade and people called Runners have been trying to find an exit for 2 years.
When Thomas arrives, things start changing and odd and sometimes disturbing things happen in what was once a very structured and repetitive routine.
If you haven't read this book, I would recommend that you read it since I actually did enjoy it but it was a little hard to get into at first but once you've got to that point it just gets better.
The boys have their own sort of dialect- words that have no actual meaning for us but they use fairly regularly but once you get a few chapters in, you're pretty much a pro at.
There's also some pretty interesting twists....
Okay that's it for the non-spoiler section. Go out and read it if you haven't.
Byeeeeee!
*Warning, spoilers for The Maze Runner from this point onwards*
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So I went into this book having kinda mixed expectations, I'd heard a fair bit about it being really good and as amazing as The Hunger Games, but I'd also heard that some people didn't like it at all. But I guess some people have to hate it for others to love it.
I remember the whole mystery thing was a little off putting at first. I get that we were in Thomas' head and since he had no clue, neither did we. But at the same time I was kinda like "just tell us already!!" and not in the, "OMG I love this book!" way since it was the very beginning of the book. So as much as it does add suspense, I wish that we had maybe been told a little at first or even a cryptic flashback. But maybe that was just the mood I was in when I read it .
I really liked the whole couple of chapters when he was in the Maze- it really gave us a sense of why they have those rules in place and what really lies beyond the Glade- it finally gave me SOME info.Personally, I think that it was that scene that made me start enjoying the book more instead of being annoyed at the lack of information- it really started to progress for me then.
As for Tessa, I feel that she should've been awake sooner so that we could've got more character development there but what we did get was good. I am interested though, to see how they knew each other before their memories were removed. My theory is that he had a crush on her and was gonna ask her out right before the flare or that they were both taken and grew close but then had the memory wipe.
WICKED IS GOOD : I'm not too sure about who's the good group in this "WICKED" or the people that killed the woman and "rescued" them. I have a sneaky feeling that they're both technically "WICKED" but have slightly different views or that they are both the exact same thing and were just luring the boys ( and Tessa).
So what were your thoughts on The Maze Runner? Leave your comments below.
Bye for now,
Amber
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