Title: Maze Runner
Series: Maze Runner, #1
Author: James Dashner
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: August 24, 2010
Pages: 400
Buy Link: Amazon (Paperback) | Amazon (Kindle)
Blurb:
Everything is going to change...
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls.
Just like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night they’ve closed tight. And every thirty days a new boy has been delivered in the lift.
Thomas was expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up—the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers.
Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.
Review
I don't know where I stand with this book. It was a great book, that's for sure. However, I don't know whether I enjoyed it as much as the Hunger Games. The beginning of the story felt a little slow for me. Although I did enjoy the short chapters. It made me feel like the story was going faster than it really was.
Thomas was the boy who changed everything. When he arrived, everything changed - for the worse. The writing in this book was somehow very vivid, even though basic words were used. The author did something I can't put my finger on that allowed me to picture every single brutal scene in the Glade. It was as if I could see it clearly in a television monitor. It was weird and awesome at the same time.
References to the second and third book was also great. I appreciated the subtlety of it. Even though this was a dystopian story, the Gladers seemed to have had a good life in two years. Yes, there was the fear of dying, but they lived comfortably with good food and good weather in the Glade. Of course, all of that changed when Thomas arrived.
The whole idea of the maze was sick. The people behind it was sick. To think that adults would do such a thing to children was a scary thought. This book kind of reminded me of the Lord of the Flies in the beginning. Not sure why, especially because the Gladers didn't go and kill each other for survival. I think it was the all boys plot with an exception of the girl that arrived after Thomas.
Overall, I enjoyed this book. I'm not in a hurry to get the second book, though. My mind needs a break from the intense world of the maze.
Have you read Maze Runner? What did you think of it?
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