Book Review #2

Title: Maze Runner

Author: James Dashner

Pages: 374

Genre: Dystopian

Published: 2009

 

Summary:

Every month a new boy is delivered in a lift. This time it was Thomas, he has no memory at all, no recollection of his home, parents or how he got here. When he is out of the lift he is welcomed to the Glade which is surrounded by a maze and the boys know just as much as him; every morning stone doors open up and every night the doors close. There are kids of different ages and none of them have any memories of their past.

 

The next day, something happens, a girl has arrived in the lift, this has never happened before and then there’s a message she delivers. The gladers are now convinced that if they can solve the maze, they might find their way home but it’s very difficult and more things are starting to happen. Thomas feels somehow that he knows her; that he might have some answers, if only he could know how to work out his own mind.

 

 

Writing:

The writing is very good, the details make it easier to picture it all so you can be in that world and it’s written in a narrative way so it’s not from a characters point of view but it is following Thomas, so you get to know him more and how he feels. It is written in a way that makes it easy to get into the book just after the first few pages and you will be captivated.

 

 

SPOILER ALERT!

 

 

Best part:

The best part was when they started to figure out the maze and decided to run out into the maze and find the exit, not only that but the doors had stopped closing and so much had happened so they then decided that they all would go out into the maze and fight for their lives and their freedom. It was so exciting! So much action was filled throughout that scene and so many emotions I just couldn’t put down the book for a second and when they actually found the spot where they had to jump and when they made it more stuff started to happen and there was action all the time and so many emotions.

 

 

Worst part:

The part that made me panic was when they were going to through Gally out into the maze. The way it was described in the book, plus the song I had on repeat, which was dramatic, made it all ten times worse. To have a “noose” around your neck at the end of a long pipe and be out in the maze while the others are holding that pipe so you can’t run away is just awful, and then doors were closing and he was begging for his life, I seriously felt like I was in that book and saw it all and the panic that grew inside me, I had to take a moment before I continued to read. It was just awful, I know they followed “their rules” and such but oh my God, this was definitely the scariest part of the book.

 

 

 

Rating:

 

This book was amazing! It was thrilling, exciting, kept you on the edge and just good. It had actions and he didn’t drag on and write unnecessary things, the descriptions of the scenes were enough to make you picture it in your head and there weren’t too many dialogues that were about things to just fill in the pages, instead they had meaning to them and overall this is a must-read.