Monday, October 24, 2011

The Maze Runner


At first the cover made me think, "Ew. This must be a weird book..." but then I desided to give it a chance... and it was GREAT.

Goodreads: "Imagine waking up one day in total darkness, unsure of where you are and unable to remember anything about yourself except your first name. You're in a bizarre place devoid of adults called the Glade. The Glade is an enclosed structure with a jail, a graveyard, a slaughterhouse, living quarters, and gardens. And no way out. Outside the Glade is the Maze, and every day some of the kids -- the Runners -- venture into the labyrinth, trying to map the ever-changing pattern of walls in an attempt to find an exit from this hellish place. So far, no one has figured it out. And not all of the Runners return from their daily exertions, victims of the maniacal Grievers, part animal, part mechanical killing machines.

Thomas is the newest arrival to the Glade in this Truman-meets-Lord of the Flies tale. A motley crew of half a dozen kids is all he has to guide him in this strange world. As soon as he arrives, unusual things begin to happen, and the others grow suspicious of him. Though the Maze seems somehow familiar to Thomas, he's unable to make sense of the place, despite his extraordinary abilities as a Runner. What is this place, and
does Thomas hold the key to finding a way out?

In The Maze Runner, Dashner has crafted a creative and engaging novel that's both mysterious and thought provoking."

This is a realllllly good book!! Go Read It!!

The beginning was sort of slow... but then a little ways into the book it suddenly became 123456X better. I was around page 50ish when I started reading around 7-8 at night... and then I didn't stop that night till I finished it. It was THAT good.

The ending is sort of emotional and leaves a lot to work with for making more books (Which the author did.)
I'm probably going to read the next ones ASAP!(:

I'll rate it around a 8 or a 9/10

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