Hey, guys!
I haven't talked much about James Dashner since I started this blog and since the movie is coming out soon (so excited!) I thought I would devote a blog to The Maze Runner.
This was actually the first book I read by Dashner and I absolutely fell in love with his style. He is now one of my favorite authors and I am currently anxiously awaiting the upcoming film for The Maze Runner and the sequel to Eye of Minds, which, if you guys remember, is the first book I ever reviewed on this blog. Where did the time go?
So, imagine this. You wake up in this very loud and very small elevator that is rapidly ascending you towards your destination. It's dark but for the bright light above you.
As if that wasn't weird enough, there's even more of a twist: you can't remember anything about yourself. You remember details about how the world works, social gatherings, and family life, but you don't remember anything personal.
You completely forget who your parents and friends are, where you went to school, and what your life has been like up to this point. In fact, the only thing you do remember is your first name.
That's what it's like for Thomas, who wakes up in The Box. Then the elevator stops and he finds a rag-tag bunch of teen boys, also known as Gladers, staring down at him. They don't seem at all perplexed and they welcome him more or less with open arms.
When Thomas crawls out of the Box, he finds himself in the Glade, a large square space with walls on all sides and a massive opening on each side. The Glade is dedicated to the boys' living space: gardens, pens, slaughterhouses, homestead, kitchen, and (eerily enough) graveyard.
Every week, the Gladers receive supplies from whomever controls their world in the Box. Every month, a new Glader arrives in the Box, like Thomas.
Thomas gets the grand tour from Newt (the oldest boy and the leader) and Chuck (the newest boy before Thomas arrived and the youngest Glader). But Thomas has more questions. Why are they there? What lies beyond the Glade?
Well, there's really no answer to the former. However, each boy is assigned a job in the Glade, and one of these jobs is dedicated to answering the latter question.
Beyond the Glade is the maze, which changes every night after the gates close. The maze runners perform their duty by running through the maze and seeing if there is any way to solve it. That's what Thomas wants to do: solve the maze and get out. The maze runners run as far as they can in one day and come back before the gates close.
And you don't want to be out in the maze after dark with no way out. That's when the Grievers, horrifying creatures, come out to play.
Thomas is starting to adjust to life in the Glade when something even stranger happens. The day after Thomas arrives, the Box makes an unscheduled visit. A new Glader has arrived. But this time, it's a girl.
She arrives, recognizes Thomas, and immediately slips into a coma. In her hand is a note from the creators of the maze. No more Gladers and no more supplies will be arriving. They must solve the maze.
As you can imagine, there's a lot of suspicion geared towards Thomas because of this. But now Thomas is as frantic as ever to try to solve the maze. But is time against him? Will the Gladers survive? Read the book before you see the movie and find out for yourself.
I highly recommend this book for high school students and beyond. Anybody will get a kick out of this series. True to Dashner style, this book is fast-paced, action-packed, and absolutely brimming with cliff-hangers and tension. If you love action, puzzles, and post-apocalyptic worlds, this book is for you. Fans of The Hunger Games will also enjoy this.
I cannot emphasize enough how much I love this series and how badly I want to see the movie. I'll let you guys know what I think when I do see it.
Hope you enjoyed this review and that you'll come running back for more. Until next time.
Happy reading!!
I haven't talked much about James Dashner since I started this blog and since the movie is coming out soon (so excited!) I thought I would devote a blog to The Maze Runner.
This was actually the first book I read by Dashner and I absolutely fell in love with his style. He is now one of my favorite authors and I am currently anxiously awaiting the upcoming film for The Maze Runner and the sequel to Eye of Minds, which, if you guys remember, is the first book I ever reviewed on this blog. Where did the time go?
So, imagine this. You wake up in this very loud and very small elevator that is rapidly ascending you towards your destination. It's dark but for the bright light above you.
As if that wasn't weird enough, there's even more of a twist: you can't remember anything about yourself. You remember details about how the world works, social gatherings, and family life, but you don't remember anything personal.
You completely forget who your parents and friends are, where you went to school, and what your life has been like up to this point. In fact, the only thing you do remember is your first name.
That's what it's like for Thomas, who wakes up in The Box. Then the elevator stops and he finds a rag-tag bunch of teen boys, also known as Gladers, staring down at him. They don't seem at all perplexed and they welcome him more or less with open arms.
When Thomas crawls out of the Box, he finds himself in the Glade, a large square space with walls on all sides and a massive opening on each side. The Glade is dedicated to the boys' living space: gardens, pens, slaughterhouses, homestead, kitchen, and (eerily enough) graveyard.
Every week, the Gladers receive supplies from whomever controls their world in the Box. Every month, a new Glader arrives in the Box, like Thomas.
Thomas gets the grand tour from Newt (the oldest boy and the leader) and Chuck (the newest boy before Thomas arrived and the youngest Glader). But Thomas has more questions. Why are they there? What lies beyond the Glade?
Well, there's really no answer to the former. However, each boy is assigned a job in the Glade, and one of these jobs is dedicated to answering the latter question.
Beyond the Glade is the maze, which changes every night after the gates close. The maze runners perform their duty by running through the maze and seeing if there is any way to solve it. That's what Thomas wants to do: solve the maze and get out. The maze runners run as far as they can in one day and come back before the gates close.
And you don't want to be out in the maze after dark with no way out. That's when the Grievers, horrifying creatures, come out to play.
Thomas is starting to adjust to life in the Glade when something even stranger happens. The day after Thomas arrives, the Box makes an unscheduled visit. A new Glader has arrived. But this time, it's a girl.
She arrives, recognizes Thomas, and immediately slips into a coma. In her hand is a note from the creators of the maze. No more Gladers and no more supplies will be arriving. They must solve the maze.
As you can imagine, there's a lot of suspicion geared towards Thomas because of this. But now Thomas is as frantic as ever to try to solve the maze. But is time against him? Will the Gladers survive? Read the book before you see the movie and find out for yourself.
I highly recommend this book for high school students and beyond. Anybody will get a kick out of this series. True to Dashner style, this book is fast-paced, action-packed, and absolutely brimming with cliff-hangers and tension. If you love action, puzzles, and post-apocalyptic worlds, this book is for you. Fans of The Hunger Games will also enjoy this.
I cannot emphasize enough how much I love this series and how badly I want to see the movie. I'll let you guys know what I think when I do see it.
Hope you enjoyed this review and that you'll come running back for more. Until next time.
Happy reading!!
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