![]() Up until then, it was relatively easy to ignore things like the pointless secrecy (Wait.why can't anybody just give a quick summary and debrief the new guy so he doesn't screw everything up out of ignorance?), or the total lack of backstory on the main and side characters.Ī lone female character is introduced, which did shake up the social landscape a bit-but not as much as I would have expected. (Maybe it did a number on his personality as well-who knows?) Not until the middle did things begin to sag. Thomas is a bit bland, but not unlikeable.and you tend to give him a break over the whole mind-wipe thing. ![]() The story started out at a very readable, rapid clip, with well executed action scenes that carried things steadily forward. (And that can't really be revealed without ruling out several possible theories readers will most likely come up with in an increasingly desperate attempt to explain the setting and circumstances.) This reader actually wasn't sure what sub-genre this book was (dystopian or sci-fi?) up until the very end. Thomas promptly proves to be an unwitting herald for “the end” of life as they boys have come to know it.Īnd that's about as far as I can go without dropping spoilers left and right due to the “whodunnit?”/“whytheydunnit?” plot setup. The Creators are, presumably, those responsible for the bizarre social experiment going on, and the deadly maze-like conditions found outside of the “Glade” where the boys have established their own quasi-civilization. He is then thrust into a contained farm-like environment with somewhere around sixty other boys who've all been inflicted with the same amnesic condition by forces the boys refer to as the “Creators.” Thomas awakens in an elevator-like box, unable to remember anything personal about himself aside from his name. Readers start out with a blank slate-or nearly-in the teenage character of Thomas. “ Heart pounding to the very last moment.Maze Runner has an intriguing premise. “Breathless, cinematic action.”- Publishers Weekly “Wonderful action writing -fast-paced…but smart and well observed.” - Newsday " mysterious survival saga that passionate fans describe as a fusion of Lord of the Flies, The Hunger Games, and Lost."- EW The first and second books, The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials, are now major motion pictures, with the third- The Death Cure-coming to theaters in 2018, and feature the star of MTV's Teen Wolf, Dylan O'Brien Kaya Scodelario Aml Ameen Will Poulter and Thomas Brodie-Sangster! Also look for James Dashner's newest bestselling series-The Mortality Doctrine: The Eye of Minds, The Rule of Thoughts, and The Game of Lives.Ī Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the YearĪn ALA-YASLA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book Join Thomas and the Gladers in all five books in the Maze Runner series as they uncover the secrets of the maze discover WICKED, the shadowy organization who put them there and fight to survive in a new and dangerous world.Įnter the World of the Maze Runner series and never stop running. It's the only way out-and no one's ever made it through alive. Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. He's welcomed to his new home, the Glade, by strangers-boys whose memories are also gone. ![]() When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. ![]() A must-have gift for every collection-from the die-hard Maze Runner fan to the YA book lover just coming to the series to the binge reader who’s catching up before The Death Cure movie hits theaters in 2018! This boxed set has all of the books in the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series: The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure, The Kill Order, and The Fever Code. ![]()
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