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The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)

James Dashner

Start date: October 1, 2014

Finish date: October 31, 2014

Discussion: Book Count

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Aug 02, 2014 Ivy rated it really liked it

Shelves: checked-out-from-library

This was a very interesting book. Can't wait to read the others and watch the movie!!! ...more

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Dec 10, 2014 Salma rated it it was ok

Hmm Ok here we go. This book had the potential to be a really good dystopian trilogy. Post-apocalyptic world ? CHECK ! Unsolvable mystery ? CHECK ! A little bit of romance ? CHECK. Suspense ? DOUBLE CHECK !
So why did it turn out like a quite boring and childish book ? Well first I have a hard time believing Thomas is 16 years-old. He seems like 12 or something. If the book was not filled with some gore passages I would have said it was a book for children. But it is not. Yet, the writing style ...more

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Nov 04, 2014 Bri rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: future, dystopian, fantasy, movie, first-book-in-series, 2014

There are so many thoughts going through my head right now!
Who is WICKED really?
Is WICKED good or bad?
Is Teresa really on Thomas' side, or is she somehow with WICKED?
How many groups of Maze Trials were/are there?

I'm super excited about reading the next book! I just can't believe I didn't read this sooner! I've had it in my "I need to read" pile for so long that I kind of forgot about it. Then when I finished the Unwinds series I wanted to read something else like it. I looked at all my books ...more

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Jan 06, 2015 Cheyenne rated it liked it

Shelves: books-i-own-and-read, read-2015, to-reread

The beginning of this book drug on so bad. The ending picked up and left me at a cliff hanger making the next book a must read to find out what happens.

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