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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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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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Mar 29, 2015 Emma 🌻 rated it liked it

Shelves: 50-books-4-2015

I was extremely excited to read this book as I saw the movie and really enjoyed it. The book was a bit slow at the beginning and I found it a bit hard to really get into, but around page 100 or so things began to pick up. It was a good book and I did like it, but in my opinion there wasn't really anything that special about it. I finished it in four days although I often found myself wanting to read the book so that I could finish it and read something else, rather than wanting to read it as it ...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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