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Trisha
Sep 18, 2012 rated it liked it
Shelves: ya, dystopian
Mediocre at best, this clunky dystopian novel is a cross between "The Lord of the Flies" and "The Hunger Games". It's about a group of teenagers trapped within the confines of a maze with their memories wiped clean. The authors writing style is pretty basic with little description and some confusing action sequences that are hard to get a picture of. The dialogue is weak and unrealistic, its hard to imagine teenagers actually talking like that. There is also the annoying distraction of the made ...more
Snuffles
Oct 28, 2017 rated it really liked it
This book has been on my kindle for ages. I think I got it either for free or for 99 cent some point... years ago. Why did it take me so long to read it? Because I went through a phase of prefering paper books again. Now am back to my kindle and after finished a book I bought recently I went through my kindle and 'stumbled' over this one. [I just checked and I bought it in March 2014 for 1.09€ XD)

Long story short, I went into this book knowing nothing about it, apart from the fact that there was
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Amber
Jun 12, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: ya, books-and-film
My 14-year old was so engrossed in the book that he read it in less than 2 hours. Then he begged me to go to the store and buy the other two books in the series.
Dina
Jun 08, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Aug 03, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Feb 26, 2013 marked it as to-read
Kari
Mar 03, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Nicole
Mar 08, 2013 rated it liked it
Shelves: own, ya, dystopian
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Aug 20, 2013 added it
Shelves: fantasy, ya
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