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The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)

James Dashner

Start date: December 1, 2013

Finish date: December 31, 2013

Why we're reading this: Voted as December BOTM
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Sep 27, 2012 Trisha rated it it was ok

I had really wanted to like this one. The idea and the world seemed well done. I think this would be an amazing movie. I think it would translate so much better that way. And the language was great - lacking a lot of the "wow" factor some books take with a high amount of swear words. I loved that this one had it too, only not the cussing we're used to!

But Thomas, to me, was boring. He was just too goody goody. And when he did get mad, most times I just didn't understand why he would suddenly get ...more

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Sep 18, 2012 Trisha 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

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