Gabrielle Eaton asked this question about The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1):
My friend is totally obsessed about The Maze Runner and she's having me read it. The question is...and no offense to anyone...is it really boring at the beginning cause right now this is totally dragging out. I've only gotten to the part where Teressa...is that how you spell her name IDK...is in a coma.
Saifullah The Maze Runner
Written By - Inesh Ihom Saifullah (Age 11)

There are hundreds, maybe thousands of books written in the third person every year. But ver…more
The Maze Runner
Written By - Inesh Ihom Saifullah (Age 11)

There are hundreds, maybe thousands of books written in the third person every year. But very few gained traction like the Maze Runner! It is a classic testament of dystopian fiction.

James Dashner has written a book that will make one shout with frustration, ponder on multiple cliff-hangers, chuckle with the occasional humorous comments or look back on the multiple clues he leaves to what could happen next. It has a hero (Thomas) stuck in a twisted trap, a lovable sidekick (Chuck), a feminine vigilante (Teresa) and so many action-packed scenes and plot twists that it will make the readers’ heads spin.

The Maze Runner is a book in which once you pick it up, you cannot put it down. Words of the book will draw you in like a siren’s song. The lines will hook you in like a fisherman reeling in his line.

Both Harry Potter and The Hunger Games have sadness yet filled with enormous pulling power. The Maze Runner is no exception. Death will pull on your heartstrings like no other. Anger at the villain’s (WICKED or The Creators) will fill you. But shocking clarity will stand out.

The fiction has stark similarities to the Hunger Games. Both have heroes who are placed in literally deadly games. Alliances will be made then broken and deaths will strike deep into any fan’s heart.

Thomas wakes up in a lift with the only fragment of his memory left intact is his name and he reaches an odd place surrounded by ever-changing walls with hideous half-animal, half-machine monsters inside them. Walls hundreds of feet high formed a square around them, “welcome to the Glade, shank”.

This novel has its fair share of blood, gore and violence. So, I definitely would not recommend it to the younger readers.

As “Deseret News” has stated, I wholeheartedly agree that you should take a deep breath before you start any of James Dashner’s books. “Kirkus Reviews” said that it is heart pounding to the very last moment. My thoughts are also in line with the “publisher’s weekly” that it is breathless, cinematic action.

As a kid, books were a major part of my life. I had been scolded innumerable times for hiding and reading books in class. I had complained to my mother of back pain due to a heavy bag full of story books but I did not care. I could get lost in England solving the latest crime with Sherlock Holmes or take a magic ride with Aladdin. Coupled with fantastic imagination, an incredible love for books was my superpower. But in the massive highway of the world’s technological era, I left my power behind to play video games or watch television. This book helped me to regain my superpower. My love for books and ability to imagine.

5 Starts. I am glad, I read it!
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