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Haha good to know I wasn't alone! Yes! I can't wait for it
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Does anyone know the exact date it is realised because all I can find out is that it's released in 2016?
Does anyone know the exact date it is realised because all I can find out is that it's released in 2016?
I really liked book one. This is a dystopian novel where a bunch of kids find themselves in an unexpected situation and have to deal with it...think Lord of the flies with a dystopian/fantasy twist.What I liked: the concept, original and gripping, the voice and the humor.
What could have been better: I would have liked a deeper characterization (but that's just me) and a more cathartic ending. The book does wrap up in the end but it's mostly geared toward making you read the second one.
Reads like: to me this book was in the same league as the divergent, if you liked that go for it!
I recommend it,
Enjoy ^_^
I was disappointed in the lack of character development... But I posted this on The Maze Runner Wiki, so I thought you guys would like to read it (it;s a bit long):Other than comparing it to the book, you should also just look at it as a movie all on it's own, without comparing it to the book. By doing that, you can ask yourself if the there were plot-holes, if the ending was good, if the acting was good or if the movie was just generally good/okay/bad. If so, then the director has made a good/okay/bad movie, not a good/okay/bad movie compared to the book. It is a completely different matter when comparing movies to the books their based on. There are three subjects/matters:
1. Was the movie good on it's own?
2. Was the movie good compared to the book?
3. Was the book good compared to the movie?
For question number 1: Like I said before, for this question, you're not supposed to compare it to the book. Imagine there was no book. See if it was a good movie in general. Was it rushed? Not enough happened? Was something missing? Any plot-holes? How was the acting? The setting? This way, you'll judge the movie all on it's own and see if it was good.
For question number 2: Leaving out major/little details doesn't make a movie bad. Most prefer it to be like the book, though, and seeing differences makes them dislike the movie. And that's okay, but like I said, it's good to analyze the movie on it's own as well. Even though it can be hard when you've already read the book. So you can ask people who haven't read the book but watched the movie what they thought. It's not accurate, but it can give you some ideas that you may have missed due to your blind hatred towards the movie's differences. The movie can be different compared to the book, it doesn't mean the movie was bad. A lot changed in "The Maze Runner" movie, did it make it bad? Some people think so. And that's totally fine. Some people think not. And that's totally fine. You're comparing, and any answer is the right answer. That's the question: Was the movie good compared to the book?
For question number 3: Some people think that book-based movies can be better than the books sometimes. Personally, I think books are usually better than the movies, but it doesn't mean I haven't seen movies which were as good as the books. That's another point; was the movie as good as or better than the book? There's a difference. There are many movies, which, as they say, "kill" the books...not in a good way. But there are plenty of movies where the movie compliments the book, and you loved it and you'd even watch it again because it wasn't bad. Than there are movies that are better than the books. Personally I think they are rare, but I do know a few. I think the movie "The Bridge to Terabithia" was better than the book.
in this case of the maze runner series the book I have to admit was better than the movie but Scorch Trials was to me personally the movie was better but I thought that only because I'm a very visual person when it comes to action type books and stuff so ya
I loved this triology and recommend it to everyone..The Death Cure will realease on 17 feb 2017, i guess.
Sikhandi (Teresa) wrote: "Okay so i haven't read this but i will soon . Have you guys read it? Theres been a lot of buzz surrounding this so I'm guessing that it's good. Also .. the movie is out . Thoughts?"I've read it, and the rest of the books in the series and they are all amazing. The first prequel doesn't follow the main characters which is why I think they are writing a second one called the fever code. The movie is equally as good although none of the glade swear words are used like they are in the book. I would recommend both reading and watching the series as they both bring different things to the table and compliment each other. Tell me what you think of the book when you read it.
This series is my favorite! And the fever code is great too. Though I want to kill James Dashner because he killed Newt
Thomas wrote: "This series is my favorite! And the fever code is great too. Though I want to kill James Dashner because he killed Newt" I could not agree more. Like how dare he, Newt was such a great character!
Lucy wrote: "Thomas wrote: "This series is my favorite! And the fever code is great too. Though I want to kill James Dashner because he killed Newt" I could not agree more. Like how dare he, Newt was such a gre..."Yeah right. If there's one thing I learned in my entire life that is, authors are professional killers
Thomas wrote: "Lucy wrote: "Thomas wrote: "This series is my favorite! And the fever code is great too. Though I want to kill James Dashner because he killed Newt" I could not agree more. Like how dare he, Newt w..." Preach Thomas, Preach!
This series has always been on my top list of favorite books. It is one of the first books I ever read. Minho is my favorite chapter in this series although I love Newt too. It is a definite yes to whoever is thinking about reading. I have met the author and he is really cool and funny. I think just meeting this guy made me love the books so much more.
Skyler wrote: "This series has always been on my top list of favorite books. It is one of the first books I ever read. Minho is my favorite chapter in this series although I love Newt too. It is a definite yes to..."You are so lucky! I've always wanted to meet him but sadly I can't unless he comes to England. My favourite character is definitely Newt and his ending made me so sad, but I do love Minho (especially his humour), Thomas and George as well.
Yea it was a very exciting experience I went to see him in California with my sisters. There were many other YA authors that we saw and talked to but seeing and talking to him was the best. Hope you get to see him one day!
Warning this is a long comment lol I talk about how I felt about each book in the series and it does contain spoilers (which I know are fair game, but I think it's nice to warn people anyway). I really enjoyed the first book in the series (The Maze Runner) I thought the world Dashner created was interesting and I really liked the concept of these kids waking up in a maze with no memory just trying to figure out how to survive and why they were there in the first place. It's an enticing and unique concept. However, I'm not a huge fan of Dashner's writing. I wanted more characterization. I found it difficult to really care about most of the characters. They were just names and job descriptions. My favorite characters (as I think is true for most people) are Newt and Minho and that's because Dashner developed them a bit, gave them a personality, some humor, and flaws (Minho has a temper and a big mouth, Newt has a limp that effects how he feels about himself - how useful he is). One of my least favorite characters is Thomas, he's the main character, but it just felt like Dashner never developed him beyond what he thought a main character/ hero should be. He's curious, asks a lot of questions, is naturally good (almost too good) at surviving, wants to help people and that's about it.
Dashner's lack of characterization is a problem that continues throughout all three books. But still, I found The Maze Runner enjoyable enough to look forward to reading The Scorch Trials.
The Scorch Trials was not as good as The Maze Runner, but still interesting. The setting changes - Dashner's world develops and expands, new characters are introduced, the stakes of survival rise, and we begin to get a few answers about why these things are happening to these kids specifically. Why they have to go through these trials. However, with every question The Scorch Trials answers it raises two more in its place, and by the end of the book I was left wondering how The Death Cure could possibly answer all the questions I had, plus wrap up the overarching main plot and well as all the subplots that unfold throughout the series. The Scorch Trails also revealed another problem I have with Dashner's writing - he likes action for action's sake. It's like no one ever told him that these are characters, not puppets on a string for him to manipulate. There are things that the character's do that just make no sense, sometimes they don't even know why they do it (they just do it because they were told to) and it feels like it was just added into to the book for the sake of drama. Like when Teressa had to drag Thomas to that cave thing and make him believe that she never loved him or cared about him and was going to kill him. But it was just apart of the Trials that WICKED was making her do, and she didn't know why and had no real way to explain it to him after it was done. And the only reason for it was because WICKED wanted to see how he would react to that form of psychological torture. Because if the flare didn't make him crazy and WICKED torturing him - physically, emotionally and psychologically- didn't make him crazy, then that makes him the "CHOSEN ONE" *eye roll*
I did not like The Death Cure. The Death Cure made me angry from like the first chapter. Thomas barely has any characterization throughout all three books. But the little he has is literally thrown away in the first chapter of The Death Cure. One of Thomas's defining traits is his curiosity, his hunger for answers, his drive to find out who he and the rest of the Glader's are and get his memories back. And this is what's offered to him at the beginning of The Death Cure. Answers. Answers that Thomas (and by extension me the reader) have been waiting for since he first woke up in that box in The Maze Runner. AND HE TURNS THEM DOWN!!!!! WHAAAAATTTT?? Basically Wicked implanted a tracking chip in all the Glader's brains that also blocks their memories. Wicked offers to remove the chip, but Thomas, Minho, and Newt say no. Que Dashner pulling his puppets strings again. You can't just change a character's character to suit your plot line. Especially when like si chapter's later you have them get the tracking chips removed anyway only this guy can magically do it without them getting their memories back. Just Ugghhh, so annoying. I was basically done with the book at that point, but I finished reading it anyway. Like 25 more questions are raised, barely any of the 50 questions I already had to get answered, Newt dies (which I was actually sad about because he's one of the only two characters I liked). Dashner manages to force the book along and then wraps the whole plot up in a fast, messy, half thought out way. It just felt like a mess to me.
Overall I'm glad I read the series because I was really interested in it. There were some parts of this series that really hit the mark and others that just missed it completely for me. But hey at least it evoked some emotions out of me (even if they weren't all positive ones lol) and left me with something to say about the book, which is always a good thing in my opinion.
Ericka wrote: "Warning this is a long comment lol I talk about how I felt about each book in the series and it does contain spoilers (which I know are fair game, but I think it's nice to warn people anyway). I ..."
I 100% agree.
