The Maze Runner

[Ethan]

The Maze Runner: By James Dashner
Reviewed by Ethan Amos

The Maze Runner is an excellently explained book showing struggle, loss, and hardship. The book starts with a young 15-year-old boy name Thomas who awakes to a field of only boys, surrounded by towering walls that not even King Kong could climb. Not knowing how he got there, who he is, and who everyone is around him. Thomas is forced to adapt to his new life inside the walls. Making many friends and enemies along the way, Thomas doesn’t have a clue about even his own existence. But throughout the book Thomas somehow finds a way through the thick.

My opinion of the book is that it’s my favorite one out there for as far as I know. The things I admire about the book most is what every book has, the mystery. Not knowing what or where something is before being explained. James Dashner does an excellent job in doing just that with the many examples being why are they trapped? who put them there? can they escape? What is the rest of the world like? These were all questions I had asked myself while reading this book. The character development had many twists and turns because every person in the story doesn’t know where they are, who they are, when they’re at, or even anything in any of they’re pasts because they just cannot remember as if their own memories have been abducted. As the story unravels more and more, it gets harder to put the book down. I recommend this story to anyone and everyone because every book should have a chance

[Katie]

I read the book before and watched the movie and I loved it. I love books like this that are very thrilling and interesting.

[Jackson]

i like the mystery you put in there, like they dont know that they exist, for starters.

[Michael]

I loved the maze runner movies, they had me on the edge of my seat at all times when they were being chased by the "infected"

[Ethan]

-Micheal.
I loved the movies so so much to the point i needed to read the books again!

[Ethan]

-Jackson.
The mystery is what I most love about any book and especially this one. It's probably the soul reason i read these books.

[Aidan]

I saw the movie and read the original book years ago. It was a fascinating introduction to the dystopian genre, with a very interesting premise.

[Laylah]

Very classic story, Always a good read