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message 1: by Sheri, Bookworm (last edited Mar 31, 2012 10:38PM) (new) - rated it 4 stars

Sheri | 13547 comments Mod
Have you read this or are you planning to? What did you think?


“I've been shucked and gone to heaven.”
― James Dashner, The Maze Runner

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Raven (missy_aurora) | 0 comments I finished it May 10, 2010. and gave it three stars. The concepts where intersting but I found the language a bit confusing. Minho and Newt are my favorite characters, didn't care much for Thomas (found him a bit annoying with his useless questions) The idea for the maze was really fun and going along for the ride and trying to figure it out. The ending was sad, but now two years later I'm reading the sequel which is slightly better once you get past the first 40 pages.


Holly I loved it!!! I was bawling my eyes out for what happened to Chuck. :( Poor Chuck...


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Mercy Walker | 10 comments My best friend gave me this book for Christmas. I keep on looking at it and thinking, Distopian YA...I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and start reading it.


Juliana (julezrussell) I
Love
This
Book


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) Going to read it this month.


message 7: by Tawna (last edited Apr 04, 2012 12:57AM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

Tawna | 479 comments I loved this book as well. I totally didn't think that Thomas had useless questions. I felt like I would be right there with him asking those same questions, granted if no one has the answers then no has them, but sometimes you still have to ask them or go insane.

I thought the maze idea was quite interesting. Spoiler for the rest of the series: (view spoiler)


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Tammy | 291 comments I plan to read this book


Waffles - Kelsey (waffles_library) | 17 comments Sadly to say I have not read this book. At the library everybody keeps reading this book, and I'm left in the dust. Looks like now I will be able to read the book and get what the whole hullabaloo is about!!


message 10: by Kari (new) - rated it 2 stars

Kari I hadn't planned on reading this book, but when it came up for BOTM, I figured I would give it a shot.

Honestly - didn't enjoy it. There were a lot of "holes" in it, and it just didn't really keep me entertained.


message 11: by Leigh, ⚔️ Wonder Woman ⚔️ (new) - rated it 4 stars

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I picked it up yesterday and quickly put it down. I will try to pick it up again. I wanted to read it for BOTM.


Tanecia  (books101) | 3773 comments Mod
I should be starting in two to three days!


Holly Juliana wrote: "I
Love
This
Book"


You got that right!!!


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I just finished this book. It took me a litle while to get into it and I felt a little detached from it all, but it was enjoyable anyway.


Gwynn White (gwynnwhite) I loved this book. Minho was fantastic.


Raven (missy_aurora) | 0 comments Renee wrote: "I can't read it because Kobo doesnt have it :-("
Kobo is in epub file format I beleave, so You should be able to get the book from Barnes and Nobel (assuming its not DMR protected) or if your in the United States you can get the epub copy from your library and put it on Kobo. Not sure what other stores sell epub books although I should really know since I have a Nook....


Helena | 1 comments read it in two days. LOVED IT


Sannie Hald (sanniehald) | 282 comments Just started the audio book :D


Sannie Hald (sanniehald) | 282 comments Reminds me of the lord of the flies.. I like it so far :)


Rebecka Sannie wrote: "Reminds me of the lord of the flies.. I like it so far :)"
I hadn't thought of that, it was a little similar. I liked it, I have to go read the second book soon.


Sannie Hald (sanniehald) | 282 comments Rebecka wrote: "Sannie wrote: "Reminds me of the lord of the flies.. I like it so far :)"
I hadn't thought of that, it was a little similar. I liked it, I have to go read the second book soon."


I am almost done with it, and I have to start the second right away :D


Elizabeth (starsky) | 41 comments It took me a few chapters to get into it, but once I did, I really enjoyed it. Will definitely be reading the sequels.


Mayra (kaligurl_7) | 305 comments i read it bc it was BOTM and i finally finished it last night.... it took me a while to get into it, but i did enjoy it and once it started getting exciting i didnt want to put it down. i love the new vocabulary although it was a lil confusing at first.

i think thomas had all the questions that as a reader i had, and it helped to kinda see what they went through, i dont think there dumb questions. anyone in his possition would want some answers.

surprisingly i didnt cry when chuck died.

cant wait to get the next one


Sannie Hald (sanniehald) | 282 comments I got so into the first one, that i quickly finished 2 and 3. I am pretty excited about the book before Thomas went into the maze... I love this series


Carey | 7 comments This book is hard to describe for me. I wanted to stop reading it so many times. But for some reason I kept plucking along at it.

And then BOOM!!!.... I totally got it.

For me it was written in the same way as how Thomas was feeling. When I was reading he had no clue what the H-E-double hockey sticks was going on, just like I had no clue what was going on. But once Theresa showed up... that's when it all starting clicking for Thomas and me and I couldn't put it down!

Dashner is a genius! I've finished the series and am looking forward to the prequel...how it all started.


Tawna | 479 comments There's a prequel?? I didn't even know there was going to be a prequel!!!! I am excited for it!!!


Carey | 7 comments ⚝ Ŧáẅņá ⚝ wrote: "There's a prequel?? I didn't even know there was going to be a prequel!!!! I am excited for it!!!"

Yep...The Kill Order (The Maze Runner, 0.5)

:)


Mayra (kaligurl_7) | 305 comments Carey wrote: "This book is hard to describe for me. I wanted to stop reading it so many times. But for some reason I kept plucking along at it.

And then BOOM!!!.... I totally got it.

For me it was writte..."


Thats exactly how i felt


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Abby | 8 comments OH MY GOSH! I LOVE this book so much! I think it was so creative and so original! I was so blown away. I knew when I read the description that it was going to be something that I would love. I had to wait a while to actually own it but it was so worth the wait! I am in love with this trilogy!!!


Diane the prequel to the maze runner trilogy was such a let down to the stories. totally enjoyed the trilogy and was looking for a story on how it all started .. but the prequel was before that!


Carey | 7 comments The author did say that the trilogy pretty much told you what happened to cause The Flare. The prequel told the story of how they came upon the decision to infect everyone with it. It would've been pretty redundant to me otherwise.


message 32: by Alex (new) - rated it 4 stars

Alex (alex-the-great-bookworm) I really liked the Maze Runner, and The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure are equally good! Very intense and exciting!


Jessica Payne | 7 comments I loved this trilogy and I'm now reading the Death Cure, the prequel. Every bit as intense as the other books. I liked that it had a male main character, which seems a bit hard to find in YA these days, or maybe its just how I'm choosing books :-). Enjoy!


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Heather Bowhay | 32 comments Intriguing Trilogy! I could never decide if I really liked it while reading the Maze Runner...but I couldn't put it down. I definitely enjoyed the next two so much more!


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