The book I read was the
Maze Runner by James Dashner. This is the first and only novel I have read by
the author so I’m not sure how it differs from his other works. The story
follows a young teenager, who awakes in an elevator, with amnesia, the only
thing he remembers is his name Thomas. As the elevator reaches its destination
he finds, another hundred boys the same age as him. The boys are living in 4
sided homestead, called the glade, it is surrounded by stone walls, what is
beyond the stone walls is a maze on a time cycle, where the paths change, and
at night the maze releases nightmarish creatures. He soon realizes that all he
wants to do is to escape. The theme of this book revolves around “friendship
can overcome anything” Thomas has to befriend many people to survive the horrors
of the maze and, hopefully, escape.
Thomas is thrown into the
Glade with no explanation, everyone is as confused as him. Thomas has to
befriend many people in the Maze, who each have a special trait to them.
Whether they have a positive attitude toward the situation or they’re a good
cook Thomas has to work with them in order to escape. We get to see Thomas as a
confused and scared individual, and as he eventually starts to regain memories
and receive visions of his past life, he has to become strong and powerful.
This evolution is very interesting to see, his growth is very substantial from
the beginning book to the end.
I have to say the Maze
Runner is a read I would suggest to everyone. It’s very interesting and
original, with great devolved characters, and it keeps you reading for more. I
would definitely suggest it to anyone if they’re looking for a book that is
adventurous and suspenseful, at times. The author Dashner does a very good job
at pacing the booking so it keeps you and interested and coming back for more.
If you’re looking for a book with incredibly great paced heart and suspenseful
action all in on, then I can’t recommend any other book then the Maze Runner.
Book Review by Max M.
This book seems like an interesting book to read especially since the summer is coming up and I need new books to read. Lately I have been very interested in adventure books and dystopian novels so this sounds like a book that will keep me interested. One of my biggest issues with books is if they do not know how to pace them self when they write something so this book seems like something that wouldn't be bothersome to read but interesting and enjoyable. Based off the way you describe the book and comparing it to what I know about the book based off the movie I would compare it to the Hunger Games in the sense that it is a dystopian novel and they live in this what is supposed to be a nice place to live and they aren't supposed to leave; when they do leave and they do disobey there 'rules' they are confronted by a higher power. Overall I think this will be added to the list of books I want to read before the end of the summer.
ReplyDeleteThis book seems like a very interesting book to read because of how much adventure and suspense that it has. I have been looking for a good adventurist book to reads lately. this novel sounds like it would keep me wanting to know more till the very end. and I am glad to know that this book paces itself. Because, I don't like to read any books that start off slow and then take forever to end. And this book does not seem like it would do that. From the way you described this book I would probably compare it to the hunger games because, it seems to have a lot of action. A lot of suspension, and a lot of parts in the story that would make it so you don't want to put the book down, and the books are very similar because, the way these kids live. they are put in a place were they cant leave until the basically solve the puzzle to the maze or dome they are in. overall I think that this book will be one that I read this summer.
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I'm very interested in reading this book because it soundes like adverture and very cool to read.It soundes intring because i never read any of his other books and I have never read a book like this. Also the way you describe this book is wonderful like its full of twistes and turns. It kinda sounds like under the globe by Stephen King I watch that t.v show and its pretty cool hopefully thus book is tooo
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