Wednesday, September 23, 2015

The Maze Runner by James Dashner



In honour of the Scorch Trial Movie (which is in theatres now) I’m gonna be reviewing The Maze Runner Series today. First of all: By now I didn’t watch any movie of TMR and I didn’t read The Kill Order (the first prequel of the series) either. And, of course, I’m trying to avoid spoilers (my gosh, how much do I hate spoilers...).

Called The Maze Runner, book one is telling the beginning of Thomas’ story. He wakes up having no memory except his name. He then is pulled out of the elevator he was in by Minho, Alby and Newt, the leaders of a group of boys. They tell him that they’re in a huge maze and the Glade, the place that they’re currently at, is kind of their home. Thomas also discoveres that every week a new Glader is arriving but for two years all attempts to solve the maze failed. On the next day something extraordinary occurs:  Theresa, the first girl ever, comes with the elevator and says before falling into a coma that everything is about to change. A note in her hand also tells the group that she will be the last one ever who joins them. A battle against time and the Grievers (that are giant monster machines) begins and the only way to survive is escaping the maze…

So my summary is not as short as I thought it will be but I hope nobody minds. The first thing that pops in my mind when thinking about TMR is amazing. I enjoyed reading the whole series so much. I love the transformation they all do during the series (especially Thomas, Theresa and Chuck), the mix between total confusion, desperation and hope (I guess those words describe the first book pretty good) and don’t even get me started about the boys… Newt, Minho and Thomas are some of my favourite characters of all time (You can imagine that I’m not fine with a special scene near the end… #actullycryingrightnow) and I just enjoyed reading about them.

So you can tell now that I’m crazy in love with those books and that I can totally just recommend them!!

~Vicky

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