The Maze Runner - James Dashner

   So this week, I had the ultimate pleasure of reading The Maze Runner Written by James Dashner. Now you must understand, I am a huge fan of the movies, so my opinion of the book right from the beginning already was a little bias. Was it going to be as good as the movie I loved so much?
   I was pleasantly surprised by the beginning of the book and how almost exact to the movie it was. Around chapter 16 though, it took a hard right into something different. The story I was used to seeing visually just changed completely, and it blew my mind. It also gave me a new found love for some of my favorite characters.

 The story centers around a young man named Thomas. When Thomas wakes up in a box, surrounded by the locals properly known as Gladers, he has absolutely no idea who he is or where he is. Thomas can't remember anything! Gigantic walls towered all around him, trapping him into whatever hell he had just landed in. A hell full of only boys and young men.
   What in the world was going on? He was surely going to find out - even if it killed him. A few days into his stay at his new home, he slowly learns what is going on around him. He learns how The Glade is run and maintained, He gets to know some of the other boys - Alby, Newt, Minho, and Chuck, and he learns of The Maze and the terrifying monsters that lurk within it.
   All the sudden, everything changes! Teresa, the first and only girl to ever enter The Glade, arrives just a few days after Thomas. Her arrival triggers a complete downward spiral in the world the boys have worked so hard to maintain, but both Teresa and Thomas are put there for a reason.

  With twists and turns around every corner, this is one story of survival that you absolutely do not want to miss. And just remember...

                                                         WICKED IS GOOD

This book gets my overall rating of 4.1/5

*Dee*
  
  
  

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