Rusty's Ghost Engine (also known as.......... Jinky Spring)'s Reviews > The Maze Runner

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WHOAH! This book ROCKS!!!


Just reading the blurb was enough to have me hooked! When a boy (Thomas) finds himself in a lift leading to a giant maze enclosure with no memories, things get interesting pretty quickly! The first boys to end up in this maze had been surviving in a walled clearing known as the Glade for two years. They were provided with water, vegetable seeds,(most of the equipment was sent up in the lift) soil etc. and not to mention special running gear for the "Maze Runners" who venture out into the surrounding maze hoping to crack the secrets of their world.

There are giant doors that open to the maze at sunrise and close at sunset. This is to protect the Glade inhabitants from the Grievers, killer mutant creatures that roam the maze at night.

The whole plot was so captivating that I stayed up late at night to finish. It kept me guessing all the way plus I've got to say I liked the way the boys sort of created their own vocabulary. That made the reality of their situation feel very real. The characters themselves were also well developed and I loved solving this mystery. I find with some books there is just this sense of action pumping through the narrative and I easily click with those types of books. This was one of those books. Hmmm I don't really know what more to say without revealing the whole thing.....

This book is definitely for fans of The Hunger Games and any other good dystopian YA novels.