The Maze Runner by James Dashner

The Maze Runner

by James Dashner

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Rating (1-5) 📘📘📘
Genre - Fiction, Young Adult
Format - Audiobook

*Amazon Blurb*
Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade.

Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.

Everything is going to change.

Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.

Remember. Survive. Run.


*My Review* 
This book is compared to the Divergent Series. I would say it is the children's version if anything.

Thomas arrives in the "Glade" which is basically a small area in the middle of a maze. For years the boys who currently reside there have been working on trying to find a way out of the maze with no luck. Everyone who lives in the Glade fills a jobs so that everything runs smoothly - farmers, butchers, a cook etc. However, once Theresa arrives, nothing goes smoothly anymore.

Overall, I thought the book was good considering the 12-17 year age range it is intended for. It is extremely slow paced and actually a bit frustrating as you are just waiting for something to finally  happen and when it does, the book is over. The characters also seems to be boring. No one really stands out, even the the main character. I am hoping that the next in the series, The Scorch Trials, has more excitement.