The Maze Runner book review
The Maze Runner is very similar to the Hunger games books as it almost has the same story line. I would suggest to anyone who enjoyed reading the Hunger Games, they would very much relish the chance to read The Maze Runner.
The basic plot of the book is the lead character Thomas wakes up in an abandoned elevator by himself and has no memories of life before the elevator he wakes up in, the only memories he had were not specific and were bare such as his school, however he doesn’t remember any people faces and only remembers his name. The elevator doors open and he finds himself in a huge field with boys aged 12-18. The boys are known as Gladers and use their own dialect every other words so the first couple of chapters are very hard to understand but once you get the hand of it, it’s all very easy. All the boys lived in huts inside this field and there are massive walls surrounding them so Thomas is very unsure of his position. Outside the walls there is a huge maze which runs on for miles and miles, which seems to run nowhere. Everyday this group of boys called the runners try to find a way out of the maze. However they have to return every night as the wall go up and the boys would be stuck outside the maze where these horrible creatures called Griever’s come out and hunt down the children. These creatures are half animal half machine and have saws for arms. Thomas came up with a dangerous plan to escape. The plan works, but half of the group dies in the process. Their escape from the Maze ends in a confrontation with two of the Creators, who mind-control another boy who had disappeared earlier from the Glade. The boy throws a knife aimed at Thomas, but another boy moves in front of it and is killed. Suddenly an apparent rescue group arrives on the scene with weapons, shooting and killing one of the two Creators. They also have little bugs which spy on the kids, which is also very similar to the Hunger Games.
The writing in this book is a little slow. It lacks the flow that I have seen with other books before, and when there isn’t action going on, it can be hard to enjoy the book you but once get the hang of the dialect it’s easy and free flowing. The word choice could be more advanced, and the connection between the characters and the reader could use a little more strength.
Overall, this can be a really good book if you are interested in adventure stories that always have something going on. Flaws in the writing and the way the book is executed might disappoint some, but despite that, I think the maze runner is another great book to read and enjoy as it has a great story line once you get into it.