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The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Dec. 13th, 2010 11:14 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas can remember is his first name. But he’s not alone. He’s surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade, an encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible maze.
Like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they came to be there, or what’s happened to the world outside. All they know is that every morning when the walls slide back, they will risk everything to find out – even the Grievers, half-machine, half-animal horrors that hunt the Maze’s walled corridors.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Although the early creepy, nightmarish vision to this dystopian YA novel fell apart for me in the final quarter and the book also prolonged the mystery a little too long, there was a lot here that I liked – particularly the horrendous Grievers. I’ll be reading the next book in this trilogy, but hope it doesn’t fall into the same traps.
When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas can remember is his first name. But he’s not alone. He’s surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade, an encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible maze.
Like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they came to be there, or what’s happened to the world outside. All they know is that every morning when the walls slide back, they will risk everything to find out – even the Grievers, half-machine, half-animal horrors that hunt the Maze’s walled corridors.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Although the early creepy, nightmarish vision to this dystopian YA novel fell apart for me in the final quarter and the book also prolonged the mystery a little too long, there was a lot here that I liked – particularly the horrendous Grievers. I’ll be reading the next book in this trilogy, but hope it doesn’t fall into the same traps.
