Audity

Young Adult Post-Apocalyptic

Time It Took to Finish: 5 hours (in total over a span of 2 days)

Price: $9.99 (US) [paperback] [b&n]

Length: 376 pages

Thomas has every trait of a honorable character. It was hard to find a single flawed trait in him: he was heroic, nice, intelligent, curious and loyal. Although he did often break the rules, he was an extremely likable character. 

What I like about this book is that the idea is new to me. It's a gigantic maze, and teenage boys have been in there for years. They don't know how or why it works, but they live. They find ways to survive and endure through it. It's kind of similar to Hunger Games in a way, but the character doesn't know why it happens, they just know that it does. It leads you on, making you want to know more and more and more about how the Maze works. 

One of the biggest points about this book is that it clears things up for the reader. Not to the point where they understand everything, but everything to be able to understand Thomas's situation. I've read dystopian, science fiction and time traveling books where they don't explain the problem well enough which makes the reader confused and not eager to continue reading. 

This book is action packed all throughout. There is a bit of a long wait for the girl, but overall, the Maze Runner was really good. 

The movie for The Maze Runner is Out!

Summary: [c]

If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human.
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.
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.

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