The Maze Runner

Paperback, 371 pages

English language

Published Oct. 16, 2011 by Chicken House.

ISBN:
978-1-908435-13-2
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3 stars (12 reviews)

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he's not alone. When the lift's doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade--a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls. Just like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night they've closed tight. And every 30 days a new boy has been delivered in the lift. Thomas was expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up--the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers. Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his …

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4 stars

With over 50,000 other reviews, I'm a bit of a Johnny-come-lately here, but hopefully my drop in the bucket is read by someone. Let me start by saying I've never seen the movie, but it had piqued my curiosity, so I grabbed the book when I found it at a thrift store.

Tl;dr: I liked it. Would reread someday, it's quick, and I intend to read the sequels.

First off, Dashner is an absolute master of pacing. I don't recall this book sagging once, it clipped right along at a cruising pace or really put the pedal to the metal, but never once did it come to a halt. The necessary compression of events might spoil believability a bit for older readers, but this is already a book about insanely smart, resilient teens locked in a pastoral nightmare that gets weirder the more Thomas discovers; suspending disbelief over pacing is …

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