Mass amounts of tension and violence – check. Futuristic sci-fi/post-apocalyptic/dystopian setting – check.
Isolated characters in an impossible setting, fighting for their lives – check. The Maze Runner is every bit as delectable as advertised – it’s everything I love in a novel. Somehow, both the new girl and Thomas are connected to the mystery of the Glade and its Maze, and they must do everything they can to find a way out, and to lead the other Gladers to safety. A beautiful teenage girl, bears a disturbing message.
There should not be another delivery from The Box for another month – but the following morning, someone else arrives in the Glade. Until the day after Thomas’s arrival, that is. All they know is their dedicated safe routine, and their precipitous existence – work your job, keep your head down, and hope that the runners will one day find the exit to the elaborate, ever-changing maze. None of them can remember anything prior to the box, nor do they recall why they are in the Glade or who put them there. As the new boy (the “shank greenie”), Thomas grows increasingly frustrated when no one answers his questions about the Glade, the surrounding maze, and the Grievers that roam its exterior in the dark – but soon Thomas learns that the rest of the boys are just like him. The Runners must be quick because every day come nightfall, the immense doors connecting the Glade to the Maze shut, and unspeakable monsters called Grievers roam the labyrinth. No job, however, is more important than that of the Runners – the smartest, quickest boys who go out into the Maze every day to document its paths and attempt to find an exit. By day, the Glade is a place of hard work as boys dedicate themselves to their specific, important jobs: farming, cleaning, tending, killing. Thomas is the latest addition to the Glade – a large open green square, surrounded by an immense labyrinth. All that he can grasp in the lonely darkness is a name – “My name is Thomas.” When the ascent stops, Thomas is hauled out of the dark room and into a strange new world where he’s greeted by teenage boys of different ages and sizes. A young boy awakens with no idea where he is. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.Ī dark room ascends. Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers. But the next day, a girl is sent up-the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And every 30 days a new boy has been delivered in the lift. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Just like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they got to the Glade. 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. When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. A while back I was tweeting about how much I was drooling over this title, and the lovely Amy of My Friend Amy was an absolute doll and offered me her copy! Naturally, I accepted. Why did I read this book: I have been crushing on this book for a while now – ever since I saw the cover and read the synopsis, I’ve been dying to get my hands on it. How did I get this book: Review Copy from a fellow blogger (thanks Amy!) Stand alone or series: First book in a planned series. Genre: Dystopian/Apocalyptic, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult
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