The Maze Runner
James Dashner
Thomas wakes up in complete darkness, in a box. When it opens he is "welcomed" by too many boys that he can count, varying from ages 12-17. He can't remember anything but his name. Everyone else seems to be the same. Not one of the boys knows why they are there but they carry on with daily living. Every night the giant doors close between the Maze and the Glade and every night the Runners must make it back before they close. Otherwise they spend the night in the Maze with the Grievers. And NO ONE has made it until morning. This all seems familiar to Thomas until something other than supplies turns up in the box that he arrived in. Or is it someone?
The first line of the book wasn't even what got me hooked. It was the last line of a note that the publisher included at the beginning: "Thanks James, I didn't want to sleep for a week anyway". I didn't sleep for 3 days straight from pure fear of a Griever haunting my dreams. Every page makes you feel like you are right there next to Thomas as clueless as he is because just like the reader, the characters have no idea what's going on. Definitely not for the faint hearted and some might think of it as a boys club book but girls who like whine-less characters and fast, straight to the point action packed themes, will love it.
The amount of adrenaline that this book generates from it's action scenes is amazing and I found myself looking over the page to see what happens at the end of every chapter as I couldn't wait. I recommend NOT doing that because you'll end up not doing anything with your life until you finish the entire book. It just gets better and better the more you read and it is so well written that you will start to talk like a Glader immediately. You will laugh, you will cry, you will anticipate and you will pee your pants with both excitement and fear. But whatever you do, don't get stung by a Griever.
The amount of adrenaline that this book generates from it's action scenes is amazing and I found myself looking over the page to see what happens at the end of every chapter as I couldn't wait. I recommend NOT doing that because you'll end up not doing anything with your life until you finish the entire book. It just gets better and better the more you read and it is so well written that you will start to talk like a Glader immediately. You will laugh, you will cry, you will anticipate and you will pee your pants with both excitement and fear. But whatever you do, don't get stung by a Griever.
