The Maze Runner - James Dashner
The Maze Runner - James Dashner
This book follows Thomas - a teenage boy sent to a strange artificial world where many others already reside, as part of a series of tests to find a way to end the terrible diseases induced by solar flares. The world is inhabited by half machine, half animal killing machines designed to test the teenagers to the limit in their team spirit and ability to team together to solve ‘The Maze’. Thomas plays a large part in aiding the eventual solution of the maze and the escape of his fellow captives.
Perhaps in the genre of either sci-fi or adventure, the author takes the reader on a journey through a maze too. The storyline is thickly woven with unexpected occurrences and revelations, all of which increase the book’s attraction. Once started, truly impossible to put down for long, it is a fascinating and truthfully – initially confusing – read. The book is probably aimed at older teens and would probably be rather heavy for younger readers. All main characters are well drawn, with depth increasing as the story unfurls. Here again, hidden, unexpected revelations surprise the reader holding attention as we discover more about the main two character’s involvement in the whole experiment.
The book's ending suggests that there is a sequel to follow. If this is so, then the book ends with the perfect cliff-hanger, still with enough mystery surrounding the plot for me to look forward to the next episode. If however there is no book to follow, then the book ends badly, leaving too much to the reader's imagination, but on this score, only time will tell…
All in all, this novel has an air of threatening mystery over it that makes everything seem a little darker. Perhaps a little too much padding is added, and this slows down the pace of the book, but it is still vastly enjoyable.
I would highly recommend this book to all teenage readers who want something a little bit different that they can really get their teeth into. A compelling and intriguing read - I look forward to future novels from James Dashner.
Peter
Trying hard
I'm trying to write a reveiw on this book at the moment and it was very intertesting to see peter's point of view on it. especially what age group it's aimed at.
I don't really like the front cover. I thoughtit was trees at first- which would be total rubbish- but then figured iout it was rows of mysterious walls. The essence of the maze is how it is plain and normal, but completely extrordinary.
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