The Maze Runner ~Aaliyah Jomha

The Maze Runner by James Dashner.

Summary by Aaliyah Jomha.

For the third round of the smack down I was assigned the book; The Maze Runner.  At first I will be honest, I was not excited to read this novel, but was pleasantly surprised at how intrigued I became.

This is an action packed novel about a boy named Thomas. He woke up one day inside a dark box, not knowing where he is and who he was. The only thing he could remember was his name. Thomas heard noises from outside the box, and shortly after the box opened. A large group of boys and young men, ranging from all ages, stood around the box staring, then acting to pull him up onto leveled ground. He was in “The Glade” trapped in a different world having no clue what was happening.

The Glade was a maze that someone each month was sent to. The maze is filled with creatures called “Grievers”, and if you were ever to face one, your death is almost surely concluded. The main point is to figure out a way out of the maze, which was the runners jobs. They had to go and explore the maze, and be back before the maze doors closed for the night. Thomas disparity wanted to become a runner as soon as he heard of the job. This story goes through his struggles, and the conflicting events he faced in becoming a runner. Thomas experiences many dreadful action packed adventures that were really intriguing, and full of suspense. “Is the maze solved?”, “Do they survive?”, “How were they trapped in there anyways?”, this book has the answers.

 

What I liked about the book was how it kept me wanting to read more. I’m not usually fond of books like this, but the events that happened even though they weren’t real, they almost seemed possible.  It keeps you thinking, and makes you wonder what you would do. I recommend this book to all teenagers no matter what genre they prefer.

Even though it was a good book, I really dislike the ending. It had too much stuff happening it almost was annoying, and frustrating. I would’ve made it simpler and cut out a lot of the events that occurred. It also was also really saddening how they killed my favourite character.  I wish the author had chosen someone else instead of him.

Overall it was a great book, and I’m not surprised that it won.