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The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Trilogy (Hardback)) |  | Author: James Dashner
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
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Rating:  159 reviews
Sales Rank: 1776
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 384
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 0385737947
EAN: 9780385737944
ASIN: 0385737947
Publication Date: October 6, 2009
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Product Description
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 mind.
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 As good as "The Hunger Games"? Yeah, right... March 18, 2010
T (NC)
This book would have been great IF:
1) the characters had some personality
2) the main character - Thomas - weren't such a Gary Stu and showed some character development and growth instead of conveniently "remembering" important information to advance the plot
3) the book weren't filled with atrocious made-up slang - "shuck-face," really, is this supposed to be cool?
4) the villains - Grievers - were actually scary or dangerous
5) the maze had some kind of mystery about it and not limited to moving walls and un-threatening prickly Grievers
6) the plot weren't based on constant withholding of information by everyone and releasing it 200 pages later than it should have been
7) the smartest of the smartest kids actually did something smart and uncovered some mysteries of the maze during the 2 years spent there
8) the death of main characters evoked any feeling in readers
9) the book weren't so slow-moving (thanks to constant withholding of info) and BORING!
In the present form "The Maze Runner" deserves nothing more than an OK rating for moderately interesting premise. The hype and comparisons to "The Hunger Games" are unwarranted.
 The Maze Runner March 18, 2010
Jami Slack (FL)
This is a hard review for me to write, because all I want to do is talk about all the crazy amazing parts that I can't stop thinking about. But I will try to keep it spoiler free.
This was an intriguing read. From the minute Thomas is going up in the box I was hooked. It was cool picturing "the glade" in my head as I was reading this. You got this functioning community of teenage boys that work together to keep things going. But they are all stuck in this place where there is death at any escape they could think about. The grievers were freaky creatures that gave me the creepers (in a good way). I thought the glade's slang was a fun add. I will probably find myself using "klunk" in the future and it will make me think of Chuck.
What was interesting for me was trying to figure out the lead character, Thomas. You think he is good, but then you are worried he really is bad, but you want him to be good. This story had a great set of characters. I loved Newt and his sarcasm. Minho was very likable. And Chuck. My heart goes out to Chuck. I loved watching the relationship between Thomas and Chuck, Thomas going from being annoyed by Chuck to caring for him like a sibling. You don't see Theresa very much until closer to the ending, but she plays a very important part in the story. I enjoyed the bond between her and Thomas.
This story kept taking twists and turns I wasn't expecting. I never knew what was going to happen next. Alot of action in this one. When you get to the ending, it is impossible to put down. By the time I was at the end I thought I was done with surprises, then I read the epilogue and was shocked once again. This is an excellent read that both girls and boys can enjoy. I was planning on picking up another book right after finishing this one, but found it impossible. My mind was still stuck in the story and dying to know what happens next. I can't wait to get my hands on the sequel. I must know what happens!
 perfect dystopia read March 17, 2010
Stacy Wells (Texas)
This book is good, very good. It reminded me of a distorted Lord of the Flies.
Thomas, that is the only thing he remembers when he is brought to the Glade in the box. The Glade is full of boys, who like Thomas remember nothing of their previous life. Life is hard, the boys are responsible for themselves and must work hard on the "farm" to ensure survival. The main objective is to find an escape though the maze to return to whatever life they had before coming to the Glade. Everything suddenly changes when Teresa, the first girl is brought to the Glade.
Cleaver, very cleaver. I loved the interesting names given to things (see below), I loved not really understanding anything till half way through the book, not knowing how the boys and Teresa would escape and the surprise twist at the very end. I see a sequel coming soon...
Glade guide:
shank - derogatory name for Gladers
klunk - poo
beetle blades - robotic creatures used to spy on the Gladers
grievers - half machine/half animal creatures, that are dangers and can be lethal, that are found in the maze
greenbean - term given to the newest Glader
the Changing - what ones goes thorugh after being stung by a griever and after getting the serum
Starts out slow but ends with a bang! March 16, 2010
Amanda (Dallas, Texas)
Thomas wakes up in a strange place known only as "The Glade" with no memory of anything but his name. Thomas finds that he is now in a strange place populated by a group of young boys who have built their own civilization near a massive and deadly maze believed to hold the secret to their escape. Soon after Thomas's arrival, a girl named Teresa appears in the Glade, and all the children used to believe about their existence starts to crumble.
When I first started Dashner's Maze Runner, it felt a little bit like a clone of Neal Shusterman's Everlost, which quickly made me less interested because well, I had read it before. The story starts out a little boring and somewhat difficult to understand since the world tends to have much of its own language that the reader must pick up on with little explanation. This was helped by the fact that the reader is learning about the world with Thomas, but Thomas seems to accept things a little too easily for my taste. The characters sometimes feel a little too numerous, which tends to make character development seem flat and a little too thin due to balancing so many characters. The two leads though, Thomas and Teresa, are fleshed out just enough to be readable.
Thankfully, the plot moves from "kind of boring" to "somewhat interesting" -at least interesting enough for me to get through it -about a third of the way through. However, there were points where I started to wonder if there was much of a purpose behind certain things, until the mystery really started to heat up. Once Thomas starts to take charge and the puzzle pieces start to fall into place, The Maze Runner goes from "somewhat interesting" to "oh-my-gosh-I-can't-put-this-book-down!" Unfortunately, this didn't happen until about the last 100 pages or so of the book, but it was worth it. I never expected this to be so much bigger and more diabolical than it seemed.
By the time I reached the end, I was hooked. I wanted to know what happened next to this rag-tag group of boys and the sole girl. I believe this is the first book in a trilogy, but I haven't seen anything about a sequel.
The Maze Runner is great for fans of Schusterman's Everlost series and YA adventure, science fiction and suspense/mystery. The novel becomes surprisingly complex and deep near the end, which gives it a nudge toward the adult market, and could throw some young readers for a loop.
great story- can't wait for book two March 16, 2010
xaime (Oregon,USA)
The story line is great! I couldn't put the book down until I was finished. Unlike a lot of reviewers I did like the ending. It left me wanting more. My only two complaints are that (1) Chuck probably wont be a bigger factor in the series and (2) Teresa probably will.
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