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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Even if you can’t read the books, watch the movies, it’s worth it. They don’t deviate much from the book plot and it captures the same energy. Fantastic series
what type of actual Doofenshmirtz ending was THATTTTT???? a button???? you're actually pulling my leg. everything those boys went through all went down to a button. "we lost so many people" well I'm so glad that the bad guys only go for minor characters that had three lines total. They said that half the people died and yet named almost no names. The losses don't mean anything if the characters you lost don't have names. Also, the main character's name is Thomas which I just cannot accept and to make it all the more worst he was named after THOMAS EDISON!! you're telling me that 500 years in the future thomas edison is still relevant enough to name someone after him? that thought is more sickening than anything else in this book. Also I feel like the author just wrote actual curse words then just did the "find and replace" option and replaced all the curse words with gibberish that gets old after 4 chapters. If i hear the word clunk or shuck one more time instead of actual curse words I'm going to throw something. also also i hate the thought that thomas was the only person who could solve the "maze" because all of his solutions are something that anyone of average intelligence could figure out. there are also just so many contradictions to this story that i don't really want to get into. also also also the phrase "W.I.C.K.E.D is good" is the stupidest on the nose thing that I've ever heard it doesn't have the weight she thinks it does and every time they bring it up it makes me hate it more. the plot twists fell flat but that's probably because they weren't predictable at the time. It's a copy and paste dystopian novel but i expected that going into it yk? i didn't like this but it wasn't the dislike i have for aftg i just didn't like it. I'll probably read the second book because like why not i love dylan obrien too much to not to. the last chapter was so out of nowhere and incomprehensible the only way I'm going to make sense of it is by watching the movie. this author doesn't know anything about solar flares.
I really enjoyed this book! I thought the story line was really intense and I never knew what would happen next. Thomas was the ultimate hero in this book, and I loved the struggles and the tension everyone felt during their time in the maze. I found myself trying to figure a way out just like they were. I couldn't imagine what it would be like being in that situation.
I liked this one an awful lot. Reminded me of The Hunger Games in its intelligent portrayal of teens and its excellent rendering of a strange bleak future--but it's a wonderful book in its own right.
Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. Read most of it in one delightful Sunday afternoon. Highly recommended--excellent suspenseful summer reading.
My only frustration? I'd like to read the sequel immediately.
Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. Read most of it in one delightful Sunday afternoon. Highly recommended--excellent suspenseful summer reading.
My only frustration? I'd like to read the sequel immediately.
I think this book had a premise, but lacked a solid plot. And the world building was so implausible that I couldn't get into the book.
This book is being compared to the Hunger Games, and I'm going to compare it too - when I first started reading the Hunger Games, I was thinking pffft, kids battling to death to keep the populace submissive...that would never happen. But the book was so well crafted, the plot was alive, I became a believer in this world, it did happen.
The Maze Runner's world, is filled with things that aren't cohesive. A bunch of boys who end up in this maze, seemingly suspended in space, with walls higher then skyscrapers, that open and close in ways that defy any architectural sense, strange monsters rove at night that defeated my ability to imagine (um, kind of rolling, semi-robotic larva with pointy bit?).
Our lead character is plopped down into the middle of this, and even being the new kid in the maze, he seems to have an edge on the other boys. No-one knows what's happening, what the point of anything is, what they are supposed to achieve or prove.
It's a frustrating read, there aren't enough answers, and the ones that you get aren't cohesive. This was a thumbs down from me.
This book is being compared to the Hunger Games, and I'm going to compare it too - when I first started reading the Hunger Games, I was thinking pffft, kids battling to death to keep the populace submissive...that would never happen. But the book was so well crafted, the plot was alive, I became a believer in this world, it did happen.
The Maze Runner's world, is filled with things that aren't cohesive. A bunch of boys who end up in this maze, seemingly suspended in space, with walls higher then skyscrapers, that open and close in ways that defy any architectural sense, strange monsters rove at night that defeated my ability to imagine (um, kind of rolling, semi-robotic larva with pointy bit?).
Our lead character is plopped down into the middle of this, and even being the new kid in the maze, he seems to have an edge on the other boys. No-one knows what's happening, what the point of anything is, what they are supposed to achieve or prove.
Spoiler
And if you get stung by the steampunk grub thing, you remember the past, or you might go crazy, but you can't tell anyone, else you'll try and strangle yourself. Great.Spoiler
At the end of the book, it's revealed the Tommy and Coma Girl, created the maze, as a way for alien life to test out who were the potential great humans. So sending Tom, who get's himself stung to remember the past, then tells everyone how to get out of the maze and what to do, and why they are there. Which....defeats the purpose of the maze in the first place. If the point is to see who's smart enough to figure things out, then sending in someone with all the answers, is a fail.It's a frustrating read, there aren't enough answers, and the ones that you get aren't cohesive. This was a thumbs down from me.
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
