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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Reread. I’m much more interested excited for the rest of the series this time around though.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Schools are closed for the Covid pandemic, and they are doing their best to suddenly provide online education for the duration for the year. However we feel our kids need a bit more material to keep their minds sharp. So after acquiring a free set of the Maze Runner series we decided to do a family book club. (It has been a fun activity!)
I'm not sure what made this first book such a success for Dashner. It simply felt infantile. There was too much 'telling' and not enough writing for my tastes. Perhaps for the young reader this is less noticeable. I think the concept was great, but it needed more experienced writing. I can only hope this improves as we work through the rest of the series.
I'm not sure what made this first book such a success for Dashner. It simply felt infantile. There was too much 'telling' and not enough writing for my tastes. Perhaps for the young reader this is less noticeable. I think the concept was great, but it needed more experienced writing. I can only hope this improves as we work through the rest of the series.
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
this book was amazing... it has lots of drama and mystery. Thomas was super smart. I just loved ittttt :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Yeah...well...uhm...tough one.
I really liked it for the first two thirds. It was exciting, it was fun, it didn't contain a stupid love story (thank you!). I thought I might love it. Especially when some theories by my friend showed up and made sense - character names and stuff.
The language of the Gladers however was too Gangsterlike for me in the beginning. Took me a while to get used to it and I can't say I really liked it. But it was something to get used to.
Either way...then came the point when it got boring. They started to figure things out way too easily. Things got obvious - things they couldn't figure out within two years and then bam, hello. A bit unrealistic. Memories were brought up but never really mentioned. I guess I'll find out about those in the next book. But still, it leaves you with too many questions. And then comes the end and in my opinion unnecessary stuff happens.
Many many questions left open - but I got the other two books already and maybe I will find my answers in those. 3 stars from me.
I really liked it for the first two thirds. It was exciting, it was fun, it didn't contain a stupid love story (thank you!). I thought I might love it. Especially when some theories by my friend showed up and made sense - character names and stuff.
The language of the Gladers however was too Gangsterlike for me in the beginning. Took me a while to get used to it and I can't say I really liked it. But it was something to get used to.
Either way...then came the point when it got boring. They started to figure things out way too easily. Things got obvious - things they couldn't figure out within two years and then bam, hello. A bit unrealistic. Memories were brought up but never really mentioned. I guess I'll find out about those in the next book. But still, it leaves you with too many questions. And then comes the end and in my opinion unnecessary stuff happens.
Many many questions left open - but I got the other two books already and maybe I will find my answers in those. 3 stars from me.
Ha sido una lectura muy diferente a lo que había leído antes y una manera muy especial de escribir. Yo tenia muchas espectatívas en este libro y las ha superado porque nunca te imaginas lo que puede pasar y te encariñas mucho de los personajes hasta el punto de no querer seguir leyendo por que te da pena que puedan morir y tener que despedirte de ellos, y eso es algo que pocos libros me han hecho sentir. Es una lectura tan adictiva que no podía parar de leer y tengo muchas ganas de seguir con la saga para descubrir el mundo que James Dashner ha diseñado.