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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
achei um pouco engraçado que tinha um microondas nesse cenário distopico.
muitas falhas na história que sinceramente me deixaram um pouco desinteressada na historia. Talvez se tivesse lido mais cedo enquanto era adolescente teria gostado mais.
muitas falhas na história que sinceramente me deixaram um pouco desinteressada na historia. Talvez se tivesse lido mais cedo enquanto era adolescente teria gostado mais.
An elevator deposits a teenager in the heart of a walled compound. The only thing he remembers is his name, and barely that. Who sent him there, and where did he come from? That's how the survival story/dystopian adventure The Maze Runner begins, and the questions keep rolling from there. Thomas may not have any answers, but he has a resolve: to survive, and to get himself, and as many of his fellow prisoners as possible, out of the manmade labyrinth they're imprisoned in. He has his work cut out for him leading this revolution, with the battle-scarred boys surrounding him, but what keeps him going is his desperation to find out the secrets to his past.
If you're weary of dystopian Battle Royale-esque stories of teenagers fighting to the death, you can be excused--they're a dime a dozen since The Hunger Games, but that doesn't mean some of them aren't still good. Dashner's take on the theme has a few added intricacies---or a dozen. The twisty-ness and double-crosses go right up to the last page (and straight through the end of the next book, too, so don't be expecting answers soon). Given the fact that the trilogy ultimately ended up having a prequel--I'm not even convinced that the final book of the trilogy will even answer everything--but them's the breaks with this sort of series.
Granted, there are some other annoying parts. Dashner's idea of having the compound kids have their own insider slang was kind of clever, even if the jargon itself was a little obnoxious. Also, the cost of the thrilling, mysterious opening turns out to be a lot of information-dumping via Q and A between Thomas and his fellow prisoners in the compound/maze as he tries to get caught up on the situation. Not super gracefully done, it's true--but the story itself is still exciting. A definite page-turner. And if you've read Matched, Insurgent, and of course The Hunger Games and still haven't gotten your dystopian survival fix covered yet, this series is worth a spin.
If you're weary of dystopian Battle Royale-esque stories of teenagers fighting to the death, you can be excused--they're a dime a dozen since The Hunger Games, but that doesn't mean some of them aren't still good. Dashner's take on the theme has a few added intricacies---or a dozen. The twisty-ness and double-crosses go right up to the last page (and straight through the end of the next book, too, so don't be expecting answers soon). Given the fact that the trilogy ultimately ended up having a prequel--I'm not even convinced that the final book of the trilogy will even answer everything--but them's the breaks with this sort of series.
Granted, there are some other annoying parts. Dashner's idea of having the compound kids have their own insider slang was kind of clever, even if the jargon itself was a little obnoxious. Also, the cost of the thrilling, mysterious opening turns out to be a lot of information-dumping via Q and A between Thomas and his fellow prisoners in the compound/maze as he tries to get caught up on the situation. Not super gracefully done, it's true--but the story itself is still exciting. A definite page-turner. And if you've read Matched, Insurgent, and of course The Hunger Games and still haven't gotten your dystopian survival fix covered yet, this series is worth a spin.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
i thought this book was amazing. this is a reread though from elementary school, so i don’t know if this wasn’t higher bc i already knew some of the storyline.
but it felt like i was reading some of it for the first time. i was on the edge of my seat for most of it, too.
this is also my first time reading on my new kindle paperwhite and let me tell you… GAME CHANGER. i flew through this book.
overall i loved the book and would recommend and reread again. i didn’t originally read the entire series all those years ago so im excited to officially read all of it.
RIP Chuck. i love you chuck 😭
but it felt like i was reading some of it for the first time. i was on the edge of my seat for most of it, too.
this is also my first time reading on my new kindle paperwhite and let me tell you… GAME CHANGER. i flew through this book.
overall i loved the book and would recommend and reread again. i didn’t originally read the entire series all those years ago so im excited to officially read all of it.
It was a new kind of book i guess but it wasn't that bad at all.
Plot holes and not very good character development. Main character even isn't very sympathetic
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood
This book had me insanely angry at everything. All the mysteries and the questions. I was with Thomas all along the way. I wanted to know the answer to everything, but you couldn't! It was all a mystery, even the bad guys were a mystery! I was devasted at the loss of Chuck. I really hoped he'd get to live to see the world! Agh! Also the mysterious ending of another trial?!? GAHHH!!! This book is maddening but I loved it indeed.
1.75!! mira. ni me voy a molestar en hacer la review en inglés porque estoy HARTA de este libro. por favor. nunca he leído algo tan mal escrito en plan. show don't tell??? nah a james dashner se la pela, se va a encargar de contarte un flashback entero EN UN PUTÍSIMO DIÁLOGO. literalmente te trata como un niño de 3 años al que, salvo que se lo digan explícitamente, no sabe asociar las palabras "World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department" a las siglas WICKED. DE VERDAD. y el final.......uffff no sé ni por donde empezar. el señor solo sabe escribir escenas de la manera más anticlimática posible. en fin. entiendo por qué mi yo de 14 años intentó leerse este libro 2 veces y falló estrepitosamente