Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by honeybeejoyous
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
5.0
Thomas wakes up to find himself being pulled out of a box into The Glade. He can’t remember who he is, why he’s there, or anything about his life before. He meets the rest of the Gladers — a group of boys who’ve had the same experience as Thomas and who are now doing what they can to survive and search for an exit to the maze that surrounds their new home. Everything changes the next day when a girl shows up in the box. The first girl in the history of The Glade. As things become more and more chaotic, Thomas and the others grow increasingly desperate to find a way out of the maze and back home — even though what little they remember of the time before might be even worse than what they face in the maze.
Once this whole social distancing thing started and everything started feeling more and more like the apocalypse, I decided I was in the mood for some good old YA dystopia. My library had [b:The Maze Runner|6186357|The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)|James Dashner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1375596592l/6186357._SY75_.jpg|6366642] on audiobook, so I decided to give this old favorite a new listen while going on solo walks for my daily dose of vitamin D. Wow. I’m always impressed when a book I remember loving as a kid holds up this well and this one certainly impressed me. The pacing, the characterization, and the world-building were all incredible. (I love re-reading a book I haven’t touched in a long time because each plot twist feels vaguely familiar but still surprising.) Most of all, this book has a killer ending. The first time I read it was shortly after it had been published and the sequel didn’t come out until another year after so I’m not sure if I ever read it, but I definitely want to pick it up now.
**read as an audiobook**
Once this whole social distancing thing started and everything started feeling more and more like the apocalypse, I decided I was in the mood for some good old YA dystopia. My library had [b:The Maze Runner|6186357|The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)|James Dashner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1375596592l/6186357._SY75_.jpg|6366642] on audiobook, so I decided to give this old favorite a new listen while going on solo walks for my daily dose of vitamin D. Wow. I’m always impressed when a book I remember loving as a kid holds up this well and this one certainly impressed me. The pacing, the characterization, and the world-building were all incredible. (I love re-reading a book I haven’t touched in a long time because each plot twist feels vaguely familiar but still surprising.) Most of all, this book has a killer ending. The first time I read it was shortly after it had been published and the sequel didn’t come out until another year after so I’m not sure if I ever read it, but I definitely want to pick it up now.
**read as an audiobook**