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The Maze Runner
by James Dashner
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.