A review by thistlechaser
The Maze in the Heart of the Castle by Dorothy Gilman

1.0

The main character was 16 years old, but he came off as half that age. The writing didn't work for me (a Goodreads reviewer described it as "an Arthurian tone", so maybe that was it), and the plot didn't hook me (the assumedly 16 year old boy's parents died and a wizard sent him on a quest to try to find the answer to why good people die). I DNFed it after one evening of reading.