The Maze Runner
Jul 2012 · Chicken House
4.5star
528 reviews
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The first book in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major movies starring Dylan O'Brien! SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ...
When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he's not alone.
He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade – a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone maze. Like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they came to be there – or what's happened to the world outside.
All they know is that every morning when the walls slide back, they will risk everything – even the Grievers, half-machine, half-animal horror that patrol its corridors, to try and find out ...
- Book 1 in the #1 New York Times bestselling MAZE RUNNER series!
- Now a major film available to stream on Disney+
- High-octane, dystopian YA adventure, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent
- Five pulse-pounding books in the series!
Loved The Maze Runner? Make sure to check out the sequel The Scorch Trials!
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4.5
528 reviews
Matt Morris
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September 28, 2014
This is perfect for some easy reading on the commute to work and a read before bed. Definitely a teen/young adult book but still worth a read if your a little older like me. I connected with the characters, even though things turned out a little predictable. Good, entertaining read however and will now be downloading the next in the series.
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Exdee “The Player Of Games” Wobblum
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December 29, 2014
First: If you seldom read or are teen/preteen in age then this is a book that you should read. It's a segue into the world of the sci-fi thriller with enough Stephen King-esque styling to grip you. Get it when it's cheap or read something like The Hunger Games series instead. *(Don't read if the fist bit applies)*Secondly: If you read a fair ammount or if you read thrillers then don't waste money on this unless it's going cheap. It uses well trodden tropes and themes in the usual organised manner, it won't surprise you at all. I'd say the best way to describe it is an mildly interesting variation on the general idea of Sci-Fi thriller, I hope that you maybe enjoy it.
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Paul Dann
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April 20, 2015
This book plunges you into an intriguing and confusing situation, and the gradual discovery of what is going on is very engaging . It's well written, with believable characters. I'd recommend it highly, though I feel it fell short of a 5-star standard simply because I would have preferred some further intrigue inside the maze itself (which features in the title, after all): some more obstacles or strange devices, for instance. I feel the book may have suffered from the author having one eye on the next two books in the sequel, which has caused this book to fall short of a perfect standard in my view.
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About the author
James Dashner was born in Georgia and attended Brigham Young University. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked in finance. He is the author of The 13th Reality series, The Jimmy Fincher Saga, the Mortality Doctrine series, and the Maze Runner series. The Journal of Curious Letters was chosen for a 2008 Borders Original Voices pick and The Maze Runner won a 2015 West Australian Young Readers' Book Award in the Older Readers category.
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