Sunday, September 14, 2014

Maze Runner

I didn't recently read this book but the other day I was thinking about the books I have read and this one just kinda stuck out in my mind as such a great book. The main reason is because I love dystopian novels and the plot in the books keeps the reader on the edge of their seat and not knowing what to expect next. I think the setting and characters are the biggest supporters to the plot. The Glade is just such a fascinating place like who put them there, why are they there?
The Glade is also like a mini-ecosystem they survive there and thrive based on the cards they are dealt and they make the most of it.

Next, the characters are huge contributes because they are divided up into classes kind of like we are today and they each play their role in their society. Also while they are fighting for their lives within the Maze and within the Glade. They also have Person to Person conflicts where somebody isn't happy with another person so they act as a vigilante and take matters into their own hands which can lead to even more troubling matters withing the group. Sometimes it appears as the group is getting  to their breaking point. The book also starts out with Thomas, the main character being woken up as he is riding up an elevator shaft and he has no recollection of who and where he is. Then the next week the first girl is sent up in the elevator shaft and she screams "THOMAS" really loudly and by that point he knows his name but not hers. Then after the girl yells that she falls into a coma for the next few weeks. At that point in the book i was so confused but i just wanted to keep reading and not put it down. I read all 4 books of the Maze Runner series. Maze Runner-Scorch Trials-Death Order and then the prequel to all the books-The Kill Order in about a week while i was on vacation on a houseboat. Since there was no wifi I had lots of time to read and  I instantly fell in love with this book series because it was just such a page-turner.



Maze Runner Article
                          I found this article very interesting because it is an interview with James Dashner, the author of the Maze Runner and entertainment weekly and they were interviewing him about the relation between the book and the Movie produced by Wes Ball. To my surprise, most movies aren't much like the book at all, but to my understanding James Dashner is saying it is alot like the book and how close it is to how he wrote it and imagined it.




Maze Runner is soon to be a major motion picture and I can't wait to see it!


































1 comment:

  1. Ryan,
    This blog post was very enjoyable to read:) I recently saw the movie so when I stumbled upon your post on Maze Runner, I though it must be fate. I love how you told your readers what you liked about the book and asked thought-provoking questions. It was a great idea to share the type of conflict in the story and how it was portrayed. Thanks for broadening my vocabulary with your placing of the word "vigilante" in the description. Overall this was very well done:)

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