So I finished up The Maze Runner by James Dashner, which is going to become a film at some point this year or next year. I can't recall exactly. But I am definitely the type of person who tries to read the book before watching the movie!
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| The Maze Runner by James Dashner |
So I would categorize The Maze Runner as teen fiction, and I think kids as young as thirteen would like the plot. It's about a guy who is randomly dropped into this sort of colony of 50-60-ish boys varying in age from 13-18, it seems. He is brought into this colony through this pitch black elevator. The thing is though, he wakes up in the middle of this long elevator ascent and is unable to remember anything before this moment of waking up, except for his first name, which is Thomas, and what things are. He remembers names of common objects and such, but he has no recollection of personal memories. As he is integrated into this colony, he realizes this colony has super high walls that encompass it, and outside these high walls is a giant maze.
You start to figure out that these guys are pretty darn smart and are able to run a functioning society. Things get weird now that Thomas has arrived and a few days later, the elevator brings up a girl - the very first girl to the colony. And then, things get even more crazy with this new and different event, and this is where I will stop my synopsis.
I really loved this book. It's a page-turner, and it's stimulating in that it's partly mysterious with the puzzle-solving. There are two more sequels to this book, and I definitely want to read them!
