The Maze Runner!

The Maze Runner, by James Dashner.

When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas can remember is his first name. But he's not alone. He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade, and encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible 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 to find out.


 When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls. Just like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night they’ve closed tight. And every 30 days a new boy has been delivered in the lift. Thomas was expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up—the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers. Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.

I finished the Maze runner a few weeks ago, and I absolutely loved it! My friend recommended it to me, and I'm so glad he did. From the moment I started reading it I couldn't put it down. It sort of combined aspects of both Divergent and The Hunger Games, when they were in the glade they all had certain roles to fulfil, similar to the faction system in divergent, and they were put there by the 'creators' and being watched by them, similar to the capitol in The Hunger Games. I am by no means saying that this is the next Divergent or the next Hunger Games, because it's really not, and I hate it when people say those sorts of things when they compare books. 

The characters in this book are all quite young, and I think that that's why I found it so appealing to me. There's a bunch of people, well more or less children, that have been put in the centre of a maze by people they don't know, for a reason unknown to them, and are essentially, just left to carry on with life, alone and confused, with their memories wiped. There is never a dull moment in this book, there is constantly something going on, and it leaves you guessing and thinking throughout the entire book. I would definitely recommend this book, it is just so amazing! I'm already on the third book in the trilogy, and I've already bought the prequel. This book really keeps you on your toes, and you never know what to expect, or how you should be feeling, one minute everything's going great and you're feeling happy, then the next, you're hear has been torn apart and you're left feeling numb and almost betrayed by the characters... even though they're fictional and they didn't actually do anything to you.

I've also been thinking about turning some of these blog entries into vlogs, and was just wondering if anyone would be interested if I did, let me know in the comments!:)