The Maze Runner Series: Written by James Dashner
Release Date: October 6, 2009 (when the series began)
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Format of Novels: Paper back.
(Sorry for the no formal summary, I am doing the review on the entire series, not just this book. The website is being stupid so I couldn't post my box set of this series.)
Book order: "Maze Runner", "Scotch Trials", "Death Cure" and the prequel "Kill Order".
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I'm sure you guys had seen this series before if you are ahead of the reading world, but if you are like me and didn't find out about this series till recently-- then I welcome you to this review. So over the summer I had stumble upon this series and decided to get the box set for it. And after reading the four books in a single month, let me tell you-- what a quick ass read for all four of the books! I mean, other than the 'mystery' tone and the fast pace of the stories itself, I did enjoy the plot and a couple of the characters. (-pets Thomas and Newt's heads silently-). The story is literally about a young man name Thomas who has zero memory about his pervious life other than his name waking up on a elevator that leads to the maze and a group of weird dudes who built a life for themselves after going through the same process as him. Things are weird, confusing, and funny. The only thing that caught my attention was how the entire trilogy was based off a science experiment to fight off against this disease called the flare. Normally I'm not a fan of science fiction, but I enjoyed the suspense was nice and the characters were humorous. The only issues I had with the entire trilogy was how most of the characters were very bland while imaging them, the plot was to dry as well. I really wish Dashner added more to the series as whole because if it turned out the like the movie did, then readers would've been so much happier.
The prequel was different however, I read it first before I read the trilogy. I know what your thinking, what the heck right? Well my answer to you is that I rather read the prequels before the main series at times, especially if it is only one prequel novel.. The 'Kill Order' is takes place thirteen years before the trilogy starts. It follows a whole new set of characters like Mark, Trina, and DeeDee and how they are in the beginning stages of the flare disaster after it destroys the majority of the planet. To me personally, this story was a lot more exciting than the 'Maze Runner'. Like the trilogy, I did have the issue plot wise. I felt as so Dashner needed to make the plot twists more dramatic, and he should've focused on the point of view. Instead of focusing on just Mark (who was one of my favorites), he could've focused on the other characters, it would've given us readers a better view of what's going on in the story and see how the impact of the other major characters.
Above all, I found this series to be a decent one. It was fun to read it during these stressful times at school and I really loved watching the movie as well. Sure it wasn't one of my favorite series, but the good part of it all was the characters and man the boys are funny as hell. Gotta go for now, I'll be back to discuss NaNoWriMo and give you all more reviews.
Happy Howling fellow wolves!
