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The Maze Runner by James Dashner

32 reviews

elisabeth_li's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

kstericker's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, and Medical content

Minor: Bullying, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

randomteenreader11's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

book_amour08's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Maze Runner is one of the best books I’ve ever read. You get to follow and solve everything with the characters, and you feel as if you’re really there.

Thomas wakes up in a pitch black elevator, shooting upwards. As it opens he sees boys crowding around him, only to find they’ve been trapped here for 2 years. No way out, and their hope fleeting. 

But things all start to change when the first girl to ever arrive in the maze arrives the next day with a dark message.

 

 Is WICKED actually good? Why has there never been a girl here until now? Is this maze able to be solved, or will they eventually all be picked away by the terrifying Grievers that haunt the ever changing maze. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Suicide

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I missed out on Maze Runner when it first came out, so I don't have the nostalgia factor. For me, it is like a futuristic Lord of the Flies (which I did not like). I could not stand the bickering, but I understand why so many of my students love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Dementia

siennakt30's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

chellcake's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

ekevka's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

louberry360's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

This book was very frustrating! There was no reason--in world reality or plot device--why everybody would have been so secretive. The kids had built a fully function micro-community and yet didn't have a newbie onboarding program, despite expecting a newbie to show up every month. That also didn't add up--supposedly this thing had been running for 2/3 years but there was at least 50 kids. If they really did only show up 1/month then that would have only added up to 20-30 kids. The characters were also very inconsistent, only half effort of giving up or pushing through. I can tell the author wanted to add the giving up as an emotional element to show just how messed up the situation is, but needed them to keep going for the plot to work out and ended up tangling both together half heartedly in both directions at the same time or flopping back and forth in the same character.

I get that there's probably more explanation for how/why Thomas and Theresa ended up in the maze themselves despite being part of its creation, but it created confusion in this book without some sort of explanation. They didn't seem to have any feelings about being there at all and no matter which way it's spun they would have had some sort of reaction based on why they were there; if it's unwilling they'd be pissed/betrayed, but if it's their choice they'd be happier or something. I don't know, it just felt lacking that way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

tspice24's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail