Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

31 reviews

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Misogyny, Self harm, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

booklov3r5019's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I. LOVED. THIS. SERIES. The only thing I will say, though, is that the first couple of chapters were a little bit slow, but once you get past those, it's GREAT. And, I really never read books that don't have at least some amount of romance in it, but this book was really good! Even though it had a little bit of it, it wasn't like it was terrible because it was barely there. I think it was a little bit refreshing, maybe, to read a book that was mainly focused just on the adventure side of it, rather than it being split between adventure and romance. But, either way, it was really good, so you should 100% read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

reka111's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Just follow me and run like your life depends on it. Because it does.

Overall, this book could be forgotten perhaps that’s the best words to describe it. Honetly. I'm not saying it's not creative and it's not unique, because it is - it really is, but it just doesn't have as much impact as other dystopian books.

Thomas was a bit annoying and sometimes a lost protagonist, but his heart and perseverance magnified it in my eyes. I know, even though he's the main character, I often felt like I wasn't interested in him — and his struggles — but in the other side characters. Teresa can get my heart, with her input and the spiritual strength she possesses, remarkable to say the least. I'd be terrified to death if I was locked up with 40+ boys for one night and I know most of my female peers would feel the same way. Minho, my dear Minho. So many times he gets on the verge of madness and giving up that it's incredible - and he had so many reasons - but he managed to get over it. His determination and loyalty were wonderful. Newt is a true leader, he should have always been the leader, not Alby. 

The plot, as I said, is unique, but the execution is no longer the best. Probably because we haven't gotten the whole picture yet — but the builiding of the world itself is pretty confusing. The story line often got boring to me and I wasn't particularly impressed, even with the action. Frankly, this book was probably the weakest of the big three (THG, TD & TMR). I really couldn't identify with the wording, I could have scratched my eyes in some places - this could be the translator's fault. The pace was unceasingly slow at the beginning and too fast at the end, as if it had to close all the threads suddenly. The ending, as I said, was very abrupt - which perhaps fits the inner world of the main characters - but it wasn't necessarily necessary. In fact, at all. 

In summary, it was not a great experience, it did not impress me as I expected. Somehow, that's okay; Not every book is for everyone. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence and Grief

Minor: Bullying and Vomit

lilsisbooklist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Vomit

katie_345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

I’ve seen the movies first, and liked them and knew of the book. I wish I read the book first to avoid spoilers. This book was sooo good  I read it really quickly once I got into it. The perfect dystopian ya book and a great start to the series. It looks like this book got me out of a reading slump 👍🏻 (written when I finished it; the middle of the night) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

swimfast724's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

gentle_garbage_baby's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.25

It starts off a bit slow but picks up towards the middle. Not the most engaging thing I've ever read but it wasn't bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, and Medical content

chelseeaa's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Grief and Murder

Minor: Vomit

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Torture, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and War

livreads16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The last 50 pages were wild. The rest of the book was just okay. The movie definitely did not do this story justice. Then again, the characters lack a lot of depth. I now they are supposed to be kids remembering who they are after being brainwashed and manipulated but lots of them have like no personality… All in all not a bad book, I think the next one will be more interesting. The whole plot twist with the creators at the end is really eerie and I’m excited to see what happens next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit