Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

66 reviews

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

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Confinement, Medical content, and Vomit

sophiafrench's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Bullying, Violence, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

radioheadfan's review

adventurous 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Grief and Murder

Minor: Vomit

julia09's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was really good. I recommend it to anyone looking for a good dystopian book to read. Very fast paced and I almost didn’t want to put it down, just wanted to keep reading. Definitely 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Child death

hunternichole14's review

challenging hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Love this series

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

parlonny's review

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

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

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

livreads16's review

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

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

megmro's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.5

Fast-paced and full of action. The mystery keeps you turning the pages in hope of figuring out why the characters are there. The first night in the maze was fascinating and tense; I was rapt watching Thomas race to solve problems. I also really liked when the boys start figuring out the mystery of the maze patterns. Those portions felt like Ender's Game, with the emphasis on high-stakes puzzle-solving. 

The book is violent, and much of the violence is upsetting. I'd put it on a similar level as The Hunger Games. (It reads similarly to Hunger Games in general.) Lots of very-minor-character deaths, lots of gravestones of previous runners, and a few deaths that we "witness."(Vague spoilers to follow.)

Spoiler

Teenage boys attack each other, and rescue one another by killing the attacker(s). One character is shot through the face with an arrow. One is banished, and forced out into the maze via a leather collar and straight pole as the doors close. (He's begging for mercy -- super upsetting.) A character dies by knife, etc.

Teens would probably still be interested, but the author really leans into the bleakness of the world. It makes you roll your eyes at the chokehold that YA dystopians had on us back in the aughts. They're all pretty much the same book. I'd say Grade 10+ for this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Minor: Suicide

becca_w_'s review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Medical content, Murder, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Torture

laurap2001's review

adventurous 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? No

3.75

This could definitely be read by older adults as well depending on what your likes and dislikes are. The science fiction side of it is interesting, it has you questioning how such things can be possible;

Spoiler

like when the sun disappeared forever out the sky in the glade.

There definitely should have been some more development on the changing that happened when gladers were stung. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Child death