The Maze Runner: Book One of the Maze Runner Series

I read book 2, 3 and 4 after the first movie came out, and I was never able to read the first one because it was always checked out at the library. I love this book, and I already bought the rest of the series, so I am definitely going to be rereading the whole series over and over again.

I started to read this book because of the hype that a lot of my reader friends gave it. I got through half of the book, but still couldn’t really get into it.

Don't listen to the people that tell you this series is just a rip off of the Hunger games because that is so false on so many levels. I have read both series and they aren't really alike at all. I mean there is very few similarity but not enough to call it a rip off. My personal opinion would be that I prefer this series to the Hunger Games mainly because the characters but that's just me. Also if you read the book then you can fangirl with me because at this moment this is my favorite series.

This is an amazing book! I love all the characters and the action/suspense was awesome! I am truly amazed by James Dashner!

Okay, so maybe part of the reason I wasn't into this book was because it is so overrated, but it just wasn't my favorite. It took me a month to read this book, whereas I usually read books of this size in a couple of days. The plot dragged, and Thomas' character annoyed me. To me it seemed like Thomas was only heroic in the big moments. He just made selfish desicons when no one was looking. I wasn't a fan of Teressa either. Her character seemed unessential and poorly written. To me, it seemed like the author wanted her to come off as sassy, but he tried so hard to make her sound sassy, that she just sounded mean. It seems like taking her out altogether would have made the story flow better, and taken away her unessasairy presence. I understand why so many people like this book. It is intriguing, but I assure you that it is not for everyone. That being said I would recommend that you try to read it if you think it sounds interesting, but borrow it from your local library, and don't set your expectations too high.

If you love books about dystopian societies (Divergent, The Giver, the Hunger Games, etc.) you should definitely read this. You will laugh and cry. You will want to keep reading once you start.