Ok, since I feel like this is the most recent book that has been turned into a movie, I decided to make this my first review. So, I am practically obsessed with The Maze Runner (btw, I’ll probably say I’m obsessed with most things, but I’m trying to break that habit down to a few things.) It is definitely up there as one of my favorite books of all time. James Dashner is definitely an amazing writer, probably one of the best authors I’ve ever read work from. My favorite character is Newt. He will forever and always be in my heart. In the book, he was just so cute and adorable and I loved him ever since he was introduced to Thomas. For those of you who don’t know this book, the characters consist of Thomas, Minho, Newt, Alby, Teresa, Gally, Chuck, Fry Pan (minor character) and a lot of other minor characters in the story.

For those of you who don’t know this story, (which you probably should definitely get to read because you don’t know what you’re missing) It’s basically about how the Sun has scorched the world, leaving famine and disease to Earth. While this was happening, the government would take a bunch kids from different age and authentic groups, most of them being boys, whipped of their memory and sent into place of not knowing anything of their past and who they were before, enter a maze. The maze is filled with boys at different ages and one boy who is only around the age of at least 13, to survive the maze and try to find the way out without getting themselves killed. A basic experiment to see how the boys handle the maze and the disease that is brought to them by these monsters called Grievers. I don’t want to give most of it away from the description, you’ll just have to read and see for yourself what happens next 🙂

When this book first came out, I did actually buy it but I read like a first couple of pages and got bored of it easily. I guess because I really didn’t give it a chance and I was young when it came actually came out. But when the movie trailer came out and one of my favorite actors, which is Dylan O’Brien, was in it, I just had to see it. It did look interesting as well. But since it was a book made into the movie, I had to read the book first before I saw the movie. And once I read the book, I immediately went “Oh my god… this is absolutely amazing.” Basically never putting it down once. The Maze Runner is also a series like The Hunger Games and Divergent. It is definitely not as cliche as you may think it is. (Next part I’m talking about is parts that I didn’t like from the movie, some of them maybe spoilers so if you don’t want to read those, only if you want to, you can skip through it) 

Now with the movie, the movie did do the book quiet some justice if I don’t say so myself. I saw the movie people would definitely understand the premiss of it for people who haven’t read the book, but for the people who have read the book, some might be a little upset. Like I was upset when it didn’t show that Thomas and Teresa could mind read with each other throughout the time they were with each other in the glade. I also didn’t like how Thomas told Newt, Minho, Chuck and Teresa at one point all of the secrets Teresa and Thomas have been hiding. And I definitely missed the part where Newt was supposed to have his limp in the movie. Which was actually one of the reasons why I fell in love with Newts character in the first place. (Newt is played by Thomas Brody Sangster who is a British actor, age 24, and he is one hot hunk of a dude) 

I also didn’t like when Ben and Minho came out of the Maze and they talked to Thomas and Chuck as Chuck was showing Thomas around and near the maze. I liked in the book that they just passed by but when they talked, it just kind of ruined the mood of it all, well for me anyway. Another part I didn’t like was in the book, where the maps were written on paper and not on a 3D diagram. And when the maps were burned in the book, they were never burned in the movie which is kind of disappointing because that would’ve been the cool part to see.

A part I did like though was the cool addition they added when Thomas wrote his name on the maze wall along with other names that were on there. That was definitely a cool part. Another part I really liked was the ending. It was so on point with the Epilogue it was mind blowing to me and it was awesome!

So that was my review, comment below tell me what you think of The Maze Runner and tell me who are you’re favorite characters and what not. AND WHO’S EXCITED FOR THE SCORCH TRAILS TO COME OUT TO THE MOVIES ONE DAY?! I’M SO EXCITED! 😀 Well, till next time…

–Zoe 🙂