I thought it time to reveal the extent of my nerdiness. I read this novel in 2 sittings...
James Dashner’s novel The Maze Runner just taught me how to
run a maze. ‘If you want to run a maze,’ I imagine Dashner saying, ‘you run
hard so you and the audience are out of breath. You need to make sure the
maze is dangerous and exciting so the audience can know how scared they should
be. You’ve got to lead them right to a Cliff and jump off.’ Dashner knows this
is the only way to run mazes and boy have I enjoyed the ride.
The concept of The Maze Runner is incredible. This man had a plan and executed it with stunning
results. Thomas’ sudden appearance in a complex maze with no memory, no friends
or escape ideas to speak of really thrilled me- I was just as confused as he
was and just as curious. His interactions with the other Gladers –the inhabitants
of the maze- were carefully constructed to pike interest but not give the
ending away.
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| The Maze Runner, book 75 in my Goodreads challenge 2013 |
My favourite scene was Thomas’ first run in the maze. Dashner’s
very visual writing style highlighted the maze’s eeriness and the mad dash from
the monsters was easy to imagine. The big reveal of Thomas’ memories was
diabolical.
The only thing that bothered me was a lack of subplot, a
problem I found most annoying as various subplots had time and opportunity to
develop. However, I have no doubt that Dashner will use The Maze Runner as
strong foundation for the rest of the trilogy.
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