The Maze Runner is written from the point of view of Thomas, a boy who wakes up in an elevator with no idea of who he is and where he is. The elevator takes him to the “Glade”, the central area of a large Maze where he meets a group of boys who have lived in the Glade, trying to find a way out of it by sending runners into the maze during the day to map it’s twists and turns. A new boy is delivered once every month, but the day after Thomas arrives, the elevator brings another person: a girl. Her arrival sets things in motion that cause Thomas, and the rest of the boys, to question why they were sent to the Maze and whether or not they can ever escape from it.
Rating: Four Stars
While this was a very good read (I couldn't put it down), I wasn't thrilled about the how the characters spoke. They created some of their own words, which they used like swear words (for example, "shuck" was one of them). I think the reason the author had the characters do this, was because they could remember some words/images from their past, and I think the words they created were based on those words (Shuck would be sh** and f*** combined together). While I understand WHY the characters may have done that, I did find it a little irritating.
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