Good evening
Another book finished in the middle of a hectic semester 3! I had to be honest, I was about to delete this book from my library because the first few chapters are just frustrating and you feel really lost. I'll explain why later in my plot review.
The one reason why I'm interested in reading this book is because the movie is coming out. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa! And honestly, from the trailer the movie looks interesting and intense. And , after reading the book, I personally think it would make a great movie. It all depends on how the director interpreted the book.
One other movie I'm interested in the Fault in Our Stars. It's already out in America and a few other countries, but unfortunately for me in Indonesia, I have to wait til 22nd August. GADDAMN. Guess who's one of the singers featured in the soundtrack. Ed Sheeran. Yes, THE ED SHEERAN. I'm so hyped right now!
Back to the main topic,
The book Maze Runner is a fun read, but that's basically it. After finishing the book I didn't want to continue to the next book. That is why I'm doing the review now. I actually checked the synopsis on wikipedia and well...let's just say I became even more uninterested.
NEVERTHELESS, I'm still gonna do a plot review so you guys can judge the book by yourself and decided whether you want to read it or not.
Here goes the plot review!
Our main character is called Thomas. The book started with Thomas, waking up in a dark room, unable to see anything. He also didn't remember anything, although he felt that his memories were deleted on purpose. Then he felt the room he was in moved upwards, which means it's an elevator. The door opened, and he found himself being surrounded by boys. Some the same age as him, some younger. Of course, he woke up with a shock and the people around him are not gonna tell him any informations anyways, because they think it will make the shock first. They only tell him that he is now in a place called the Glade and help him fit in.
The maze walls are covered in ivy and inside the maze lives terrible creatures called the Grievers. The Glade is basically a box, a big box inside the maze which is built with very tall concrete walls. The Glade has 4 doors, one on each side. The doors close at sundown, making a large grinding noise while closing. Thomas didn't know about all this until the next day. Now what makes the book annoying is the period of time when Thomas knows nothing and nobody is willing to tell him anything either. I'm pretty sure it was 1-3 chapters. IMAGINE HOW ANNOYING IS THAT.
Moving on. On the first day, Thomas was told to rest. And on the second day, he finally got a tour of the place. Thomas, being Thomas, wanted to be a runner. A runner is someone who is in charge of going inside the maze, make maps, and find out an exit out of the maze. In the Glade, everyone have their own jobs so everything is in order. Each department have their own names. The Runners are the ones who run. (Yea no shit).
A few days later, one of the Runner, called Minho, (yes there is an asian character in this book, with a korean name, reminds me of SHINee) found a dead griever in the maze, or so he thought it was dead. So the next day, Minho and the Glade leader Alby went to check out the Griever in the maze. Everybody waited for them to come back before the door closed, but they didn't. Until the door was about to close. Thomas saw Alby and Minho, barely making it to the door and he decided to run and safe them, regardless the fact everyone has been saying, that no one will survive a night alone in the maze outside the Glade. So in the end, Thomas, Minho, and Alby got stuck outside the Glade. Knowing this, they are terrified by the fact that the Grievers will come and kill them. Thomas proved otherwise. Thanks to him Alby and Thomas survived the night.
Then a girl came out of the elevator, which was a first, and al the boys are confused, because she had a note saying that she is the last one ever. She went into a coma, and woke up having telephatic skills with Thomas. She also remembered somethings regarding the maze. Her name is Teresa.
So here's the spoiler. The maze is actually an experiment made by scientists to find the chosen ones who will somehow safe mankind. The maze is a test to kill those who are not determined and yes all of them have their memories removed for the sake of the test. All of them are actually orphaned kids who are adopted by the scientist and are to become experiments. There it goes. The reason behind the maze.
In the end, they found an exit which is actually inside the lair of the Grievers and they went out, only to know that they are experiments and they can't do anything. Then they got saved by some random people who "broke in" to the lab and then the scientists said something about the kids going into phase 2. I'm guessing that's the start of book 2.
Another background fact, the world is actually infected by a disease called the Flare, which came from sun flares and it made mankind insane. The kids in this experiment are those who are immune to the Flare and they are to make a new society.
The End
I'm pretty sure this plot review is nothing compared with reading the book. I skipped a lot of details. but the main point of the plot is like this. I'm definitely not continuing this trilogy. Besides, the movie is coming out soon. Looking forward to that one!
I've started reading the next book, which is the last book in the Mortal Instruments series!! OMG I'm so excited! Look forward to the review in my next post! Pretty sure it'll come out in the next few days ;)
Sincerely yours,
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