“The Maze Runner” by James Dashner

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The novel  “The Maze Runner” was written by James Dashner in 2010. It tells the story of Thomas, a boy who is set out in the middle of a giant maze. But he isn’t alone there. The ‘’Gladers’’ are the other fighters who are allowed in there. The really strange thing is that nobody in the Glade can remember anything but their first name. The walls of the Maze are made out of massive stone but every dawn those huge stone walls slide into each other at some spots and open entrances into the Maze. The Maze itself is an assembling of deadly traps and other things which can easily kill you. Every morning when the gates open, the so-called runners run out and search an exit for the others….

The book it pretentiously-written and generates a huge mass of tension and flashed me for a long time. Because of the fact that the ‘’Gladers’’ were at some point cut off civilization, they designed a different language which makes the book extremely  pretentious and you have to have some more experience in reading English novels and texts to understand what’s going on there.

I recommend this book to people who are twelve or older (I was twelve, when I read it) because the plot can be disturbing at times and some scenes are really scary.

I hope you enjoyed reading my recommendation.

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