

These are half slug/half woodshop tools that enjoy slicing and dicing apart anyone unfortunate to encounter them.

During the day, the Maze is (kinda sorta) safe. The Glade is surrounded by stupendously tall walls, outside of which lays the Maze. He remembers nothing, and the boys are uncooperative, refusing to reveal any details regarding their home, the Glade.

Thomas, our empty-shell-of-a-protagonist is thrust, via the Box, into a curious and unfriendly world populated by dozens of teenage boys. The first half of James Dashner's The Maze Runner maintains a superbly frantic pace. I guess this is kind of like Lot's wife looking back on Sodom only to be turned into a pillar of salt.Īnd it is also kind of like reading The Maze Runner. You know how sometimes you're running really fast from a horrible creature and, in a moment of panic, you turn around to see how close it is only to run straight into a brick wall?īut that inattention to detail would probably totally screw you over because a.) now you're knocked unconscious and b.) the creature is going to devour you.
