I have recently put down the last of The Maze Runner series that I will read for a while. I have read:

The Maze Runner

Like most people, I found the first book in the series to be the most gripping. I zoomed through the book, unable to put it down and hungry for more. Thomas wakes up in a box surrounded by eyes of other boys, in small glade surrounded by huge walls. Why has he woken up here? So many questions. By the end of the book you are left feeling that experiencing the maze was surely enough torture for the teenage Gladers, right?

The Scorch Trials

I enjoyed the second book. I was rather surprised at how different the storyline was, having watched the films before reading the books. The storyline is much better in the book, in my opinion. I remember being shocked and upset that the trials hadn’t finished following the escape from the maze. The anxiety and trepidation stays with you, just like in the maze, too.

Death Cure

An eye-opening book on the state of the world in The Maze Runner Series. Incredibly scary to think that the whole world is crawling with crazy cranks! I have wondered though whether given a few more decades, if the cranks would all have died due to their brains shutting down? In that case would the immunes truly be safe after all. I don’t want to post any spoilers but I will say Newt, oh Newt. I was frustrated with Thomas as to why he didn’t choose to have his memory restored. Also the thing with the brain confused and worried me at the same time. The ending was rather anti-climatic but it is the ending that is probably the nicest the author could write. I finished the entire trilogy in a couple of weeks which is rather quick for me.

The Kill Order

I got a bit bored whilst reading the next two instalments to be honest. There is almost constant action in this book which as I said somehow got boring. Saying that though the characters and story have really stayed with me, I can’t explain how or why they touched me so much. The events are just awful, pure terror and I guess I just feel so sorry for the characters, they got so far and then things progressively got worse. Rather heartbreaking.

Fever Code

As I said above I got bored half way through this book, whilst The Kill Order had almost constant action, Fever Code was a lot slower with a lot less action. It was quite nice to read the events of the Gladers leading up to the maze trials and how they got to Wicked. I was very surprised by the twist at the end! The talk about memories was very sad. I enjoyed the supplementary information provided by the prequels. There is obviously more information that could have been released, explaining why a cure hadn’t been found. Also why Dr Paige eventually changed tack in regards to the immunes after her scheming.

I endeavour to read Crank Palace at some point, but I don’t think my heart can take it at the moment. Plus I would like to move on to a different story in a different world. It is a series that will stay with me I have to say, to summarise.

Signing off for now,

Amy xx