When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls.
Just like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night they’ve closed tight. And every 30 days a new boy has been delivered in the lift.
Thomas was expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up—the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers.
Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.
Blurb from Barnes and Nobel.com
4 out of 5 stars
(the extra picture came up when I googled the book, and it's the original cover)
This book was so scary! I didn't really expect all of the nightmarish stuff to be in a book about mazes, but it was there.
It took me awhile to get used to Thomas, and reading about him, because at first, I didn't really like him. But like I said, I got used to him. :)
The only thing that really bothered me in the beginning was that this book is told in third person. I don't read a lot of books like that, so it took me awhile to get used to hearing the story like that. After awhile, I didn't even notice it.
This book was way better than I thought it would be. I thought it would be really good, but the start didn't really give me high hopes. I don't really know what it was, but the first pages just didn't strike me as well as the rest of the book did.
For me, this book constantly had me thinking. I was always trying to solve the maze, find a way out, think of a new way the Gladers hadn't. I would also guess over and over on theories about why the Gladers were there and why. And over and over I was proven wrong, which just made me want to read more.
Top it all off with a brutally cliff hanger ending, and I already upset that I don't have the second one, and I finished this one an hour or so ago.
Can't wait!
(the extra picture came up when I googled the book, and it's the original cover)
This book was so scary! I didn't really expect all of the nightmarish stuff to be in a book about mazes, but it was there.
It took me awhile to get used to Thomas, and reading about him, because at first, I didn't really like him. But like I said, I got used to him. :)
The only thing that really bothered me in the beginning was that this book is told in third person. I don't read a lot of books like that, so it took me awhile to get used to hearing the story like that. After awhile, I didn't even notice it.
This book was way better than I thought it would be. I thought it would be really good, but the start didn't really give me high hopes. I don't really know what it was, but the first pages just didn't strike me as well as the rest of the book did.
For me, this book constantly had me thinking. I was always trying to solve the maze, find a way out, think of a new way the Gladers hadn't. I would also guess over and over on theories about why the Gladers were there and why. And over and over I was proven wrong, which just made me want to read more.
Top it all off with a brutally cliff hanger ending, and I already upset that I don't have the second one, and I finished this one an hour or so ago.
Can't wait!
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