The Grievers of Death By: Andrew Yang

The Grievers of Death

The Maze Runner is the first book of a science fiction trilogy written by James Dashner. The Maze Runner has also been directed as a movie that is going to be coming out on the 19^th of September 2014 in the US.

 The main character of The Maze Runner is a boy named Thomas who wakes up in a metal cage like box and is sent to a place called the Glade. He has no memory except for his name. Magical moving walls surround the Glade. These walls protect the Gladers (people that live in the glade) from horrid monsters who reside in the forest on the other side of the wall. One of the scarier monsters is the Grievers-“It looked like an experiment gone terribly wrong—something from a nightmare. Part animal, part machine, the Griever rolled and clicked along the stone pathway. Its body resembled a gigantic slug, sparsely covered in hair and glistening with slime, grotesquely pulsating in and out as it breathed. It had no distinguishable head or tail, but front to end it was at least six feet long, four feet thick.”(Page #112) The pattern created by the walls’ movements was also intended show the Gladers a passcode that they will use to escape from the maze. After the number of patterns that was needed has been recorded, the walls will stop moving, and the evil that lurks outside the wall will be free to room in the Glade. Will Thomas and his friends find out the passcode fast enough before the Grievers slowly kill them off? Or will they die trying?

My favorite character in this series is Teresa, this is because she went through so much to protect Thomas because or her love. Before the memory wipe Thomas and Teresa were dating and after they were in the glade, they still liked each other. The entire time, no matter what she did, she always did it to protect Thomas, all the way until the very end when she paid the ultimate price, her life. When she pretended to betray Thomas and like Aris, she did it so that Thomas would be safe. When she dove and pushed Thomas away from the falling boulder, she did it again so that Thomas would be safe. No matter what Thomas thought of her, everything she did was to protect him, and that’s why Teresa is my favorite character.

I feel like this book would be perfect for those who found The Hunger Games trilogy and The Divergent trilogy fun to read. This is an action packed book that includes suspense and has different surprises around each and every corner. Throughout every chapter, the author always made me think, “What is going to happen next?” I was completely captivated in the plot until the very last word, and that is why this trilogy is also going to be movies just like The Hunger Games and The Divergent.