Review: The Maze Runner triology

The Maze Runner triology

by James Dashner

The Maze Runner                      The Scorch Trials                   The Death Cure

book rate: ★★★★☆       book rate: ★★★★☆        book rate: ★★★☆☆

Brief Introduction (from goodreads):

"If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human."
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.
"Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade."
Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.
"Everything is going to change."
Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.
Remember. Survive. Run.

Review:

I marathoned this triology and its prequel and I'm starting to feel that maybe it was a bad idea. The prequel is excellent and so is the first book in triology. The second book is good, maybe not what I was expecting but still a good book. The Death Cure, the third and last book in this triolidy was the death of the triology for me.

The Kill Order (the prequel to this triology and which review you read here) and The Maze Runner were quick paced and action packed books that kept me on the edge trough the entire story.The characters were very good, incredinbly consistent and the plot was sometimes mind blowing. By the time I finished them I was officially in love with James Dashner for being such a realistic dystopian author. You can actually noticed my adoration for him in my The Kill Order's review!

The Schorch Trials were slightly more slow paced but plot was still interesting and the characters still gripped me.

The Death Cure was a disappointment honestly. It was so much more slow paced than I could ever expect a James Dashner's book to be... Some characters disappointed me, the plot didn't even seem like a plot, everything seemed slightly disconnected and the story looked like it was going nowhere. The ending of the book itself was good, I was satisfied with it, but the development of The Death Cure had so much more potential.

Regardless of my opinion of the third book I still think this is a series worth reading and I will not hesitate to reccommend it. Alhtough I will always be careful to give whoever I reccommend it to (including you guys) a heads-up about the third book.

Review: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Shatter Me
By Tahereh Mafi

from goodreads:

I have a curse
I have a gift

I am a monster
I'm more than human

My touch is lethal
My touch is power

I am their weapon
I will fight back

Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.

The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.

The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war – and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now.

Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.

Review:

I had no idea what Shatter Me was about before I started reading it. There's a lot of hipe about this book and I was curious to what it was that everybody seemed to love. I have to say I wasn't disappointed, it was everything I was looking for! It is not the best dystopian I've ever read, it doesn't have the best characters or the most mind blowing plot but it was entertaining and addictive.

Being stuck in an asylum is not easy for anyone. Juliette feels like she is slowly loosing her mind. She has no company other than her own head. In the beginning of the book is obvious that Juliette is not mentally stable but as the story develops her thoughts start being more normal, it shows how strong of a character she really is. Even after everything she went through she is still faithful to herself, strong and kind. She does not wish for luxury or revenge. She just wants to feel loved, she wants a friend.

I can't really describe the other characters, I feel like there's something wrong with all of them, that they are just playing a game, pretending to be someone they are not just to gain Juliette's trust. I don't know whether they are good or bad, there's just something off about them.
However that is what I liked best about this book, the mystery. There are so many things left unsaid, unexplained. There is not a big plot twist in this book, I expect that something major will happen in the next books. And I really can't wait to start Unravel Me!

About the writing style, it took me a while to adapt to the metaphors, the repetitions and the way she is constantly saying something and then crossing what she just said. But after adapting I think it just added more to the story. She is still recovering from the time spent in the asylum and it's normal not to be perfectly coherent.

I had a good time reading Shatter Me and I'd recommend this to anyone who likes dystopian or is in the mood for some light and quick read!

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