Holy shuck. I decided it was finally time to read The Maze Runner with the movie coming out next month and so I went down to Barnes And Noble and picked up a copy yesterday not expecting much because I've seen some pretty bad reviews, but I wanted to give it a try anyway. I was not expecting to like it as much as I did. I'll be honest, the first 30 pages of this book had me thinking I would hate it. I don't know why but it reminded me of Lord Of The Flies meets The Hunger Games and I was like the last thing we need is another imitation of those books. But I was so wrong. Yes, this book has similarities with those books, (especially how Chuck is literally just like Piggy) but this book took on a world of it's own, and it was extremely suspenseful. Even though the idea of this story doesn't really make much sense and it takes so long until we finally get answers, I appreciated the fact that Thomas was just as confused as we were as readers. Thomas questioned everything which I appreciate in a main character because I do it too. The idea that these boys get sent in a metal box to "The Glades" without any memory of who they are or where they came from was really interesting. I loved the idea of the maze in general and the fear of the grievers, and how everything was about to change when a girl got sent up as the last "greenie" ever. This book had a lot of mysterious aspects to it which I wasn't expecting, but I loved it. I kept guessing everything and coming up with my own theories, it was so much fun. I could not put this book down and if I hadn't been so busy doing other things I could have finished it in one sitting cause every chapter ended on a cliff hanger. I love how I questioned everything with the "Wicked is good" and wicked being written on the beetles, and even towards the end with the maps. I was so excited as the mystery of the maze unfolded and the truth was discovered. Not to mention Thomas and Teresa and their telepathy and how it was so obvious that Thomas cared so much about her even if he didn't know it himself.

To be honest, I liked this book better than The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games didn't make a lot of sense to me, but this book explained everything about the maze and the world of the glades by the end of the book, which I loved. I'm still not sure exactly how I feel about the ending, but I was genuinely surprised to see how the story ended up. Even though it was really sad towards the end. I love Thomas's character, and I loved his relationships with Chuck, Newt, Minhos, and Alby. I questioned who Alby and Gally's loyalty lied with the whole entire book. I also loved how they used weird words like "shuck-face" and "greenie" and stuff like that because I thought it made their characters unique. This book had that same page-turning suspense as Divergent did for me. I just hope the next books in this trilogy are better than the other two books in the Divergent trilogy.

Overall, I really really enjoyed The Maze Runner, and I was expecting to hate it. There's something unique and intriguing about each one of these characters, and each and every chapter grew more and more intense. It's really rare when you find a page turner like this one. I thoroughly enjoyed myself while reading this book.