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The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
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bookshelves: 1-and-a-half-stars, nope, unpopular-opinion, dystopian, sci-fi, ya, reviewed, project-review-everything
Jul 07, 2014
bookshelves: 1-and-a-half-stars, nope, unpopular-opinion, dystopian, sci-fi, ya, reviewed, project-review-everything
the fact of the matter and the unfortunate truth is that this book, in my humble opinion, sucks.
remember in the late 2000s and early 2010s when, if you wanted to read newish YA, your choices were dystopian books about chosen one characters who weren't like other girls and...paranormal romance books about chosen one characters who weren't like other girls?
this managed to transcend that by making the same apply to boys, and also being worse.
this was a snoozefest, the characters were horrible to be around even on the page, and the slang is annoying and dumb. the attempt at A Moral Or Lesson About Society™️ that every single book had to include was so lame. having your protagonist just remember stuff instead of learn it is such a boring, fun-sucking choice that i cannot believe any author would even consider it, let alone rely on it this hard.
i read this book 6 years ago and i still have it in me to get angry about how dumb i think it is.
that says a lot, to be honest. i can't remember the details of books i read last week.
part of a series i'm doing in which iget mad for no reason review books i read a long time ago
remember in the late 2000s and early 2010s when, if you wanted to read newish YA, your choices were dystopian books about chosen one characters who weren't like other girls and...paranormal romance books about chosen one characters who weren't like other girls?
this managed to transcend that by making the same apply to boys, and also being worse.
this was a snoozefest, the characters were horrible to be around even on the page, and the slang is annoying and dumb. the attempt at A Moral Or Lesson About Society™️ that every single book had to include was so lame. having your protagonist just remember stuff instead of learn it is such a boring, fun-sucking choice that i cannot believe any author would even consider it, let alone rely on it this hard.
i read this book 6 years ago and i still have it in me to get angry about how dumb i think it is.
that says a lot, to be honest. i can't remember the details of books i read last week.
part of a series i'm doing in which i
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Nov 23, 2021 09:50AM
Same… this trope gave me trust issues when it comes to fantasy books like 8/10 of the time they’re like this :(
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Gosh, I hated this book so much. My least favorite thing for books to do has to be withhold information for the sake of the plot, and this book was full of that.
I completely agree though the movie for some reason was better
I wonder if I would hate this if I reread it now. I DNFed the second book even back then.
truth. it was so hard to get through and yet all my friends were super hype for the movie?? but we all knew the book was...yeah , and the rest of the series was a mess
A lot od YA didn't age well...
Lune wrote: "Same… this trope gave me trust issues when it comes to fantasy books like 8/10 of the time they’re like this :("agreeeeee
Rae wrote: "Gosh, I hated this book so much. My least favorite thing for books to do has to be withhold information for the sake of the plot, and this book was full of that."the plot basically WAS withholding information
Jonathan wrote: "I completely agree though the movie for some reason was better"not hard to do!
Sarah wrote: "I wonder if I would hate this if I reread it now. I DNFed the second book even back then."how i feel about shadow and bone!!
Sydney wrote: "truth. it was so hard to get through and yet all my friends were super hype for the movie?? but we all knew the book was...yeah , and the rest of the series was a mess"all my friends were hype for the movie too, but that was bc of dylan o'brien
7 wrote: "series literally sucks"i never made it past here
Josip wrote: "A lot od YA didn't age well..."true. yet i did not like this even then
Thanks Emma, sounds like a good one to avoid.
this book does suck you're right to say it. god bless<3
Jeff wrote: "Thanks Emma, sounds like a good one to avoid."it is that!
Elle wrote: "this book does suck you're right to say it. god bless<3"god we're so good at having opinions
I'm gonna write a book where the main character has amnesia and then as the story continues remembers more and more convenient details and the twist at the end is that he's a actually a human encyclopedia and that passages that would be helpful at the moment are automatically transferred to his memories to help him
I noticed this while reading it, it kinda just got boring how much of a blank slate the main character was. he had no opinions on anything. the death of some random kid that showed up like twice was dragged so hard. and dear god teresa. her character was inconsistent and her introduction was so… sobbing. it’s hot garbage.
