“Shouldn’t someone give a pep talk or something?” Minho asked, pulling Thomas’s attention away from Alby.
“Go ahead,” Newt replied.
Minho nodded and faced the crowd. “Be careful,” he said dryly. “Don’t die.” – 4.25/5 stars!

Attention! This book contains: boxes, keepers, lost memories, maps, codes, secrets, huge spikes, a mysterious cliff, weird telepathy, WICKD, “shanks”, grievers, Fry Pan’s cookings, handcrafted weapons, blue deep eyes, “green beans”, a lot of running and a scary maze.

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.

I reread this book recently for the second time, and all the positive memories came back in a flash.

I feel like my opinion didn’t change that much, so that’s good! I wish I didn’t see all the movies before reading the book, because it was impossible not to compare both realities. I must say that I really enjoyed the whole concept of the book: the fact that someone decided to put a bunch of kids trapped in a maze for a survival experience is crazy. It’s a very raw and cruel reality to witness, and there is a lot of suffering – so be aware of that! It’s a true mystery of what’s really happening and why they are where they are, and there are a lot of questions that don’t have an answer… yet.

I just couldn’t stop thinking of how some of the characters were so similar to the movie characters, and others, yet, so different. “Movie Thomas” fitted the role perfectly, and so did “movie Minho” and “movie Teresa”. I was also intrigued how some of the characters were very different, like Newt and Fry Pan (physically) and Alby (personality). Not relevant to the review, but I thought I’d make that observation.

I also loved the small detail that their names are not their true names and that they were given nicknames related to influential people. I wish they mentioned this cool fact in the movies! At least I don’t think they did? I could be wrong though!

Another thing that I really liked and found interesting is how the gladers developed their own kind of language and communication. I’m not sure why, but it made the reading experience more real and interesting.

Even though I liked it, I missed the surprise factor to keep me going. I wished I didn’t know the story, because if I didn’t I would be hooked to this series!

I still love this book and story! Revisiting this story was the perfect way of completing my 2022 Reading Goal.