This book is an exciting adventure story book which does not consists, or need much literature elements. The main plot is well-thought. It is about a time when people were suffering a disease called the ‘Flare’, and a group of evil scientists who wanted to change the human habits working on a zone called the Glade, where young intelligent ‘players’ are put in, to solve the Maze and find the way to get out. Then the scientists could work out their brain process, and how they used the brain element of perseverance and determination. The main character was Thomas. He was the second last to be sent to the Glade, who later figured out that he helped to design the Glade, with the last Glader Teresa (the first female Glader, when they were really young. Little by little, their determination to get back to the real world guided them to solving the maze puzzle and leaving the maze. It was already 2 years’ time before they got out of the Maze. There were a lot of characters. A lot of them were Gladers. Some of them include Alby, the leader, Minho, an Asian who was a Runner, and helped to figure out the Maze. There were also Chuck, a loyal friend of Thomas’ who died saving him. The thing that made this book memorable is the undying friendship between Thomas and Chuck.
At first, Thomas felt that Chuck was really annoying. But then, he eventually found out that he needed a friend in order to survive in this place, optimistic. So he accepted Chuck as his friend, where both of them were very needy of a close friend. Although Chuck was sometimes too talkative and annoying, he felt that he always had a companion that listened to him, one that understood him. At the end, the bond between them was so great that Chuck died saving Thomas, and when Thomas found out that he had broke his promise of taking Chuck back home, he broke into tears. He doesn’t realize until then how he treasured Chuck as a friend, and how much brotherhood was between them. I think this is a very true description of our real lives, like how you don’t know that something actually means so much to you until they go away, and you feel you’re too late to treasure the bond between.
I must admit that at first, the plot was not very well explained, but the good thing is that you have a lot of questions in store but when it comes to the middle of the book, BANG!, everything is solved in a matter of a few seconds. Somehow how much this book leaves unexplained, left open, helps you think in many different ways. At first, I think a lot of readers would ask the same question as I did, ‘what is the maze?’, or ‘how do people become gladers’. At this point, the climax builds up and for me, this is the best part of the book, which can be describe as ‘unputdownable’. At the end, the big resolution of meeting the Creators of the maze, when the horrific yet tense end of the story, Ben trying to kill Thomas.
I think it would even create a tenser effect if Thomas really died, because that would be quite of a shock if the main character dies. Other than friendship, there is no one single theme circulating the story, and thinking of this, the story is very useless and not meaningful, except for the friendship part you might have squeezed out of the tight content. The problem with this book is that it is much more of a mere story, which only entertains you but does not improve your English. This is a science fiction book which uses very mild vocabulary throughout is a good example. So if you are looking for literature books, do not choose this book. But if you are planning to choose a book for light reading, this will probably be your choice.
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Note: Wrote this two years ago, thought I'd add it here.
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