Like many others probably, I stumbled a few weeks ago about the trailer for the Maze Runner movie on the Internet and thought to myself: 'Holla, that could be a film as with Ender's Game, in which it pays to know the book, before you see him! ' Not even close! Where the trailer suggests interesting effects, epic maze excursions with clever traps and architectural tweaks, the book is a big disappointment. Of course, who is from the (thanks Hunger Games) newly invigorated wave of teen in extreme situations stories Shakespear'sches a masterpiece is expected to blame, but 'The Maze Runner' is bottom drawer of the attached pseudo-voltage generation. Amnesia as a narrative stylistic device is already quite a bit tiring, but can produce a good suspense as the reader can explore the facts, together with the main character. When researching limited as in Maze Runner on endless Who-What-What-Why-questions and the answers until shortly before the end of the book just brainless 'Do not ask' are on little tension comes on. The same problem with the characters. These are one-dimensional, without exception, in every respect. Thomas is incredibly helpful and good, Chuck annoying and pseudo-funny, Gally can nothing but be a puke and Theresa only a female Thomas and another ridiculously superfluous instance being dragged along in order to address the 'Romantiker' target group (which, however shamefully fails because the romance is as tangible as a panic, greased eel). All other 'Glader' react exclusively annoyed, stressed and unwelcoming which makes no sense, because Thomas is a new member of the community and all would benefit if he would quickly get all the facts. All weaknesses in character design are, however, transferred to another 'trick', the volumes about the capabilities of the author speaks: fantasy words. The recipe is simple: take all the words, when they use the parents of teens disapproving frown and inventive substitute words for that sound almost the same. So you get the whole concoction of course by various age checks and create an exotic touch, you would not get with the S-word, the A-word and the F word over. The idea was already in the remake of Battlestar Galactica not a deal breaker, but there remained at least within reasonable limits and made sense, because a bunch of military can not do without expletives, but in Maze Runner it more obviously placed and unnecessary. It is yet to be illogical, because why should the amnesia selectively erase only the foul language from the vocabulary (Thomas knows the words not when he comes in the maze)? In essence, that's the fundamental problem of the book: It is illogical from one end to the other and tries to through Dashner the artificial-sealed hostility of the people conceal. The end of the book is to bring any help to sort out the story, on the contrary. (Spoiler alert!) The explanations given by a earth after a global catastrophe in the fight against a nasty disease can setup the 'Maze Trials' only appear stupid (and is not even a surprise). Why add the test subjects gradually? Why you give them supplies when they run but mixed farming? Why does one of the most interesting candidates until the final return without which the entire test and is still totally unsolvable? (Correct heard! 2 years teenager was tormenting actually total for the oven, because without Thomas and Theresa nobody knew what would do with the solution words ever !!) Why does giving them the memory in order then piecewise by Grievergift + antidote to give back? What is this nonsense with the Grievergift at all, apart from the author to provide the ability to intersperse flashbacks, however, produce only more 'Ask nicht' moments? If the world is searching for a cure for a disease, you should not lock the kids more to a lab and teach them to the microscope? I am certain that the author will bring the following books similarly specious explanations, but that's to be no justification for any major issues in the first book unanswered. As pointless as illogical is the final battle against the Grievers. In Hunger Games all candidates have at least even spent some time with combat training and combat only each other, but the teens is to pit with knives and spears against ultra-advanced combat cyborgs just a bad joke as well as a survival test complete Schwachfug. If you also need another proof that the author no idea of physical confrontations has (or their representation has been spared for the same reason from which no foul happen), you have to just keep in mind that the spear-armed field worker Butcher athletes teens break up a united front of struggle cyborgs can hit an alley inside and half of them still survived!
The list of mental-bloating of Maze Runner could go on endlessly, but what I take the book most evil is the neglect of the obvious main venue while the antagonist: The Labyrinth! What could have been able to install it for clever, exciting, sophisticated things on top of that the eponymous Maze Runner in more than just test their lung capacity! No, there's only at night that mindless monster, one fantastic invisible hole (the technology remains behind as pointless as unexplained) to spell and a few movable walls that have no other purpose than (also uninspired senseless) solution words like a crossword puzzle , This is utter boredom pure, once you know it and also negates any heroic aura, which radiate the runner at the beginning of the book yet. Phrases like: 'We must have no fear and have to make decisions in a split second' (free play) suddenly seem plenty stupid, because the runner must not continue to have the running (what they get running shoes haha, probably to sponsor contracts from Nike for the film get), read their wristwatches (Yes, not even a sense of time need Runner, because Casio wants to ensure sponsor) and 'changes' in the labyrinth sections map out which are repeated continuously for 2 years. Tolle Wurst. No traps, no optical tricks, no jumping, no creep, no climbing Nothing except verschenktem potential.
Bottom line, it can be said that the book was obviously written in great haste to jump on the book conversion boom post Hunger Games. Distraught me a brief search of the author, who was not quite lazy and has won several awards. If 'The Maze Runner' but is a measure of what he has won these prices, then you can not give much on these prices well. Anyone clever, really exciting entertainment searches, and the feeling of being detested by the carrot on the tricked on the fishing line through a book, should leave it alone! It shows once again that one should not resort to books unseen, who are in need, 'Most Popular New York Times' to advertise on its cover with. For me new but in hindsight was obvious: Stay away from books calling themselves 'Soon to be blockbuster movie'!
