Loved 13

Thomas wakes up in the labyrinth, surrounded by dozens of other adolescents, the erased memory. He remembers only one thing: his first name. Life is organized within the Bloc, everyone has their "job" and everyone work in order to survive and find the exit of the famous maze. The "runners" strive to walk the labyrinth throughout the day and return in the evening with their plans. The problem: at night, it is populated horrible half-human creatures called Griffeurs mid robots and walls move each evening. For two years they try to get out of there, in vain.

There are questions throughout the novel. Why are boys here? Who is behind all this? This first volume gives us answers, but not all worry (we must keep a little suspense;)). The author has found the right balance for not doing a frustrating first tome.
The story is full of action and surprises. The plot is well done, until the last page. The characters are abused from beginning to end. As I said earlier, this book has really taken the guts, I was really into it.

The relationships between the characters are pretty tense start. What it is understandable given the context. The protagonists are numerous and there is a little difficult to navigate. Then some characters end up stand out, affect us. I liked Newt and Minho, although it remains on the surface and we only discovered a small part of their personality. I was touched by the burgeoning friendship between Chuck and Thomas. He was the last to arrive, blue, before our hero finds himself in the maze.
For me, the only downside of this novel lies in the fact that Teresa is an underused character. The responses are made about him at the end, but I confess that it is not really helpful throughout the book. I expected it to be better promoted.

Later, "The Burning Plain" is to be published in October 2013.