"The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
It didn't dawn on me that this book was a series, not to mention how many books are in this series, until after I had dived in. A fault of mine is that if I start a series I have to finish it. So now I feel like I have to continue this series even though I'm not sure how I felt about the first book. The same thing happened with "Fifty Shades of Gray" and forcing myself to finish that was horrible! I'm hoping for a different outcome.
The suspense of the book and the short chapters kept me pushing through even though it was hard for me to really understand what was going on. The whole concept just seemed bizarre to me at first. I felt that I was coming up with answers quicker than the book and that some obvious solutions weren't even addressed until the end. This caused a lot of frustration with me and I don't handle frustration well! It was evident even when I stepped away from the book and became a little more annoyed than usual with my day-to-day tasks. Another fault of mine, I carry my emotions from a book into my real life. It drives BJ crazy!
Overall, though, I am left with more questions and plan on reading the entire series. It may not be right away as I wasn't planning on getting into a series right now, but I am somewhat excited to learn a little more about where James Dashner was going with this story.
A bit of an annoyance with the book...they included pictures from the movie. I am not a fan when a book does this, especially when the movie characters don't match up to the book characters. Let the book be the book. It usually ends up better than the movie anyway!
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