Your review confirms my impression of the series — and confirms my decision to skip reading it. That said, I thought the book had a great name. Maze Runner caught my attention the first time I heard it and made me quite curious. The general plot synopsis only added to my curiosity. But then my son started reading the books and telling me about them and that killed all interest. As you described, it seemed like too much action/horror drowning out a story that otherwise had a lot of potential.
To be honest, the only reason I read it was because I was preparing a lecture on values in dystopian literature, and needed a good mix of classics (1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, Anthem) and more modern works to draw from. It is a somewhat interesting premise, but as you note, it doesn't deliver what it could have
Your review confirms my impression of the series — and confirms my decision to skip reading it. That said, I thought the book had a great name. Maze Runner caught my attention the first time I heard it and made me quite curious. The general plot synopsis only added to my curiosity. But then my son started reading the books and telling me about them and that killed all interest. As you described, it seemed like too much action/horror drowning out a story that otherwise had a lot of potential.
To be honest, the only reason I read it was because I was preparing a lecture on values in dystopian literature, and needed a good mix of classics (1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, Anthem) and more modern works to draw from. It is a somewhat interesting premise, but as you note, it doesn't deliver what it could have
I watched the first of the three films which didn't leave much of an impression beyond not caring to watch the others.
Thanks for reinforcing my decision not to watch them!