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    The Maze Runner

    Written by James Dashner

    Narrated by Mark Deakins

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    About this audiobook

    Book one in the blockbuster Maze Runner series that spawned a movie franchise and ushered in a worldwide phenomenon! And don’t miss The Fever Code, the highly-anticipated series conclusion that finally reveals the story of how the maze was built!

    When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.

    Outside the towering stone walls that surround them is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.

    Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying: Remember. Survive. Run.

    The Maze Runner and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials are now major motion pictures featuring the star of MTV’s Teen Wolf, Dylan O’Brien; Kaya Scodelario; Aml Ameen; Will Poulter; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. The third movie, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, will hit screens in 2018.

    Also look for James Dashner’s edge-of-your-seat MORTALITY DOCTRINE series!

    Editor's Note

    Daring dystopian…

    Everyone’s latent fear of being trapped increases tenfold in Dashner’s daring dystopian. The action never stops as 60 boys struggle to escape the Glade, surrounded by an ever-shifting, monster-filled maze.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateOct 6, 2009
    ISBN9780307582898
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    • 4/5
      Yay! Dashner didn't let me down. "Scorch Trials" begins with a bang and never slows down. Often middle books in a series are disappointing, but not this one. Full of action, and a fair bit of brutality, this book is a page turner. Having escaped the maze, Thomas and his friends are thrown into another setting full of danger, with killer creatures and the threat of death at every turn, where survival relies solely on their initiative. This is turning into a fabulous series. Now for the finale!
    • 4/5
      This is book 2 of a trilogy. I'm reading the series back-to-back as I think that is how trilogies should be read. In this case it's like one long book, there is no time warp from one book to the other. This book was phase two of the experiment. Nothing is really solved and nothing really exposes more of what is going on. You can trust anything or anyone. It is a nice flow from one book to the other. I'm interested to see how this all ends.
    • 2/5
      Oh my this was complete crap. At least the first book was enjoyable.

      I don't really have too much to say other than that the movie is completely different but way better in every way. An ideal example of this is Brenda's character. In the movie, she is an actual person and I quite liked her, in the book, she's ridiculous and instalovey, with extreme moments of inappropriate for the situation and uncalled for "sexual tension" with Thomas. She doesn't feel like an actual human being in any way.

      The plot, besides all that, is nonsensical and confusing. I don't understand WICKED's plan whatsoever. There's a lot of "what" that makes no sense but even more confusing is the "why". This doesn't feel realistic at all. It would make more sense if WICKED was just a psycho cult torturing the Gladers just for kicks and giggles.

      And why on Earth do all the cranks introduce themselves as cranks? Wtf? It's just so comical and stupid.
    • 2/5
      I think this book might have been written using some sort of magic spell. Here are the things I didn't particularly like about this book: the actual plot events, the inner monologue of main character, the inchoate love triangle, the made-up slang, the overall style of writing.

      What's left? Good question. I can't identify anything that I did particularly like about the book... and yet I really, really wanted to keep reading. Almost an "I couldn't put it down" feeling. Which is bizarre, because... why do I so badly want to know what happens in a book that I don't particularly like?

      Obviously, there's magic involved here. My will is not my own.
    • 4/5
      For the curious, this is where the books and movies really start to deviate from each other in a real strong way. Not that I blame them. The book is such that it kinda calls for the movie to do its own thing from a visual and plot timing perspective. So, if you've seen the movie, you still haven't really experienced the plot of the story here well enough to even consider skipping it. It's a good read, and a direct sequel to the first book.
    • 3/5
      Well, I won't be reading the third one. I found this kind of cliche. Not very exciting.
    • 3/5
      Action right from the start in this one, but characterisation is still kind of lacking. I'm intrigued by WICKED, what their ultimate goal really is, and how these tests are supposed to help create a cure for the flare.
    • 4/5
      Thought it was really good. I was surprised at how different it was from the Maze Runner. I liked how the plot kept you guessing and some of the things that happened were unexpected. I also really liked the type of relationship that Thomas has build with some of the other Gladers such as Minho and Newt. Can't wait to read the next one!
    • 4/5
      I gave it a 4 but it was a just barely. I thought some of the book felt like a repeat of the first one but only in a new setting. I still liked it and can't wait to see how it ends.
    • 3/5
      After watching the Maze Runner, I really wanted to know what would happen to these characters. This book was slow moving compared to the first with what seemed like numerous redundant scenes and descriptions.

      I found the characters less proactive than the first book, often saying things like, "we went along with it because what else could we do." One or two choices of that nature are plausible, but when it becomes habitual, I lose interest in the characters.
    • 5/5
      Brilliant sequel! I enjoyed this as much if not more so than The Maze Runner. Pieces of the mystery are coming into place but only leaving more questions behind as Thomas wakes up the morning after figuring out the maze and being saved to another trial ahead. The Gladers take another stab at securing their lives by heading out across the Scorch (a relentlessly hot and burning desert land). The Scorch has many difficulties, the main one being the Cranks who live there. The Cranks are sickened by a disease they call the Flare, left there to die as the disease makes them go mad and waste away. It is a fast paced adventure that keeps you turning pages until the end.
      It is fantastic and ends with even more questions to be answered in the last installment of this thrilling trilogy. Definitely reminiscent of The Hunger Games but with it's own set of rules, players and game makers. I wait with baited breath for The Death Cure (tentatively titled).
    • 4/5
      The 2nd book of the Maze Runner series, this picks up when Thomas and the others are taken to a "safe place" after escaping the maze only to find their rescuers all murdered the next morning and "cranks" crazy with the flare disease trying to kill them. They find out that they are in another trial, this time out in the real scorched world with the task of getting to the Safe Haven within a specific amount of time without dying. This time, WICKED is playing with their minds, as well. If they make it, the Gladers will get the cure to the Flare that they have all been infected with. And now there is another variable- another team to compete against. Will the trials never end? 361 pages, this one is more for 7th grade and up, due to some romantic interest thrown in on top of the brutality.
    • 4/5
      This was so good. One question after another. So many twists and turns. Just the idea that you might learn the truth in the next chapter keeps you reading.
    • 2/5
      There are some books or series that are so annoying that I read them just to see if they would ever make sense or redeem themselves. David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest and David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas come to mind as stuff masqueraded and purported as more than junk, and finishing them took monumental will power. Then there are the books or series that I can't force myself to finish because they are so not worth finishing...I gave William Gibson's Neuromancer and Veronica Roth's Divergent (I read the first, but stopped there) series a valiant effort, but they failed early and often and I decided life was too short for inanity or silliness.

      I'm wondering if the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42 mean anything to Dashner. Sure seems that way. Still, I checked...he doesn't have a writing credit for "Lost". I find most middle books in trilogies are fillers...and like the middle seasons two through five in "Lost", Dashner seems to delight in teasing extremely obscure references while combining disambiguated twists in his weird arc.

      After two of these YA messes, I admit I am curious to see if the train wreck has any resolution, and if it makes sense...AND if there is continuity with the revealed snippets from the predecessors. The nonsense slang is still present...though not as much but just as annoying. I expect Dashner felt real vulgarities would not be received well. And yet, graphic violence is okay. Go figure. George Carlin nailed it. Violence is okay, but words are not.
    • 4/5
      The second book in the Maze Runner series. The story continues and if you enjoyed The Maze Runner you should enjoy this. The Gladers face a second trial and it is even worse than The Maze. Dashner gives dribs and drabs of information surrounding the mystery of WICKED and the background of the characters but he makes sure you have to keep reading for any kind of resolution. I suspect you have to read all four books, but luckily they are not long and are easy to read.
    • 4/5
      Not quite as compelling as the first book, this felt like more of the same. I knew what to expect from the trials even if the exact "variables" were unknown to me. Still, I can't wait to get into the third book. It had better offer up some good answers!
    • 5/5
      As the amazing sequel to maze runner comes.As Thomas and his friends are saved from W.I.C.K.E.D. they find themselves in a building.They discover that the people who are housing them are W.I.C.K.E.D. scientists!So they run into the scourged land in attempt to escape them!They thought they escaped, they didn't.
    • 4/5
      In this second book of the series our heroes are tortured and chased again by the mysterious WICKED. Although it's very similar to the first one, I liked it less for two reasons. First, for me Thomas' whining thorough the book was simply too much. Second, the story is very exciting, maybe a bit too much. After a while I was simply irritated by the 'compulsory ' cliffhangers at the end of all chapters. A bit less would have been more. But of course I'm very curious how the story concludes in the third volume.
    • 5/5
      Loving this series. Not sure I'm exactly the target market, but I'm enjoying these books a lot more than the Divergent Series. They are on par with the Hunger Games series (although bear in mind I haven't read the third book yet - the third book always falls flat in these types of series - but I hold out hope!)
      Just when you think they've survived and all live happily ever after, it all goes pear shaped, in unimaginable ways. You don't know who to trust. Betrayal at every angle. Bit like life really... ;)
      If you enjoy dystopian YA with every twist and turn an author can throw at you, then these are the book for you.
      Read it in two days.
    • 3/5
      The first book in the series took me a while to get into, but this one, which picks up right where the last left off and foregoes any recaps, had me hooked from the get-go. There's still a lot of character angst in the dialogue, but the action is more consistent so the connecting dialogue is minimal. Nonstop action drives this book, which moves at a much quicker pace. I look forward to the third book!
    • 4/5
      This was good if you enjoy the series, but took me by surprise and shocker with the gruesome violence and freaky chics in this story!
    • 4/5
      This might be one of the rare times I liked a sequel more than the initial book. This one struck me as more of a straightforward horror novel, with the dystopian world just happening to be the setting. I legitimately jumped and shrieked at one point because the book actually managed to trigger the same fear response as something jumping out at you in a movie at one point. Much like the first book, I still feel that the characters (aside from Thomas) are incredibly shallow and exist merely to move the story forward, without having their own internal motivations, but I'm more okay with that in a horror story than in other genres.
    • 4/5
      It took me and my son a long time to finish this book because we didn't have a lot of drive time over the past few months but we both agreed that we liked the sequel better than the first book - and we liked the first one. We'll continue on with the third.
    • 3/5
      This is the second book of the three book series. The first book has better story line, the plot of this book is not very convincing.
    • 5/5
      The Scorced Trials by: James DashnerThomas and his friends are back! They are taken to this "safe house" by a group of rebels or so they think. After a few days of relaxation and pepperoni pizza the gladers find themselves with another test. They need to cross through what used to be mexico and get to the safe house, but there is a deadly secret. I won't tell you. -Evil Laugh- I liked this book because of the adventure, fighting, and these are boys my age crossing desserts looking like bosses. If you wan't to know what happens read the book.
    • 4/5
      Si liked it just as much if not more than the 1st so i would say job well done
    • 3/5
      You won't miss anything by skipping out on this and the third book. Not nearly as good as the first!
    • 5/5
      Wow. This series is exceptionally gripping; I read this book in one day. I enjoyed the pacing, but felt a bit breathless by the end.
    • 5/5
      I loved "The Scorch Trials"! I thought "The Maze Runner" was setting up the plot so I was confused to why they were all in the maze and what was going on, but by the end of the book I was so excited to read the next one. There was a lot of betrayal in "The Scorch Trials". It was very fast-paced and exciting, that may be why I went through it so quickly. I hated waiting so long for the next one. I can't wait until "The Fever Code" comes out!
    • 5/5
      Sequel to "The Maze Runner", "The Scorch Trials" leaves off excately where its predecessor ended. This time it a whole new adventure, filled with more friends, action, death, and of course, lies. This book is just like "The Maze Runner", it's hard to put down once you start to read. If you enjoyed "The Maze Runner" then "The Scorch Trails" will not disappoint.