Interesting additional bits of story are sometimes my favorite parts. 😻

I was expecting more novella than full-length novel, but I loved it!

See my full review here: http://alyshadeshae.com/2015/11/15/the-maze-runner-by-james-dashner/

Warning: Some spoilers may be included in my review.

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Naturally, as these sorts of things go, Thomas wants to get right in the middle of things and find out everything immediately. And starts off breaking the number one rule in an attempt (successful, thankfully) to save two of the boys. However, right after Thomas arrives, so does a girl. They’ve never had a girl before and she comes with a message that she’s the last one ever. Ooooh, spooky. Or something.

I give this book 3.0 out of 5.0 stars. I don’t know. I really liked the book. I did. But there’s something that I just can’t place my finger on… Again, it easily could have just been my mood this week (it’s not been a good one), but I can’t put this book in the “great” category. The characters felt a bit off and while I liked the weird slang (you slinthead!), it got annoying quickly. Regardless, I’m looking forward to the next book (starting it after I hit post) and I hope I continue to enjoy the series.

This took a while to read. Not because it was bad it anything like that, just because I loved the original books so much that I kept looking hard into this one to try and find the flaws. I don't normally do that with books, but I guess because I had trouble originally getting into it I just assumed it had to be the book.

That being said, I loved this book! I thought it was a unique prequel story since Thomas has lost his memory in the original books.

See my full review here: http://alyshadeshae.com/2015/11/29/the-scorch-trials-by-james-dashner/

Warning: Some spoilers may be included in my review.

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Imagine planet Arrakis from the Dune books (before the planet was turned green). Add in people literally out of their minds and murderous to the point of cannibalism. Add in lightning and wind storms that show up out of nowhere. Now replace the stillsuits with bedsheets and a very low supply of food and water. There you go. That’s the Scorch. Or, at least, that’s how I saw it in my mind.

As with the first in this series, I give this book 3.0 out of 5.0 stars. I still liked the book and I’m liking the series, but I can’t actually give a reason as to why. Obviously it hit the mark with a ton of people for the first two books to have been turned into movies. (They’re making the third one right? Oh good, Google says it’s due out February of 2017.) And I adored the first movie; I’ll be watching the second one later this evening I think. I just feel like maybe another author could have done better? Either way, I’ve already started the third book.

See my full review here: http://alyshadeshae.com/2015/12/04/the-death-cure-by-james-dashner/

Warning: Some spoilers may be included in my review.

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Okay, why the hell would you say no to getting your memories back? Sure, they might be tainted, but they’ve already run you around in so many circles that it can’t be any worse than what you’re already dealing with. Based on the memories that came back to others in the maze and what Thomas can remember himself, he was part of management, so to speak, and had a big part in actually setting the maze up. I just don’t get it. Minho and Newt probably would have gone along with getting their memories back if it hadn’t been for Thomas, so there’s just a whole bag of “what the fuck” right there.

This book gets 3.5 out of 5.0 stars because it seems like, in spite of the main characters still being a bit flat, the author does a good job of tying his loose ends up, mostly. I like that he brought back Gally without any “lovey-dovey oh look we’re all best friends now” crap. I love the big death scene, but I’m iffy about that “paradise” they find.