Monday, January 31, 2011

Book Review #9 - The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner #1) by James Dashner



When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas can remember is his first name. But he's not alone. He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade, an encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible maze.

Like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they came to be there, or what's happened to the world outside. All they know is that every morning when the walls slide back, they will risk everything to find out - even the Grievers, half - machine, half - animal horrors that hunt the Maze's walled corridors.


My Rating: 3/5


I found it very hard to get into this book. I think the first 100 or so pages could have been condensed.

Aside from Thomas, all the characters were 1 dimensional. The plot was slow and only progressed when Thomas remembered something.

As the book went on I slowly got into it and flew through the middle portion of the book. The ending especially the epilogue leaves alot of questions that will continue in The Scorch Trials which I think I won't be reading any time soon.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Book Review #8 - Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars #1) by Sara Shepard



Everyone has something to hide - especially high school juniors Spencer, Aria, Emily and Hanna.

Spencer covets her sister's boyfriend, Aria's fantasizing about her English teacher. Emily has a crush on the new girl at school. And Hanna is using some ugly tricks to stay beautiful.

But they've all kept an even bigger secret since their friend Alison vanished.

How do I know? Because I know everything about the bad girls they were and the naughty girls they are now. And guess what? I'm telling.

My Rating: 5/5


Reading the blurb I honestly didn't think I was going to like this book. But I wanted to watch the TV show, and I always read the book first.  How wrong was I? I was absolutely enthralled in the book from the very first paragraph.

The point of view changing every chapter was a bit confusing at first but when the characters become more established it makes the plot move faster that it would if it was told from one character's perspective.

The cliff hanger at the end was cruel considering I don't own the next book in the series Flawless but I will definitely be buying it soon.

Follow Friday #2

This is my second time doing one of these. It is hosted by parajunkie.com.



This weeks question is : What is/was your favorite subject in school?



Answer: Human Biology.