Young Adult novels tend to work best when they are metaphors for their readersâ lives. James Dashnerâs Maze Runner trilogy certainly applied the zigs and zags of an adolescentâs development to that of a maze where the wrong turn can have devastating consequences. The books sold well and in the wake of The Hunger Gamesâ…
It’s easy to throw The Maze Runnerin with the rest of the Young Adult fiction boom, and it’s probably mostly true, it is a YA book, it does seem to have made in a response to the money being trucked in by Twilight and The Hunger Games but there’s a world of difference here and…
The Maze Runner, based on James Dashner’s novel, comes out in theaters tomorrow. Yay! Another YA dystopian novel made into a movie! Maddy reviews the book and is encouraged by the author’s enthusiasm of the movie (Percy Jackson has emotionally scarred her), while Anya reviews Dylan O’Brien. Anya also warns that you better stay clear…
