The Maze Runner

I really enjoyed this book. It was an instance of, “I need to stay up to see what happens!” situation, which in light of the recent book “swamps” I've been (voluntarily) wading through (I'm looking at you [b:Wither 8525590 Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1) Lauren DeStefano http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1311109085s/8525590.jpg 13392566] and especially you, [b:Halo 7778981 Halo (Halo, #1) Alexandra Adornetto http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1278885735s/7778981.jpg 10695325]) [b:Maze Runner 6186357 The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1) James Dashner http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320500235s/6186357.jpg 6366642] was a completely refreshing change.I loved that not all the information was dumped at the beginning, that we were still finding out new things near the end. I did not like how we were subjected to constant mood swings; while it was great for illustrating Thomas' anger, I grew a bit weary of “I was quiet, wanting to be alone. Suddenly, a wave of fury overcame me. I looked for food, I was suddenly ravenous.” all in one paragraph. I also did not like Teresa. I felt her presence was wholly unnecessary, and felt the story could have moved without her there. Overall, I really enjoyed [b:Maze Runner 6186357 The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1) James Dashner http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320500235s/6186357.jpg 6366642] and I will definitely be pursuing the others in this series!