Fascinating

Rating: 8/10 (12 May 2015)

I almost feel ashamed of myself for watching The Maze Runner without having first read the books upon which the movie series is based. I was fully intending to do just that, but just didn't get around to it, and I didn't want to put off watching the movie any longer. I've read articles and reviews where others have commented on the deviations from the novel, both positively and negatively...but I want to read the books even more now that I have had the chance to watch the movie. It was quite interesting and intense at points, overall very well done. On the surface it bears more than a passing resemblance to stories like Lord of the Flies and The Most Dangerous Game cobbled together with the now commponplace (but not overwhelming) dose of dystopian, post apocalyptic coming of age drama. I'm certainly looking forward to the next installment in the series being released later this year, and by that time I hope to have gotten around to reading the series of novels if I can squeeze them in with all of the other things I have in my ever growing to-be-read collection.