The Maze Runner // Book & Film

If you ain't scared, you ain't human. 

 As of last week, I am a Maze Runner fangirl. (Do we have a name? Are we Maze Runners? Gladers? See, I don't even know the fandom name. That's how much of a newbie greenie I am.)

 Let's talk about it.

The Book

 “Just follow me and run like your life depends on it. Because it does.”

 I was pretty sure the book was going to be great, but I wasn't prepared for just how great it turned out to be. It blew me away. Why?

- The plot was kind of brilliant.

Who doesn't want to read a book about a bunch of teenagers stuck inside a giant maze? Crazy people, that's who. It's a genius idea, and the author used this genius idea to it's full potential. Props to you, Mr. Dashner.

- I never wanted to put it down.

I felt actual frustration at not being able to read the words fast enough. "Hurry up, eyeballs, I need to know what happens!" I like when books do that. It doesn't happen a lot. It was like reading The Hunger Games for the first time.

- I want to hug the characters.

Every one of them. Except the bad ones. I want to punch those ones. But for real - I think it was the characters that truly made this book for me. They were realistic and relatable, and extremely fun to read about.

- I laughed, I cried, I hid under my covers.

This book was just insane okay? 

If you haven't already, I definitely recommend you give this book a try!

The Movie

So, it ended up that I finished the book a few hours before we went and saw the movie. Not how I usually like to do things, but ya know. At least I read it first. Here are my thoughts on it:

- I really, really liked it.

When the movie started I felt like jumping up and down in my cinema chair.  It's always an amazing experience to see a book you love brought to life on the big screen. Especially if it's done right. 

- It's a well-made movie all-around.

Even if I hadn't read the book, I would have loved this movie. The directing, writing, cinematography, special effects, soundtrack - yep, yep, yep. Well done, people.

- The Cast was practically perf.

I mean, look at them.

Awww. But on second thought, that's a bit outdated...here's a better one.

Awww. I approve of all casting choices.

- It's true to the book.

It's not a very long movie, so they did have to cut out a lot. But they didn't drastically change any plot points, get rid of any major characters, or add anything unnecessary. In other words, it was not another Percy Jackson.
There were some tiny changes, however, that I felt were a bit unnecessary. Maybe I wouldn't have noticed those things if I hadn't read the book immediately before seeing the movie, but there were a couple details that I was just like, "WHAA? NO, THAT'S FALSE INFORMATION. Y U CHANGE THAT?"
But for the most part, it's a faithful adaptation.

My overall thoughts on The Maze Runner book and film:

So guys, have you read The Maze Runner and/or seen the movie? If so, what did you think of it?

Also: what are you currently obsessing over?

love,

Hannah