Where does The Maze Runner rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
It's probably one of my favourite audiobook/ trilogies that I've read to date. I know there are lot of great classics that preceded this influx of dystopian/Sci-fi genre and they were amazing, but books at this calibre (YA) were very few and far between in the 80's and not widely available to read en masse like today.I'm well into my 40s now and backtracking to read all of these incredible novel's, and regardless of what other people think, this trilogy in particular is very smart, intelligent and extremely well written. Once I finish one lot I will find another one, but the maze Runner trilogy, is still to date, my favourite in this (YA genre) including audiobooks. There is a lot of trash out there but to me these were exceptional and really stood out. I will admit though the made up language annoyed me but I understand why it was done. Very nicely written James Dashner
Who was your favorite character and why?
Thomas
Which character – as performed by Mark Deakins – was your favourite?
I think he was excellent, I was initially concerned to be honest hearing his initial monotone droning, but after 10 minutes oh boy did that all make so much sense as he unleashed all the accents and different characters he bought to life, he was incredible. You had no doubt who was who! As in which character was clearly speaking while he was reading, you didn't even have to think. You seriously need him to start reading more books, out of all the books I've listened to not a single other reader that I've heard yet can do this to his standard.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Yes a lot actually, that's why I find these books so incredibly amazing. They're described as young adult, dystopian, Sci-fi, whatever genre I suppose you have to to put them into, some kind of category, but the Lord of the Flies was not considered a young adult novel and neither should these.
Any additional comments?
This review is for the entire trilogy. If you're halfway through the first book and loving it, just get all of them. Book 2 "The Scorch Trials", is also amazing and the book 3, "Death Cure", is the fastest paced book of them all, don't forget to put your seatbelt on. Enjoy