Book Review

[Ravenshire]

I have to agree with most of Galactic's stuff, but Maze Runner was boring as shit. I don't think it really added much of anything to the dystopian book landscape, and was in deep danger of falling into incredibly overwrought tropes of special boy hero and beautiful girl prize.

I won't argue for two reasons. First, there's some truth to what you say about the books. Second, taste is highly subjective. There's just no accounting for it.

I enjoyed them despite their flaws and that's all I want from a book (besides, Mr. Dashner's a home state author).

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A couple of exceptionally good reads that I forgot to mention earlier:

"The Pillars of the Earth" and "World Without End" by Ken Follett. While usually writing political thrillers based in WWII Germany, Ken Follett breaks from his normal genre for a couple epic stories set in medieval England. They are stories of intrigue, political games, deception, greed, love won and love lost, evils committed, good deeds done and a guy who builds a cathedral (Pillars) and a guy who repairs and improves it a couple hundred years later (World).

These two books, despite being a far cry from my normal genres, are two of the greatest books I've ever read.