Compelling
Who would throw a bunch of kids into a seemingly unsolvable maze inhabited by killer robot slug monsters? I recommend you dive into this compelling first book in what I hope turns out to be an awesome trilogy to find out. While not quite as well written as "The Hunger Games" (the first one, not the sad excuse for a trilogy ender), the story is still compulsively readable...or listenable. Narrator Mark Deakins is a pretty solid reader. He does a particularly good job with the dialogue, sounding at ease with the strange slang Dashner has thrown into his dystopian universe. I can't wait to see the movie.

