DNF - 140 pages read

This sounded so good from the blurb but just didn’t deliver for me. I fear it’s a bit of a boy book. The characters didn’t rouse any empathy in me and the prose was a bit bland. The bad things in the maze weren't described in a way that made them scary or sinister and it's lacking in tension. The world is rather intriguing and younger readers will probably enjoy the action and story elements. Other than wanting to know what the maze is (I have a theory), there’s nothing to keep me reading and I bet you have to read the whole trilogy to get all the answers. I have other books I’d rather be reading!

Just when I was wondering where all the girls were, one did crop up. I am not averse to a book without female characters but I do feel it needs some sort of explanation. At least it does get acknowledged and I would hope the reasons become clear later on…