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  • The Maze Runner: Ch 3

    Thomas makes no move to go find this Chuck person, Chuck just shows up, conveniently sparing our hero from having to do any actual exploring.  a kid standing nearby, short and pudgy, staring at him. He was young—probably the youngest of any in the group he’d seen so far, maybe twelve or thirteen years old.…

  • The Maze Runner: Chs 1 – 2

    This review was originally written and posted in October 2013. This book starts out with our main character, Thomas, in a dark, noisy elevator.  I really like the opening.  There’s lots of ominous descriptions about the elevator and the creepy noises it makes and the whole desolate atmosphere going on.  Pretty good writing. Thomas knows…

  • Throne of Glass: Chs 53 – 55

    A week later, Cally sits in her room reminiscing over how posh her time recuperating has been.  She still doesn’t have her contract from the king (and even though I know contracts have existed forever and ever, that still sounds weird).  Chaol shows up, and they do more talking about the plot.  Because we’ve got…

  • Throne of Glass: Chs 51 – 52

    Dorian and his father are having a chat.  Dorian wants to know what’s going to happen to Chaol for killing Cain. “I think he killed him to defend Cel—to defend the assassin.” “You think the life of an assassin is worth more than that of a soldier?” 1) Cain was a disgraced criminal, otherwise he…

  • Throne of Glass: Chs 49 – 50

    Once again, we step out of the POV of the person getting the action so we can report on it from the outside.  Although, for once, this does kind of help.  Cally was pretty out of it when we last left, and Dorian is a lot more lucid as he watches her thrash about on…

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