The Maze Runner Files
by James Dashner
Series: Maze Runner Trilogy #3.5
Published: August 13th 2013
(50 pages)
The Maze Runner Files is a 50+ page collection of classified records and concealed information from the world of the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series. Lost emails between WICKED employees, memos meant to be destroyed after reading, and a selection of the Gladers suppressed memories make up this e-original short. These documents offer a unique glimpse of the world of The Maze Runner and are a must for any fan of The Maze Runner.
Maze Runner Files is the story of how the flare came to be and is told in bleeped out recording transcripts and inter-office WICKED memos. It was so creepy. I haven’t been creeped out that much since the bridge of Khazad-dûm in Lord of the Rings (I’m talking about book not the movie.) It talks a lot about setting up the experiment and really makes you ponder ethics and science. There is also a memory in here of Thomas remembering how the flare affected his parents and it’s really sad. This is a must read if you liked the Maze Runner series but read it last – it’s totally full of spoilers.
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About James Dashner
James was born and raised in Georgia but now lives in the Rocky Mountains with his family. He has four kids, which some might think is too many but he thinks is just right. Once upon a time, James studied accounting and worked in the field of finance, but has been writing full time for several years. (He doesn’t miss numbers. At all.)
My name is Jessica. I love to read Young Adult and classic literature. I’ve been a book blogger for six years and I haven’t gotten tired of it yet. I’m a very curious reader. Writing about all the questions and thoughts I had while reading a book is the best hobby ever.
So many people complained that this series never really explained things. So does this little book finally explain it all? I’ve only read the first book.
I don’t know it’s hard to say. I didn’t have that complaint because the books, to me, we are about insanity and what that really means so it didn’t matter to me that there were things I didn’t know. These short stories show how everything started but it raises just as many questions as it answers. Honestly I like it that way. I find that series that answer every single question and don’t leave any unanswered are not as interesting as the stories that make me think about questions long after I have finished it.
I was about to ask the same thing as Jenni. It really bugged me that there weren’t answers to SO many questions. I feel like Dashner had a great idea, but didn’t finish. I don’t think I’ll read this if it doesn’t give more answers.
It does answer the question of where the flare came from but you’ll have to decide if that makes it worth reading. I thought it was :)