Tag: Dystopian

  • Review of “The Maze Runner”

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    The Maze Runner is the first book in the aptly named Maze Runner series and is an interesting if somewhat disturbing teen dystopian novel by James Dashner. It opens with Thomas, a teenage boy who wakes up in what seems to be a dark black box with no way out. He also seems to have…

  • Review of “Moon of the Crusted Snow”

    Moon of the Crusted Snow is the first book in the Moon Duology by Waubgeshig Rice. Evan is a young man living on an isolated Anishinaabe reservation up north when the community goes entirely dark. Since the reliable power is still a relatively new thing for the reservation, none of them are overly worried at…

  • Review of “The Handmaid’s Tale”

    This next book is one that you have probably already heard of and may have even read already. I know it is both popular and controversial. However, neither of those are why I read it. Ever since I was a teenager I’ve been working my way through this list, “500 books every teen should read”…