MAZE RUNNER CLASSIC X 5 [Special Edition] Paperback – January 4, 2018

Great series, my grandkids read the first book so we decided to get them the series.We bought several books for birthday gift that he picked out. So he loves books at 11 he is ready these and really enjoys them.. great gift !!!

An adventure story kids love! My daughter really enjoyed reading this series — she was so into it that it felt like she wanted to jump right into the book. We even watched the movie together. One of the best books she’ll remember as having truly enjoyed!

You don't even KNOW how long I have been waiting to buy these special edition books of The Maze Runner series!! This is like a LITERAL dream-come-true moment for me, oh my God!! So happy, don't regret purchase at ALL. I normally never buy paperbacks, but these ones I just HAD to. The shipping did not damage them and kept them in great order for when they had arrived. Only the packaging was a little bit damaged, but that was it, nothing else was damaged, not even the covers, spine, or binding of the book. Pages smell and look great too. REALLY, REALLY, REALLY PLEASED!!!

My review is of the The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection. This includes the following titles: The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure and The Kill Order.Notes: Amazon's method of delivering this omnibus type bundles is somewhat poor. All the books are delivered as one eBook. It would be awesome if you got individual files for each title in a bundle.Back to the books:The Maze Runner: This book is awesome and done really well. The book starts as a big mystery and just continues. The story is full of memorable characters and has a fantastic setting unlike anything I've ever experienced in a book. I flew through this book and loved every minute of it. The ending was awesome (read the epilogue).The Scorch Trials: This book started right were Maze Runner left off but it quickly dies off and becomes quite stale. I strongly feel this is the weakest book in the entire series. The storytelling becomes fairly stale, and the characters who were riveting in the first book become rather stale. The least imaginative setting is used and the series essentially devolves into a run of the mill zombie movie. To be perfectly honest everything about this book screams laziness on the author's part. It was purely off the strength of the first book that I managed through this book.The Death Cure: The book starts off slow, but gets going. Up to a quarter way into the 3rd book I was concerned we were going to experience the same laziness seen in The Scorch Trials. At the 1/4 mark the book improves immensely and the author gets back to doing what works, creating a great atmosphere and refocusing on character development. There are a few big moments that don't resonate as they should because core characters in the series are relegated to the background in favor of an extremely lame romantic triangle we are forced to suffer through. The final quarter of the book was awesome. But overall the trilogy is brought to a satisfying close.The Kill Order: I like this book. This is a prequel that is somewhat hastily tied to the rest of the series. This brings us a new set of characters and I can honestly say I really liked this story. It's fresh enough to feel like something completely different from the rest of the series in a good way. And maybe it was because this was a new set of characters, the author was forced to develop them. I love the characters in this book. Their adventures and fight for survival was a fun experience to read through. This book does suffer from another romance being shoehorned into the narrative but it's not as lazily done as the previous books. But the story was a good read that kept me entertained and it introduced me to some cool characters.In short, this series is bookended by two very different books that both tell a great story. The series grows a little stale during the second book, but regains it's traction a quarter way into the third book. Overall, I'm very glad I read the entire series and even at it's lowest points the series is full of page-turning suspense. I look forward to reading more from the author.

Daughter loves book collecting. However, in shipping had bent corners. I do not think it can be avoided as part of shipping.

The set is reported to have arrived on time and in good condition. It was a gift to our youngest granddaughter. Our daughter tells us that there is a happy young lady at the other end.

My grandson loves reading books and these were a set he really wanted - these books didn’t disappoint he’s been reading and very much enjoying them. Really good subject matter that is exciting and interesting

Great book series