

My hope is that the line makes it into the movie because it will be very entertaining to see Thomas/Dylan uttering these words. For any Teen Wolf fan out there this is a pretty funny thing for Thomas to be saying as it was one of the major taglines of the show. He’s on the verge of a panic attack and tries to calm himself down by telling himself to “trust his instincts”. I’ll be honest, this is the point where I firmly placed Dylan O’Brien as Thomas in my head and it only got stronger as the scene continued. It is utter confusion for both Thomas and the reader. The book starts with him being dropped into a dark box not knowing who he is or where he is. This brings us to our main character, Thomas. Thomas, “the greenie”, and Theresa really shake up the dynamic the boys have created. They are all boys with the exception of one girl, Theresa, who shows up after Thomas. It all has a very Lord of the Flies sense to it in that the kids end up creating their own sort of society, but not quite to the same level of mayhem. It’s up to them to figure out how to survive and why they are there in the first place. It’s a straightforward premise: A bunch of kids get their memories wiped and are thrown into a giant maze.

As an admitted bookworm with a penchant for dystopian fiction, and a huge fan of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, this looked to be right up my alley. When I heard he was starring in the movie based on The Maze Runner I was tremendously excited. I admit from the start with this one my whole reason for reading The Maze Runner was that I am a Teen Wolf and Dylan O’Brien fan.
