Shanks, anyone else think WICKED is extremely stupid for everything they've done? Cause I do, but I wanna just explain a little something that makes me wanna throw the books at Ratman's hollow skull.
The grievers... Absolutely terrifying in books and movies, more so in the books. But, if WICKED wanted more subjects, they should've made something... less everything. Sure, maybe just as terrifying, but easier to kill when in large groups.
For instance, in the books, 41 Gladers (including the ones we know and love by name), they all try to escape. Try being the key word because 20, yes 20 of them, die. That leaves 21, until Chuck dies because of Captain Gally, which brings us to 20 Gladers.
And, I don't know about you all, but 20 subjects, out of 67 in total? Mmmh, not exactly good. And yeah, 67 in total, I did the math, but when Thomas arrived there was already 16 dead, be it from Maze or the Changing made them jacked and they got banished like Ben (RIP to Benny Boi).
So, 51 Gladers not including Thomas or Teresa, then we take out Ben, brings us to 50. Then in the books, there are 6 people that are grieved grabbed (Gally was one of them in the books, in case you didn't read them), which brings us to 44 Gladers! And 41 try to escape, leave 3 lonesome bravely stupid Gladers in the Glade.
So, in case you were wondering how many there were exactly in the books, there ya go. But also, WICKED is stupid because they killed most of their subjects before the Scorch even happened. Thumbs down, 1 out of 10 points, but 10 out of 10 for stupidity. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk/Rant of things that annoy me about the books.