Book: The Death Cure by James DashnerGenre: YA Dystopian
Rating: B+
For: Supporting Local Authors, and finishing the series of course
From: I bought it... Amazon I think?
This book concludes the story of Thomas and his friends began in The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials. Since both those books end on fairly crazy cliff hangers, you know that a review of this book will be spoilery to those, so beware.
Anyway, so this one begins with Thomas in the headquarters of WICKED with all the kids that survived the Scorch Trials. Teresa keeps insisting that WICKED is good, but to Thomas, it just doesn't feel right, and he is very very confused about Teresa in general, given the stuff that happened in the previous book. So, when they tell the kids they can have their memories back, some go for it, but Thomas says no way dudes.
That makes those in charge not happy and once again, Thomas is running for his life.
Oh, but first, they tell everyone who is immune to the Flare and who is not. So that's a bit sad.
Much of this book finds us in a strange future Denver where the Flare is feared by all, and everyone is eyeballing everyone else and life seems quite disrupted. Thomas finally gets a look of the world he was supposedly suppose to help.
Meanwhile, a new group of dissenters crops up, but Thomas has no idea who to trust. It's all very confusing and frustrating.
Which leads me to say that I, as a reader, often felt very confused too. I had a hard time following some of the issues this book brought up. Maybe I was reading too fast? I don't know, but I would have to say that for much of it, I just didn't get it. I found my brain wandering, which was unexpected for this particular book!
That's not to say I didn't enjoy the story though. Of course I was anxious for Thomas and his buddies and was often biting my fingers in worry for the situations they were in. And I so wanted him to figure things out and to finally understand who were the good guys and who were the bad. As far as the ending itself? Well, you go read it and let me know what YOU think! :)
All in all, a very fun series that I'm sad to see end, though I do look forward to what's next from James Dashner. You know that whatever it is, I'll be there.
Bottom line: I enjoyed it.
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Wow, I hadn't seen the trailer yet, but it's pretty impressive:
I liked The Maze Runner but have not read beyond that book. Do you think I should continue with the series?
ReplyDeleteBtw: I have not read beyond chap 8 of path of daggers. Are you now further than me?
I really need to read this series. Then I can weigh in on the ending. One day I'll get to it. ;)
ReplyDeleteIbeeeg: I would say yes, keep going. Regarding Path of Daggers, I read another chapter last night (chap.5) and noticed that only one more to go and then Perrin is back in Chap. 7! Wahoo. I hope to read a bit this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteJenny: Yes, it will be interesting to see what you think.
One of these days I am going to get back to this trilogy. I have only read the first book so far...
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