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The Kill Order

James Dashner

3.39 AVERAGE


I could not bring myself to like the main character and wasn't very invested in the plotline because of it. I read TMR series a long time ago so the memory gap might be affecting my rating for reading the prequel now, but honestly, just didn't like this one too much. Was just wanting it to be over, shrug.
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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Loved it hope they make a movie adaptation of it
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Okay so yes this took me a long time to read and yes I said this book was a piece of shit and actually belongs in the toilet and yes I said that no one else should read it and it’s really really awful and yes I said I couldn’t wait to rate it one star.

BUT THE FREAKING LAST 5 CHAPTERS HAD ME SHOCKED. I- if this book only consisted of the last 5 chapters I would 100% rate it 5 stars like the book should start on page 300. Because the first 300 pages are shit but AHHH THE END!!

Did it make perfect sense at the end? Yes. Is the reason the maze runner started clear now? Yes. AHHHHH THE END WAS SO GOOD

My final opinion is to just read the last 5 chapters because they were the best.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk
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DID NOT FINISH: 34%

Idk I just don’t want to read TMR rn now

I was expecting more novella than full-length novel, but I loved it!

More enjoyable for plot and character than Maze Runner 2 and 3. The Kill Order was carried through much better than either Maze Runner sequel; it existed for more than added intrigue. The first interesting character relationships since the original book popped up in this - interestingly, the most significant of these relationships was not romantic, but that of a father and son. Alec and Mark move through the story as comrades and as family figures. This dynamic was central, and thus shaped the feeling of the rest of the novel. It especially brought to mind the absence of "real" family and the necessity of creating it, addressing an issue from the main series in which characters know they are more than subjects - they matter to someone.
adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No