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bethboo's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This one wasn't as good as the Scorch Trials or Maze Runner, but was a satisfying end to the series. It felt a bit rushed at the end, like too much plot had to happen to wrap it up. So much shit went down with almost no elaboration.
Again, I felt that the romance was forced and that the whole hatred between the girls was silly and unneeded.
Surprisingly violent and graphic, not that I'm complaining, because it made it more realistic. But you always expect a level of censorship for YA novels but the list of deaths in this one is staggering.
It was kind of cute that the boys kept getting into really dumb and stupid situations even after everything they had been through.
Newt's death was absolutely traumatizing. I knew that he died bc of I watched all the movies first. But the DIALOGUE???? THE NOTE??? Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ohhhhhhhh I'm in agony...fuck I loved that character
Fuck Theresa I could not care less. A lil disappointed her death was so gross
Loved how Tommy and Gally made up <3
Deaths in this one: Crushed by rocks, Swiss cheese by machine gun, cannibalism, sawed into pieces, kebabed by a greiver, cut throat by glass, run over by car, shot point blank, All on screen bby
Again, I felt that the romance was forced and that the whole hatred between the girls was silly and unneeded.
Surprisingly violent and graphic, not that I'm complaining, because it made it more realistic. But you always expect a level of censorship for YA novels but the list of deaths in this one is staggering.
It was kind of cute that the boys kept getting into really dumb and stupid situations even after everything they had been through.
Newt's death was absolutely traumatizing. I knew that he died bc of I watched all the movies first. But the DIALOGUE???? THE NOTE??? Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ohhhhhhhh I'm in agony...fuck I loved that character
Fuck Theresa I could not care less. A lil disappointed her death was so gross
Loved how Tommy and Gally made up <3
Deaths in this one: Crushed by rocks, Swiss cheese by machine gun, cannibalism, sawed into pieces, kebabed by a greiver, cut throat by glass, run over by car, shot point blank, All on screen bby
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Child death
ishouldbereading's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Grief, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence
Minor: Cursing, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Drug use, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
nytephoenyx's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Ugh, what a slog.
It's been a long time since I've read anything of Dashner's, so the writing style came at me like I was reading it for the first time. I want to call it a lot of "telling, not showing", but there's something to his verb choice that aggravates me. There's an awful lot of "Thomas now saw..." and "Thomas understood that..." and "It was obvious to Thomas." The deeper I got into the audiobook, the more grating these descriptions were. Thomas was at all times both omniscient and clueless. Always making the exact right choices to get in the exact wrong situations from which he'd make the exact right choice to get out of... and then end up in another wrong situation, from which he'd make (you guessed it!) the exact right choice to escape. And on it goes. It was repetitive and monotonous.
Usually when I continue a series I'm not particularly in love with, I'm in it for a character. And almost always, *somehow*, I pick the character that the author chooses to kill off or otherwise destroy in the next book. I don't know how I do it - it's a knack, I guess. But that happened again here where we were and will forever be stuck with THOMAS. Boring, shallow, unexciting Thomas. If you're going to have a Chosen One (which now he indisputably is) at least make him interesting. The concept of this series remains really interesting, but its execution is subpar.
I'm definitely done with this series. THE DEATH CURE was a long walk to nothing. There was little to no character development, little to no plot progress, and the writing was grating. There are so many better books to read by authors who do not sexually harass women and then gaslight them.
It's been a long time since I've read anything of Dashner's, so the writing style came at me like I was reading it for the first time. I want to call it a lot of "telling, not showing", but there's something to his verb choice that aggravates me. There's an awful lot of "Thomas now saw..." and "Thomas understood that..." and "It was obvious to Thomas." The deeper I got into the audiobook, the more grating these descriptions were. Thomas was at all times both omniscient and clueless. Always making the exact right choices to get in the exact wrong situations from which he'd make the exact right choice to get out of... and then end up in another wrong situation, from which he'd make (you guessed it!) the exact right choice to escape. And on it goes. It was repetitive and monotonous.
Usually when I continue a series I'm not particularly in love with, I'm in it for a character. And almost always, *somehow*, I pick the character that the author chooses to kill off or otherwise destroy in the next book. I don't know how I do it - it's a knack, I guess. But that happened again here where we were and will forever be stuck with THOMAS. Boring, shallow, unexciting Thomas. If you're going to have a Chosen One (which now he indisputably is) at least make him interesting. The concept of this series remains really interesting, but its execution is subpar.
I'm definitely done with this series. THE DEATH CURE was a long walk to nothing. There was little to no character development, little to no plot progress, and the writing was grating. There are so many better books to read by authors who do not sexually harass women and then gaslight them.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, War, and Violence
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