Reviews

The Death Cure by James Dashner

sabinevd's review

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

eesh25's review against another edition

4.0

Going into this book, I expected the ending to not be very good. Not just because I've had some bad experience with the endings of trilogies, but also because someone told me that it wasn't that great.

So imagine my surprize when we got to the ending and nothing wrog happened. I mean, a lot of things went wrong and a lot of shit went down, but all of it was leading up to a satisfying end. I'm not gonna say to a good end because this book wasn't exactly the happily ever after type. But it was satisfying. And... revelatory to say the least.

The epilogue was shocking but, at the same time, not shocking. After everything that went down throughout the series and after learning what people are capable of, not much could surprize you.

One thing did piss me off though. And that was:

Spoiler

I kinda got spoiled that Newt was going to die. I wasn't a hundred percent sure (or more like I was in denial) but I knew he was going to die somehow. Newt was my favourite character. Afetr finding out about his impending demise, I decided to change my favourite character (someone I liked almost as much). That was Teresa. And then Teresa died too. So, screw you James Dashner for killing off all my favourite characters.

Finally... this was a really good series and I loved reading it. I'm gonna be picking up The Kill Order soon, after I process this book. Highly recomment the series and hope that everyone enjoys it just as much.

christian_jeanne's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This didn't hold strong after 9 years as the other 2 books in the trilogy...just saying

milliethemoo9189's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

phoebe_the_titan_of_prophecy's review against another edition

3.0

How should I describe this book? Maybe just a long high pitched scream turning into uncontrollable sobs at the end.

upon reflection (I.E drying my tears and thinking about it for 5 seconds) a lot was left unanswered, like thomas's past, what about frypan and minho? i would read an entire book about minho. am i the only one?

over all: an unworthy ending to one of my new favorite series.

levanterhaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

it was a bit boring if i’m being honest, i’m not enjoying this series as much as the movies… however newts death hurt even more here then it did in the movie 

yodamom's review against another edition

4.0

Holy Crispy Fried Onions ! Phew, I finished the series. It feels like I had been holding my breath since book 1. It was amazingly torturous and heart stopping and the finale was a shot in the face to all they suffered through. Don't get me wrong it was a HEA of sorts, better than I expected less than I hoped for. What a thrill ride they all were, no a slow one in the series. This last one gives us answers, finally and they are not what I expected. Nothing was black and white it was all twisted. I did not see any of it coming.
I'm really glad I read it. I'm also really glad the torture is over. Thanks Mr. Dashner for a great series.

librarianlizreads's review against another edition

3.0

Dashner has an interesting writing style. Maze Runner is still my favorite, but this book was better than the Scorch Trials in my opinion. I felt like it dragged on in the middle but the story line still has be scratching my head which I cannot decide if it is good or bad.

schofield24's review against another edition

3.0

Finished the series. It was the movie trailer that led me to this trilogy originally, and although I found the plot compelling in the first book, I just couldn't muster up enough interest in the characters throughout the series, and I found the writing to be a bit trite and flat. There are better dystopian series out there for sure (Divergent not being one of them, I'm afraid). For me, I'm thinking this might be one of those rare times when the movie is actually better than the book (we hope to see it soon, so time will tell)!

indigolenom's review against another edition

5.0

Que increíbles libros la neta no se si en realidad están buenos o solamente es como la nostalgia de todo. En realidad yo solo leí los primeros tres (la precuela y la secuela no) pero ps wow de verdad una gran experiencia haber vuelto a leer esta saga, no me arrepiento de nada

***al fin nos deshicimos de Teresa chicos lo logramos***