A review by faefires
The Death Cure by James Dashner

adventurous funny sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

the death cure does what many dystopian franchises struggle to do: exit the original premise of their world and still satisfy the readers who came for that premise. hunger games did it, divergent did not. the death cure finds the perfect balance between the mystery of WICKED that the readers want to unearth and the development of the characters we’ve grown to love. 

it starts strong, with our three musketeers showing they are yet again the gayest bunch of straight boys ever. (dashner, you missed an opportunity to make this the pioneer of gay science fiction) it slows down in the middle (probably because minho is not there to keep the plot moving by punching people) and then races to the finish with all the emotions. 

many people criticize page 250. to them, i simply say: get a grip, it was needed. the book would be a 4.0 and not a 4.5 if that page didn’t happen. emotional sacrifice, character growth, it was a crucial part of the story and has been foreshadowed in his character. did i cry the first time? yeah, of course. was it one of the better emotional tugs that cinched the franchise as epic? yeah. 
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