A review by erik_operaghost
The Maze Cutter by James Dashner

3.0

I wish I could give this book a higher rating. First of all, I started the book and hoped I would find a character to relate to, like Newt, Mark and Teresa. But it turns out that all of the characters have no personality. Isaac has a couple of interests, no detail in Sadina and Trish's relationship, Minho is just a boy with a past and a dream. Plus, the frequent change of POVs (every one or two pages) was really confusing. Especially the part set in Alasca, with Alexandra, didn't really have a reason. The plot was extremely slow at the beginning and too quick in the fight scenes and all the adventures. It seemed like the whole point of the book was the plot twist at the end, because the rest of the book made no sense. The main character of the series is Newt, but the only things we read from his journal are his emotions. He found his sister, he met Keisha, he said a tough goodbye to Thomas, he came back to life. Nothing in the Maze Cutter. Newt was only mentioned as someone with a valuable blood. And that's it. Because he is the cure. I predicted all this before even finishing the Fever Code. Also, why is he subject A4? All us fangirls had 5 as our favourite number etc, and all we got was a change from A5 to A4?