Series: The Maze Runner (bk. 3)
Genera(s): Dystopian Sci-fi
Subjects: survival, memory, adventure, experiments,
deserts, post-apocalyptic
Setting: Denver, Colorado, and other places
POV/Tense: 3rd person POV, limited, past
tense: Thomas
Age/Grade Level: Teen
Length: 324 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover, now in Paperback. Available in audio
book and e-book.
List Price: $17.99/$9.99
Publisher: Random House: Delacorte Press
Summary/ product description: “It’s the end of the line.
WICKED
has taken everything from Thomas: his life, his memories, and now his only
friends—the Gladers. But it’s finally over. The trials are complete, after one
final test.
Will
anyone survive?
What
WICKED doesn’t know is that Thomas remembers far more than they think. And it’s
enough to prove that he can’t believe a word of what they say.
The
truth will be terrifying.
Thomas
beat the Maze. He survived the Scorch. He’ll risk anything to save his friends.
But the truth might be what ends it all.
The time
for lies is over.”
My Review: In
honor of the Maze Runner movie coming to theater next month, I decided I had to
finish the whole series before I see it. In order to do that, I went to the
library and checked out the Death Cure audio book read by actor Mark Deakins. I
own a hardcover copy of the book, but it was awesome with the audio book. Mark
does. I listened to Maze Runner as an audio book. This series has the best
audio book version I’ve ever listened too. I enjoyed when he did Newt’s voice
especially. So many different accents and it’s hard to tell that this is all
the same guy’s voice.
This was an interesting ending. Not nearly as good as
the first book, but still really awesome. Lots of action and world building. I
like that this one is set in a real city, even if it’s a future dystopian
version of it. I’ve been to Denver once (back in 2003, before 6th
grade). It was a nice city. A lot different from Chicago because it’s by
mountains instead of a lake. This is a very sad version of Denver though
because the flare virus is running rampant. This series is a very complex kind
of dystopian in which there’s a government agency called WICKED and there’s a
virus that drives people into cannibalistic madness and climate change caused
by a solar flare.
I like the characters, but it’s not to crazy about the
main character Thomas. As I said before, I think Dylan O’Brien playing him will
make him so much more awesome. He just seemed too kind and naïve in this
series, but he experiences a loss of innocence when he’s forced to do something
he’d probably never image doing. It’s partially because he doesn’t have his
memories back. He’s just a new person learning to live and survive. He’s grown
since Maze Runner, but he’s got a great big heart. He uses the slag he’s picked
up from the other Gladers a lot. He has important friendship and a little
romance too. He’s not into Teresa anymore romantically since being with Brenda.
There’s were some very sad deaths in this book. Some
things that were left unresolved. I kind of disappointed. This isn’t my
favorite dystopian series, but I did enjoy it. As a movie series it’ll probably
be awesome. The Hunger Games was not one of my favorite dystopian series, but I
loved the movies, so I’m hoping it’ll be awesome. I hope they don’t split The
Death Cure into two parts. It would be so unnecessary because not that much happens
until near the end. I still have to read the prequel book, The Kill Order, so I’ll
see how that clears up the book.
If you haven’t read the Maze Runner series, it’s
similar to a book series called Taken by Erin Bowmen. I believe her book may
have been influenced by The Maze Runner. I’ve read Eye Of Minds by James
Dashner and that was good. James Dashner has really interest twist and sci-fi
concepts and wonder world-building.
Cover Art Review: A tower and a snowy mountain? Pretty
awesome looking.
