The Death Cure (Maze Runner, Book Three)

The Maze Runner was good. The Scorch Trials was (in many ways) better. However The Death Cure was a disappointing end to a fantastic overall series. The author really only had two options as far as an ending goes: he could either make WICKED continue to be the evil beast that it was continually in Thomas's eyes, or he could introduce more plot twists as Variables that would lead to the eventual discovery of a cure for the Flare. Unfortunately, for some reason, the author chooses neither of these. He makes scrap of all of the Variables, makes WICKED give up, and then makes them look good despite their failure. The reader should either feel satisfied that WICKED was destroyed and Thomas and his friends escape to safety or should feel thrilled that a cure to the Flare was discovered. The reader receives no such satisfaction, effectively making everything that happened in the previous two books pointless. In conclusion, I loved the premise of this series, but the author would have done much better if he extended The Maze Runner to include the end of The Death Cure and painted WICKED as the evil group that they always should have been. The Death Cure: what a terrible name for this book

This is garbled child science.

Worst book in the series to be honest... It was great altogether but the ending... I don't know what James' idea of a plot twist is, but it sure as heck isn't killing off one of the main characters. Hopefully the kill order is better. OVERALL - 3 stars Ending SUCKED - he could have added a lot more in my opinion Entertaining - Kept me sucked in the entire time. Can't put it down.