The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, Book 3) Kindle Edition

The biggest theme in the third book of this series is trust. Who to trust... Brenda? Theresa? WICKED?Is anything real? I love how this series gets me questioning every single thing I read. I got to the point where I thought, if it's written down, it must be a trick. I had to remind myself that not everything could be a trick, and that some things had to be real. But which things? It was perpetual. Something like I imagine was happening in the minds of the characters.Memories are being returned to the survivors so they can finish the trials and find the cure. Thomas is terrified of what else he might remember. He didn't want to know what he had done before the start of the trials. He already knew that WICKED shouldn't be trusted. Finally, he escapes WICKED with a small band of other munies and they flee to the city of Denver, which has resisted the spread of the Flare. They believe that the other survivors, including Theresa, have also escaped and found their way to the city.In Denver, munies (those immune to the Flare) held jobs that others couldn't do, but they were deeply resented by most of the population who weren't immune. After their arrival, Thomas is approached and offered a lifeline by an underground operation called The Right Arm. It’s an operation that includes a blast from his past, Gally from The Glade.We also learn that Denver is the one place where there is someone who can remove the tracking device that has been implanted into Thomas’s head. Of course, in the meantime, the crazy Ratman can track him, and tries to convince him to return to WICKED and complete the final stage of the trials. Naturally, Thomas resists. As the story unfolds Thomas and his fellow munies join forces with The Right Arm and set plans in place to defeat WICKED once and for all.Then, on February 13, 2015, I was on about page 200, when a post from James Dashner landed in my Facebook feed. It mentioned something about page 250. The post was littered with comments from readers that spilled forth information that I didn't need to know. The timing was dreadful, so I replied to Mr Dashner with my feelings. I got no reply, of course, but at least I got to vent my disapproval. What a spoiler at the worst possible time!WICKED may have started off with the good of the world in its sights. But over time it morphed into something that was just as damaging as the problem it tried to solve. The lesson here is that good intentions aren't a license to do whatever you want. WICKED’s driving ambition had been running blind and it failed to stop and take a sanity check. Janson (Ratman) had lost all sense of right and wrong. But luckily there was a light in the darkness that left a thread of hope for a future.Finally, there was an escape, but not a cure. The world was left to self destruct while the lucky few could start afresh. It was hardly a happy ending, but perhaps the only one that was plausible.<b>In a Nutshell</b>I can see why this series has a huge and faithful fan base, and I'm glad to call myself one of them. Recommended for readers who enjoy action filled with twists, tricks and lies, and relish the uncertainty of not knowing what to believe as they read.

We started reading this trilogy shortly after the second book came out, and have been waiting anxiously for this third and final book. Both readers in this household enjoyed it but found it ultimately unsatisfying, and therefore not re-read worthy. Not upset we read the trilogy, but it didn't have the inspired ending one would have hoped after such a breathtaking beginning.In the first book, Maze Runner, Thomas (and we) wake up with no memories as he is being catapulted via elevator to a place populated by teenage boys living in a life-and-death stakes game called the Maze. In the second book, Thomas and his colleagues travel across a hostile desert and encounter friends and foes alike in a deserted city. And in this last entry Thomas and his companions confront WICKED, the obscure organization at the heart of the mystery as to who these kids are and why they've been doing what they're doing and for whom. There aren't a lot of happy endings for these poor kids as they encounter obstacle after obstacle on their way to .. a solution to all their questions? No, not quite. There is a rather hurried encapsulation that is supposed to answer everything with one missive but, Dear Writer, it will not do. Too many gaps in the story and characters to make the quickie denouement satisfying.But you can't beat the author for some great ideas here. The writing is fast-paced, the dialogue authentic, the characters interesting if not likable or, ultimately, even knowable.The first book is so good that you have to read the rest of the trilogy, but chances are you'll be at least mildly unhappy at the end, so .... enter at your own risk.

I give this book a 4.5/5. It was my least favorite of TMR series, but it is still an excellent read. All along, we have gone through the series with that thought in our head thanks to Teresa, "Wicked is good." Can this be true??? This book keeps you going back and forth, siding with Wicked, then siding with a group determined to overthrow the group. It is back and forth the whole time, as this book is a true testament to the series, highlight the fact that it isn't a black and white world. Below is a basic synopsis of the book, so potential semi spoilers are present in the following paragraph, but no major ones.The basic premise of the book is Thomas and the Gladers go back to Wicked. Somehow, after some get there memories back, the gladers get separated into two groups and somehow escape Wicked who believe they are almost to the cure that can save the human race. The main question at this point that Thomas needs to answer is is it better to give wicked what they want for the common good now that they are so close, or try to end wicked and start fresh isolated from the flare and let the flare stricken areas die out. This is the main point of this book, which of the two options will be the death cure? Read to find out! Anyway, Tomas and the gladers escape and end up working with a group called the Right Arm, that wants to take down Wicked. With the original gladers gone, wicked begins to round up new subjects to readminister the trials. As time goes on, we begin to see Thomas struggle back and forth between fighting with wicked or against wicked, all leading up to a 75 page ending that is a full on bloodbath/rescue/state of confusion, all in a good way. The ending action is amazing, but I do agree with many that the final 5 pages did not do the series quite the justice it deserved. Even still the lead up was so good, I can easily overlook the few questions I have and the fact that I would have loved to see one more chapter to address the aftermath a bit more than 5 pages. It is still a wonderful book and you cannot put it down! As a series, this is one like no other and I am amazed by the world Dashner created. It is so profound and amazing. I have been so inspired by his works and he has made me a life long fan of his. Like all trilogies, the ending book is not as good as the other two, but this is still the best trilogy I have ever read. I give TMR 4.7/5, Scorch 4.9/5 and TDC 4.5/5. Don't let other reviews make you stop at the scorch. You will have a question or two at the end and wish for more, but the journey is so good it is easy to overlook the ending, and don't get me wrong, the ending is still good and tied it up well, I just wish for a little bit more, perhaps another 10 pages perhaps into the future, if that happened, this would have gotten a 4.8/5 for me. Even still amazing book!!!