The Death Cure

Not sure what it is about this series that had me so hooked. Normally, the snobby part of my brain cares very much about things like writing quality and clarity and mistakes in the text. Occasionally, there comes a story so enthralling that the excellence, or lack thereof, of the storytelling matters little. The Maze Runner series is one of those stories.

That said, yes, there were things that bothered me in this book. There were too many action scenes that I dragged myself through to get to the dialogue, which was lacking. Apparently, of paramount importance to Dashner was that his readers know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Thomas, Newt, and Minho are friends. Message received, sir. No need to shove that in my face every few chapters. It would have been nicer if there had been more dialogue among the three to prove it.

I did, for the most part, like the way the ending wrapped up. I'm a sucker for a “big reveal” type ending and while that didn't quite happen (there was not that much to be revealed by the end) there were some nice touches in the end. I was a tad melancholy as I was finishing, knowing this would be the end. If there's a better indication of a good book, I don't know what it is.