liliana_b's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Torture, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Genocide, Gore, Addiction, and Drug use
tbs250's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Violence
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Car accident, Self harm, and Suicide attempt
mj_hyperfixation_station's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Spoiler
I’m only somewhat disappointed in t ending but it could have been worse. I liked how the book went full circle and they went back to the glade which felt like years ago even though it was only weeks ago.Spoiler
I was impressed to say the least with the outcome of the bookGraphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Child death
ishouldbereading's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Grief, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence
Minor: Cursing, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Drug use, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
nytephoenyx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
It's been a long time since I've read anything of Dashner's, so the writing style came at me like I was reading it for the first time. I want to call it a lot of "telling, not showing", but there's something to his verb choice that aggravates me. There's an awful lot of "Thomas now saw..." and "Thomas understood that..." and "It was obvious to Thomas." The deeper I got into the audiobook, the more grating these descriptions were. Thomas was at all times both omniscient and clueless. Always making the exact right choices to get in the exact wrong situations from which he'd make the exact right choice to get out of... and then end up in another wrong situation, from which he'd make (you guessed it!) the exact right choice to escape. And on it goes. It was repetitive and monotonous.
Usually when I continue a series I'm not particularly in love with, I'm in it for a character. And almost always, *somehow*, I pick the character that the author chooses to kill off or otherwise destroy in the next book. I don't know how I do it - it's a knack, I guess. But that happened again here where we were and will forever be stuck with THOMAS. Boring, shallow, unexciting Thomas. If you're going to have a Chosen One (which now he indisputably is) at least make him interesting. The concept of this series remains really interesting, but its execution is subpar.
I'm definitely done with this series. THE DEATH CURE was a long walk to nothing. There was little to no character development, little to no plot progress, and the writing was grating. There are so many better books to read by authors who do not sexually harass women and then gaslight them.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, War, and Violence
heroic_deeds's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Murder, Medical content, Grief, and Gun violence
Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit