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guccishoestrings's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and War
swimfast724's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I was so upset with the ending
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and War
Minor: Drug use, Death of parent, and Abandonment
liliana_b's review against another edition
- 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, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
allym's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use
ishouldbereading's review against another edition
- 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: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Grief
Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
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: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and War