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lilsisbooklist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Car accident
ironseaweed's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Much sadness, gore, and grief.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
authorannafaundez's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
I'm looking forward to the prequels and sequels.
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, and Blood
Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail
_ren's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Vomit, Trafficking, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Cannibalism
mj_hyperfixation_station's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
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
imkedogger'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? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
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
heroic_deeds's review against another edition
- 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: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence
Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Suicide attempt