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The Death Cure by James Dashner

15 reviews

_ren's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Suicide

liliana_b's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

booksojwhi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

psliz's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

action-packed with twists and a bittersweet ending 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt

lilligray's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

4.75

The only reason I wouldn't give it 5 starts is because sometimes I felt like there was somethings that really didn't have to happen and he just added them in there to make the book longer.  It is over all very entertaining and a very easy read. I just feel a lot of some of the stuff that is happening in the series as a whole is getting very repetitive, but I still am very much enjoying it. Most of the characters are all very lovable. I feel like somethings he did go over/move on way to fast; but I guess that is also the point of the book, because most of the time they are in dire circumstances where you can't really linger on one thing too long or you'll end up dead. Overall I very much enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Gore, Blood, Gaslighting, and Torture

adison_smith's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I am very disappointed with James Dashner. This was a horrible book. Plot wise, he had a great idea. The Maze Runner is an amazing book. But he failed in his mission. This book is nothing but trash for the heap. The characters have no development, and therefore major plot points have no affect on the reader because the characters are unlovable and cannot be related to. Newt dying was literally the worst. Because there was no point. And Thomas didn't even grow from that. He stayed the exact same. Thomas, THE MAIN CHARACTER, has literally no character development through books 1-3. I can somewhat understand in book 1, but in books 2 and 3 not to help him realize his flaws at all?? There is no hero in this book. No one really wins. They are all people lacking morals. I would not recommend this book to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

tbs250's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

rachelditty's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed analyzing this series again after watching the movies. Looking at the differences in medium and how those differences influenced the perception of characters was a fun challenge. These books are so much more brutal than their movie counterparts, and the characters are much bitchier and more hardened in the best way possible. I really enjoyed Dashner's usage of full-circle plotlines in this book, and that we can see elements and themes from all the way back in book one resurface in this installment of the series. It was fun to revisit this series after reading it in middle school. My opinions on a lot of things have definitely changed, and I'm guessing my perception on the prequels might have changed as well. Dashner did a great job with this trilogy. I'm glad I picked it up again. Also, Mark Deakins has a great reading voice for this audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence and Medical content

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

wiktoria88's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Violence, and Death