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BOOK
ILLUMINATIONS
From Debbie Wiley Book Reviews
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The Death Cure
by James Dashner
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Please note that this review may contain spoilers for the first two
books in the series**
THE DEATH CURE starts off right where THE SCORCH TRIALS ended. Thomas
is in isolation, worried about the fate of his friends and bored out of
his mind. Are his friends, his fellow Gladers, still alive? Worse yet,
has the Flare taken root in any of them? Thomas is going to have to
reunite with his friends and discover just what WICKED has planned.
Will he survive? Only time will tell who lives and who dies in this
concluding book….
THE DEATH CURE is not a stand alone tale as James Dashner doesn’t waste
any time on back history. Instead, one should read THE MAZE RUNNER and
THE SCORCH TRIALS prior to reading THE DEATH CURE so that all the
pieces of the puzzle will make sense. Thomas and his friends have
been through a variety of trials, also called variables in the
storyline, and now the culmination of everything is at hand.
THE DEATH CURE offers readers their first glimpse of the world outside
of the various trials. Each book has gotten increasingly darker
in tone and this book is the darkest yet. Thomas and his friends are
faced with further betrayals, misdirection, and even worse- the loss of
hope. Expect the unexpected- as no one is safe from the machinations of
WICKED. James Dashner does a phenomenal job at creating mistrust
between his characters and conveying that sense of treachery and
betrayal to his readers.
It has been a mad dash to the finish and now Thomas and his friends
find their answers. Readers will be left with almost as many questions
as answers as there are still so many intriguing possibilities left up
to the imagination. I’m looking forward to the recently announced
prequel to the series as James Dashner has crafted a world I’m not
quite ready to let go. Bravo!
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
(October 2011)
Other books in series:
The Maze Runner Trilogy (The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials)
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Reviewed
by Debbie, Debbie Wiley Book Reviews
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