Don’t miss book three in the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, now a major motion picture starring Dylan O’Brien!
WICKED has taken everything from Thomas: his life, his memories, and now his only friends—the Gladers. But it’s finally over. The trials are complete, after one final test.
What WICKED doesn’t know is that Thomas remembers far more than they think. And it’s enough to prove that he can’t believe a word of what they say.
Thomas beat the Maze. He survived the Scorch. He’ll risk anything to save his friends. But the truth might be what ends it all.
The time for lies is over.
The first two books, The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials, are also #1 worldwide blockbuster movies featuring the star of MTV's Teen Wolf, Dylan O'Brien; Kaya Scodelario; Aml Ameen; Will Poulter; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster!
Also look for The Fever Code, the much-buzzed-about series conclusion that finally reveals the story of how the maze was built, and James Dashner's other bestselling series, the Mortality Doctrine: The Eye of Minds, The Rule of Thoughts, and The Game of Lives.
Praise for James Dashner and the Maze Runner series:
A #1 New York Times Bestselling Series
A USA Today Bestseller
A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the Year
An ALA-YASLA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book
An ALA-YALSA Quick Pick
“[A] mysterious survival saga that passionate fans describe as a fusion of Lord of the Flies, The Hunger Games, and Lost.” —EW
“Wonderful action writing—fast-paced . . . but smart and well observed.” —Newsday
I was really excited for this book. I was really looking forward to finally getting some answers and for Thomas to get his memories back, but that doesn't happen. And it made the reading experience not all that enjoyable.
There are so many questions left open, and even more questions raised in The Death Cure, but they never get answered. I spent half the book annoyed with Thomas because he refused to get his memories back. It took me over 200 pages to realize that Thomas wasn't stupid and that WICKED was actually the bad guys. I was convinced that WICKED was good (hello Teresa?!) until I was well into the book.
There was one part where Brenda held Thomas back to have a private conversation with him, and was about to tell him something important about her past, but Thomas stops her, refuses to let her tell him. At that point in the story, I figured we would hear what Brenda wanted to tell him later, I thought she was going to tell him that Chancellor Paige was her mom or something, but we are never told what she wanted to tell him. What was the point of even having that little scene in there then? Even at the very end of the story, I felt like Dashner was trying to hint that Brenda knew more than what she was saying, but it's never shown. It just ends. UGH!
I didn't completely hate the book. There were moments when I was really into the book. But that was just because I was driven to read by the false hope that some questions would be answered. I kept waiting for a twist, but it never came.
