"The Death Cure" by James Dashner

4 of 5 stars.

It took me forever to read this book only because I have been slacking on my reading lately. But my review is below.

The Basics: The trilogy continues with Thomas waking up in a white room with no interaction with the outside world. Eventually, Rat Man aka A.D. Janson enters and the craziness with WICKED continues. Thomas is reunited with his friends and learns that not all of them are immune to the Flare. Unfortunately, Newt is not immune so the plot thickens. Eventually Thomas and his crew escape to Denver with the help of Jorge and Brenda. They learn of a force working against WICKED, The Right Arm, in which they learn Gally has joined forces with. Either way, Newt's condition worsens and Thomas and Minho  try to help him out to no avail. I won't give too much of a spoiler here, but it obviously ends bad for Newt. Maybe that just was a spoiler...oops!
Thomas teams up with The Right Arm to hopefully destroy WICKED and also assist in a cure for The Flare to help Newt. Fast forward to the end of the book, Thomas is taken aback when he learns WICKED is trying to dissect his brain and of course Janson (Rat Man) is the one heading this operation.
With the help of Chancellor Paige, Thomas, Minho, Brenda, and many Immunes who were being hoarded for another round of the Trials escapes using a flat trans. In the battle to get to the trans in addition to the explosives being set off by the Right Arm at the WICKED compound, Teresa dies leaving the reader with more questions than answers. Also, Brenda suspiciously knows how to destroy the trans and the shed in which the Immunes were transported to.
In the Epilogue we learn that this whole ordeal was in the plans already, headed by Chancellor Paige.

My Thoughts: Ok, this is the end of the series but what's with Brenda? She is obviously a pawn in WICKED's plans for the Immunes. Thomas and Minho seem to lose a little trust for her in the end of the book after allowing her to earn her trust throughout the course of the novel. So, does that mean the Jorge is also working for WICKED? Were Jorge and Brenda's job to keep tabs on Thomas so WICKED could do with them what they pleased when they were ready? This is all pretty weird.
Also, why in the hell would Dashner kill Teresa? Was she good? Bad? She got her memories back but the reader was never able to figure out what her memories revealed. The ending of this novel is definitely unsatisfactory, which is why I'm giving the book 4 instead of 5 stars.
I wonder if Dashner is planning to add to the series? As the reader, I want to know Brenda's position in this whole situation and what will happen to this whole community of Immunes. Will their new community be just like the Glade? Is it all a big set up?

Either way, I am going to read The Kill Order, but I was hoping for so much more at the end of The Death Cure. I'm kind of bummed out about this...

Anyway....

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