The Death Cure - James Dashner

I finally finished the Maze Runner trilogy, and I was not disappointed!  I really hope that the movie coming out later this year does the first book justice and the other two movies will follow.  There are some moments in the books that I would really like to see depicted on film.  I am really interested to see what the Grievers look like and whether or not the Cranks look like crazy zombies or just humans with crazy eyes.  There are a lot of action scenes that will be good to see played out as well.

The Death Cure picks up right where The Scorch Trials left off.  Thomas and his friends have to try and figure out how to fight against WICKED, while staying alive in the mess that the world has become.  WICKED wants to keep them for more testing, but somehow the gang manages to escape, though they do get separated.  The book mostly depicts Thomas's adventure with Brenda, Minho, Newt, and Jorge.

The escape the WICKED headquarters and travel to Denver, an area that is supposed to be safe.  However, more and more people have contracted the Flare and Denver turns out to not be the city they originally thought it would be.  The gang meets up with an anti-WICKED group and together, they think they just might be able to stop WICKED once and for all.

There are more fights in this book than in the previous two.  More weapons, more blood.  Thomas grows as a character and tries to decide between right and wrong.  Not everybody makes it out of the story alive.  It was a pretty good read, though I wish there had been a little more excitement.  Not necessarily more violence and fights, but more "a-ha!" moments.  I felt the end battle was a little rushed.  It did have a good ending, though.  I would like to know what happened next.  I mean, it is easy to assume what is supposed to happen after the book ends, but it would be nice to read a little more about that in the future.