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The Maze Cutter: A Maze Runner Novel

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When Thomas wakes up in a lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers – boys whose memories are also gone. Je lirai sûrement la suite, mais je suis loin d'être convaincue. Plusieurs éléments m'ont parus improbables ou sortis de nulle part, notamment un élément révélé dans l'épilogue ou même tout le concept de la Tête de dieu. There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers’ destruction – and they’re determined to survive. The Mortality Doctrine The Eye of Minds (2013) The Rule of Thoughts (2014) The Game of Lives (2015) Stand-Alone Novels

Anita Busch (August 29, 2016). " 'The Maze Runner: The Death Cure' Will Restart Production In February". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 30, 2016.

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selectedStore.City }}, {{ selectedStore.State }} {{ selectedStore.Country }} {{ selectedStore.Zip }} why is this happening to me, i sigh, as i actively choose to keep up with this series and have a maze runner themed tattoo on my body. The tweet appears to have been deleted since, or I would link it. There was also another comment (again, anonymous) on the forum later that claimed it was the original poster, rescinding their accusations. Hm. You know that feeling when you get excited about a new book because it is from a beloved universe and then you start reading and it's an utter disappointment? Well this is how I feel. The original series should have stayed as it was. In my opinion it ended well with no need for new stories.

Harriet (books2–3) is one of the leaders of GroupB. She is named after Harriet Tubman. Her subject number is B3.

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Newt (books1–3, 5–6) is a British GroupA Glader and Alby's second-in-command. He has a slight limp from attempting suicide when he was a Runner. Newt is named after Sir Isaac Newton. He is the brother of Sonya, a girl in Group B, who he called Lizzy. His subject number is A5, and his title is "the glue". [12] Teresa Agnes (books1–5) is a GroupA Glader and a creator of the Maze with Thomas, named after Mother Teresa. She appears in book4 under her original name Deedee. Her subject number is A1, and her title is "the betrayer". The most fascinating thing for me was seeing a post-post-apocalyptic world trying to rebuild. The religious and scientific reactions to the plague were fascinating, and as always our characters were caught in between a few (too many for my brain) factions.

With around 20 characters introduced, only a few of them had PoVs but it was difficult to connect to any of the characters in such a short time. Mingho has the best development coming out of his cult to find Roxy who treats him like a son and helps to make him more human. The rest of the Glader's descendants are kind of just there and when a few died I couldn't remember why they came on the journey or who they were to any of the characters who survived. Isaac and Sadina are about to go on the adventure of a lifetime. Their island home has been safe from the Flare virus and infected Cranks, but when a ship called The Maze Cutter arrives with all but one crew member dead, everything changes. Now they’re making a long journey to medical clinics in Los Angeles because Sadina’s DNA could provide a cure for the latest version of the Flare. In Alaska, Alexandra, Nicholas, and Mikhail, who together form the Godhead, battle for supremacy. Lastly, Orphan Minho is sent to fulfill his destiny: trekking to Alaska to find the Godhead—though he has a secret plan of his own. Each chapter has subsections that follow a specific character, allowing readers to jump between various perspectives, keeping the action and intrigue levels high. This entry brings new life to the series with its diverse, international cast and expanded universe that explore the implications of the protagonists’ earlier choices. The younger islanders are naïve about how things are working in the rest of the world, as faith in the Godhead shapes existence for the people of the new world. Here Dashner takes his original idea to a larger stage: Entire nations hang in the balance, and nothing is cut and dried. Seventy-three years after the events of The Death Cure (2011), the Maze Runner world expands in this trilogy opener. This isn't the worst thing I've read of all time or even the worst thing by Dashner, but it is definitely the most inexplicable and useless book I've ever read. Midnight Sun has more inherent merit than this. The Maze Runner series was, on the whole, quite awful, and I have never met a soul that wished it had a sequel. But here we are. Brenda (books2–3, 5) is a character that the members of GroupA and B assumed to be a Crank. Eventually, they discover that she is an Immune.I’m disappointed in the book overall because there was so much rambling and filler. The characters were boring and there was zero (none!) world building. Not enough Newt info. When you mentioned "The Book of Newt" I wanted the entire freaking book. Okay, James? You better give me that whole book or I will find you and I will kill you. This is a good foundation book for some revelations in the rest of the series and I hope Dashner sorts out his characters a little more to make sure they aren't just cut outs of the characters from the original series. Interesting story and I will continue with the series in hopes it goes somewhere new and exciting.

The issue with the book is that the parts involving Alexandria are confusing and non-sensical. From what I could understand, her and two others have styled themselves as gods but there is some truth to her claim because the Flare has somehow given them superhuman powers and longevity. The three are known as the Godhead and Alexandria is obsessed with releasing the Flare variants to the population. My last criticism is that I still do not understand why Alexandra thinks that Nicholas is so much of a threat that she has to go through lots of shit just to get him killed and take his head. The story didn't seem to accomplish much and merely focused on how she has to calm herself down when she talks to him bla bla bla, but its not very clear why she is even scared in the first place.The first three Maze Runner books were adapted to the big screen during the dystopian craze of the early 2010s that saw the likes of The Hunger Games and Divergent rake it in. Thankfully, the third book was not split into two parts. The first three books are the ones that James Dashner Controversy Disturbing deaths and rituals; characters that feel as if they are “gods” and thus demand worship and lord over other characters with little regard to their safety & lives; LGBQT+ characters; loss of parents. I'm a big fan of the Maze Runner series, especially the original three books. Thomas, Minho, and Newt are fantastic characters and I enjoyed their journey of finding somewhere to live in peace without being tested or hunted. While this book continues the legacy of the boys in an even more dangerous world, I didn't connect to the three main characters. I think they need more development, especially Alexandra who we see the least. There are so many things we don't know, like the Godhead that Alexandra is a part of. What is it? People that think they're gods when really they're advanced Cranks? I hope there are more answers in the sequel.

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