Anyone else think this was the only good book in the series?

[Wuuradam]

The love triangle really killed this series for me. in some books it works at times, but it was so unnecessary in this series, just took away focus from the good parts, as the plot. And brenda really really is a worthless character.. really disslike everything about her character

[Paige]

Ya,I read the first book and loved it and then I started to read the second book and it just went on on about the flare.I was like just get to the point.I never finished it.I got to board.

[Valerina]

Mojoboy31 wrote: "SPOILERS FOR BOOKS TWO AND THREE...

I loved Maze Runner, I really did, then with book two the entire feel changed, characters changed, and it became a basic "zombie survival" series. And what seri..."

My sentiments exactly!

[Jason]

If you don't really enjoy the last two books, I highly recommend you to skip TKO. I think the last two didn't live up to expectations but wraps up the series neatly enough. And I totally HATED TKO. Except for the origin of the Flare (Which wasn't very clearly stated in TKO, either), it has practically NOTHING to do with the MR series. But there was a little sneak peak on Teresa, so hardcore fans might give it a go. For me it's just full of gore and action(that i can promise you) and the characters just stumble along with no clear ideas or even what to do next worth wasting the first 3/4 of the book explaining meaningless stuff. For those wanting a well-developed storyline with thoughtful motives of the characters, please skip this. The Maze Runner was SO much better. (Juz my POV, by the way)

[Jason]

MrEkitten wrote: "I loved the first book. I felt after the "warnings" in the second book, it became a "who was dumber" book. I was so far ahead of the characters that I wanted to slap them. Then between the near ..."

Totally agree. Absolutely don't understand why (view spoiler)[ Newt was killed off, and felt the death of Teresa was the most meaningless event in the series. AND there weren't even enough explanations for me to feel heartache. (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Scorch Trials was pretty good. It had a little too much action, so I say either Maze Runner or Death Cure cause they didn't have too little or too much action, but the story was better in Death Cure.

[AgCl]

Yep i liked the Maze Runner but after that it just got disappointing...I guess it was largely because i had entirely different expectations from what proceeded after MR. It all just felt like i was reading the wrong sequel, although, I did try to finish it hoping the story would pull itself back together in the end, but it just kept getting well...worse so that i didn't even get to finish Death Cure....which was really sad because i had high hopes from the start for this series.

[bubblegumpopper]

Cathy wrote: "Without a doubt, Maze Runner is in a different league than its sequels. It's almost not worth having the closure of the events in Scorch Trials and the Death Cure.

I regret having pre-ordered the ..."


Actually, I think the Kill Order is my favourite! It's done much better. I agree with the OP. The first book was good and had a lot of promise, but I found the 2nd one a boring repeat of the first (oh goody, a NEW trial) and the third one just didn't even make sense in the end. It was a lame cop-out of an ending. Seems like Dashner just got lazy.

I definitely enjoyed Kill Order though. The characters were much better developed and more interesting. It was a great read.

[Harry]

to be totally honest. I am half way through the death cure and enjoying it so much. Brenda is the better character out of her and teresa. so awesome series though better than anything i have ever read

[Emma]

I LOVED this book and couldn't wait to read the second one!

I wasn't disappointed. I finished it in a few days and was straight on to the Death Cure. I don't get what you people are talking about - I loved ALL the books, but TMR was by far the best in the series.

[Allison]

I actually liked the Death Cure the best. I am one of those people with the very rare opinion.

[Kelly Brigid ♡]

Allison ~God's NOT dead~ wrote: "I actually liked the Death Cure the best. I am one of those people with the very rare opinion."

Ikr? I loved them all about equally, and I don't see why everyone hates The Death Cure, it was awesome!

[SuperNova]

Is it just me that LOVES the love triangle? I normally think they're lame but this one is special. I mean in the end when (SPOILER ALERT, SPOILER ALERT, SPOILER ALERT)





Teresa dies. I mean I was so sure he was going to end up with Teresa and Brenda was just a side character. I think it's very special how Thomas lost and got his trust for Teresa back and how it ended up with Brenda. To me this is very clever because it was very unexpected.

[Emma]

That's a side to it I never looked at :/

[Harry]

book 2 and 3 are the best

[Paul]

agreed 100%. bait and switch into yet another sh--tty zombie story.

[Horton]

I loved this book and the movies are pretty good too.