The Death Cure

Last winter, I traveled to Denver, Colorado and drove up the mountains to spend a week skiing and snowboarding. I had a great week spending time with family and enjoying the time with no stress from school. I know it sounds random that I'm talking about my favorite family vacation, but as I read The Death Cure it’s so hard to imagine that Denver, Colorado is one of the only safe cities in the world for the Gladers.

At this point, the Gladers have bravely escaped WICKED on Jorge's berg and miraculously arrived in the safe haven of Denver. Dashner does a great job in captivating the reader's attention because it's almost like he has experienced the chimerical events himself and he knows what the emotions rolling through the characters minds should be. His captivating words paint a picture and describe intense scenes that seem so real.

With Dashner's help of describing fear from the Flare, the reader feels the importance of the city Denver. However, rumors around town say that the city of Denver isn't as safe as it is meant to be and Thomas and his group is looking more and more suspicious --and it is definitely well-known not to advertise that they are Munies (Dashner's lingo of Immune).

I'm almost half way through The Death Cure and I'm crossing my fingers that the ending answers all of the questions that I've been pondering since The Maze Runner. One topic that Dashner keeps foreshadowing is the fact that Thomas had a huge role with WICKED before he got put into the trials. Will the reader hate Thomas once we find out his role? I really hope that is not the case; if I were able to write the ending from this point on, I would somehow wrap it up so that Thomas finds the cure and everyone survives. Personally I love it when everyone lives happily-ever-after, although it is very rare to see a conclusion like that after reading about so many tragic deaths in the middle of the story.