The Maze Cutter: A Maze Runner Novel

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Five vials that could Evolve the Evolution itself, change the world forever, as trite as that sounded. 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. The Maze Cutter is the first book of a spin-off trilogy to The Maze Runner series. It was published on October 4, 2022, and on November 1, 2022, in North America. It is centered around the descendants of the Gladers, who encounter a ship from the mainland 73 years after the events of The Death Cure. A second book in the trilogy, The Godhead Complex, is expected to be released on November 14, 2023. [10] Other releases [ edit ] The Maze Runner Files [ edit ]

Overall, I was really disappointed with this. I didn’t hate it, per se, but I was just really underwhelmed. There were some things I liked- the premise of the contrasting religions was interesting, even if it wasn’t executed terribly well, and I was living for any actual reference to the original characters. But this felt like a cash grab, I’m sorry to say. The writing felt rushed and it felt like the publishers wanted to make money off of the fans of the Maze Runner.Thomas Minho Teresa i Love you especially you Thomas you are god's perfect idiot and you did nothing wrong in your life ever. i didn't actually mean what i said im just silly like that

Another issue I have with the book is that it was written like only one character could do an action at a time if that makes sense. Everyone else just stand around waiting to dee what happens, or isn't described at all like the author forgot there were supposed to be all these (millions, it felt) characters in the one scene. Very unrealistic. 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. This book was told in multi-pov so we get a lot of different views and emotions about the same story. And, of course, it also helps when our main characters get separated. I think this was as good idea on Dashner’s part because we really get the full-scope of the story. It’s more than just what this one character or even two characters are experiencing. It was about a whole cast of characters and this new/old world we were being introduced to. So overall, maybe the rest of the series will get better? I don't know. But regardless, this book didn't do a very good job of convincing me that The Maze Cutter series will be able to hold a candle next to The Maze Runner series. Super sad to say that I was disappointed.

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I enjoyed the subtle connections to the first trilogy. Just enough to intrigue me but to let these characters still stand on their own.

What Dashner so obviously tries to do with this spin-off is to pull something along the lines of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Era 2. That is, this is an attempt to look further into the future of the original story and introduce more "evolved" circumstances that arise from unresolved problems from the past storyline. At this attempt, Dashner fails miserably since in the first place, the original trilogy has never pretended to have more depth than it actually does. I just wish this new story was just a thrilling adventure like the previous books, instead of trying so hard to be something more. Furthermore, it is clear that Dashner wants to "give the fans what they want" by attempting to evoke nostalgia through character references to the original cast, but I don't think they were done well at all and ultimately fell emotionally flat. There is quite a bit of jumping around and many characters. It starts off a bit confusing in the first part. The Godhead (the Glades) and the Remnant Nation (cult-like from Nebraska plains) both have agendas. In 2018, Dashner was dropped by his agent and his publisher, Penguin Random House, announced it would no longer publish his books. (I have my gripes with PRH, but I have to ask: Where’s that attitude from Bloomsbury regarding a certain transphobic author?) 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. The Maze Cutter is set 73 years after the events of the Death Cure. The Maze Runner was a series I loved while growing up, so I was intrigued at the idea of a story set in the same universe many years later.

La trama in generale non è fortissima, si capisce che è solo una grandissima introduzione, ma mi aspettavo qualcosa di più. 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. If you're still reading this, I suppose you're crazy like me, or just too curious to heed my warning, so, keep your arms and legs in the train at all times, and brace for impact. I'm a reader and writer who finds almost anything interesting. (I flit around from hobby to hobby -- frankly, it's amazing I've been doing this blogging thing for as long as I have.)

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. Thomas beat the Maze. He survived the Scorch. He'll risk anything to save his friends. But the truth might be what ends it all. The original survivors of the Maze runner trilogy escaped to an Island to thrive and have new generations. Only a few of the old timers are left, Frypan being one of them. But the descendants have continued on and now there is a new set of teens who will be thrown into the mainland and changes the people living there have undergone. From what we piece together, it appears there are three different factions at play and all of them are looking for the descendants of the maze for different reasons.

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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.