Actual Rating: 1.5 
 My first 1 star rating. Good job, The Death Cure. You deserve it. 
 I have so much to vent about this book. So much. Buckle yourselves in, everybody. This is going to be one long heck of a drive. 
 Where do I even begin with this book? WHAT issue needs to be addressed the most? 
 Okay, James Dashner, I have a request for you. Please stop being so descriptive. Show, please. Do not tell. I have been through enough lengthy paragraphs that could be shortened. 
 That's only one issue. The plot was stupid. I couldn't figure out what it was even trying to do, or what the characters' motive was. All they did was run around in Denver the entire time, "running away" from WICKED and trying to stop them when really all they did was escape from them. Yeah, they sure failed. 
 Seriously. First they do this. And that. And this and that. All basing off of what Thomas said. And then, guess what...REAPPEARING CHARACTERS!!! 
 HERE ARE CHARACTERS THAT YOU NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH LIGHT WAS SHONE ON THEM! YOU HAVE THEM ONCE MORE! ARE YOU SATISFIED? ARE YOU HAPPY? GOOD. BECAUSE YOU SHOULD BE. 
 Seriously. I got pretty sick of all the random characters flying about. I only cared for some of them, and Thomas is not one of those people. The only people I really wanted to stay alive were Minho, Brenda, Newt, and, um...who else? Oh, yeah, no one else. 
 I was hoping for some of Aris's character to be developed more. Or Jorge. Or any other character. But no. Jorge is just there to fly Thomas and crew around places and say Spanish phrases. Or whatever language he's speaking. I don't really care. 
 And Aris got like, three bits of dialogue. Three. What's the point of him being in the book if he's not going to do anything? 
 Alright, it's about time I addressed the biggest issue of all in this book. The freaking characters. 
 Okay, so I can't exactly find the place in the book, but somewhere Thomas says that it was hard to hate a guard who was escorting him. Or whoever it was. And I know it's an overused phrase, but when I read that I almost said aloud, "Okay, really? You've gone from being suspicious of people...to outright just trying to hate them?" 
 And, like I said, I didn't care for any of the characters. Any of them. Seriously. Any. 
 AND WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT HOW ALL OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS EXCEPT FOR THOMAS, BRENDA, AND...NEWT, I GUESS, WERE OVERSHADOWED. NO WAIT, IT'S ONLY THOMAS AND BRENDA. FORGET ABOUT NEWT. WE HARDLY HEAR FROM HIM ANYWAY. 
 Okay, honestly, Thomas and Brenda were the only characters that this book even focused on. Sure, Minho and Jorge were there through the entirety of the book, and Newt appeared a lot and impacted the plot a lot, but even though Brenda was fine, I got sick of her after a while. And it hurts, because Minho was my favorite character, Newt being my second favorite. It hurt to see them so overshadowed and so undeveloped ;-; 
 I really wish Minho just shoved Brenda out of the way. All he was there for was...dialogue? And...mentioning? 
 And let me just say something: Thomas was so bad. He could not think of what would be the best thing for everybody else in his group. All he thought about was himself. Never mind that control implant that WICKED put in our brains, take care of that later! I need to visit my old frenemy, and you can't stop me! Never mind that we're probably going to get caught if I stay behind and watch as a guy takes out a Crank! I need to see what's happening, and you can't stop me about that, either! Never mind that I can't follow a good friend's request! I think we can cure him, so I won't do his request, and you can't stop me!!!! 
 Also, there's this part that really confused me: (minor spoilers, beware) 
 Minho was the first to him, pulling him into a bear hug as Gally watched awkwardly from the side. Then the others were there, Minho. Brenda. Jorge. Teresa. Even Aris. 
 I understand that it's a typo, but I had to reread those few sentences like, three times before I accepted that it was a typo. WHICH BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER POINT. 
 Throughout the book (more toward the end), there are many, many, MANY typos. Such as sentences not being closed off with periods, misspellings, grammar issues, etc. Either Dashner and/or the editor were in a hurry to get out the ending or they were going to be late for a dentist appointment. 
 Anyway, I did not like this book at all. Now I'm even questioning why I gave it a 1.5. Honestly, my opinion: Only read the first one. Or you could read the second one, too. But after the second one, STOP. NO MORE. DO NOT READ THIS BOOK, EVER.