If you have read my reviews for the rest of the series, then you should be able to guess what this was going to be like. If not, I hope you are prepared for brutality, because here comes my raging storm. 
 There are three books in the trilogy. Then there are two more books- prequels, that are chronologically before the trilogy, published later. I haven't made it to the prequels, and I do not want to. I have never not wanted to read a book so much in my life. Why? 
 The Maze Runner series was the biggest waste of time in my life, ever. This trilogy, so help me, is one of the worst pieces of trash I have ever read. I honestly have no effing clue how this series has become a best seller. It must have been all the hype because of the movies (which I haven't seen) because it sure as hell isn't about the story. 
 How anyone can enjoy this series is beyond me. 
 Let's start from the beginning. 
 The Maze Runner: Amazing premise. Locked in a glade forced to survive with plenty of mystery surrounding them and how they got there, a group of boys try to figure a way out of the maze they are trapped in. There are exactly two characters in this book that feel real. (Neither of which are the MC.) Beyond that, there is nothing redeemable about the story what-so-ever. From the very beginning, we are told, not shown, how people are feeling, what things look like. Our main character Thomas is about the most annoying, inconsistent character ever to be created. Thomas lives within a bubble in the Glade, and we only have interaction with a handful of the boys, so when lives are lost, you don't care. It's impersonal. Then, Teresa. Holy crap. Worst insta-love ever, and she was comatose for half of the book. They eventually escape from the Maze after being info-dumped by Teresa, and Thomas himself about the Maze and how to escape. Which, of course, ended like a disaster. 
 The Scorch Trials: All right, things are progressing! No, wait... they aren't...wait, what is going on because NOTHING MAKES SENSE ANYMORE. This book takes everything you know and learned in the past book and throws it in your face with Rat references and the overuse of the word "Variables". Thomas and the surviving Gladers, find out two things: that there was another Maze group- a group of girls, and now Teresa has abandoned the boys to join the girls team and that they, in fact, did not escape from WICKED. They have progressed past the Maze to the Scorch. They have now learned that the world is in shambles and there are "Cranks" (aka zombies) roaming the world due to a man made virus wrecking havoc after a solar flare destroyed a facility. They now know that in order to receive a cure, they have to make it from point A to point B and survive. Along the way, they pick up a guy named Jorge, whom despite being Mexican, seems to only say the word "hermano", and Brenda, whom knows stuff she shouldn't and falls in love with-surprise- Thomas. In the end, Thomas feels tortured because he has feelings for two girls, even though he should be more concerned about NOT DYING. The end is them escaping- but not really- once again. This book was the biggest info dump ever and was a whole lot of running from one point to another without an actual plot. 
 The Death Cure: Info Dump. Most of the Gladers have the flare. They will die. Variables. Info Dump. No worries, some of you are immune. Variables. Those that are immune will help us find a cure!Variables. Thomas passed out. Thomas felt angry. Variables. Thomas lost consciousness. Thomas finally fell asleep. Variables. INFO DUMP. Thomas felt it was right. Thomas felt he was telling the truth. Thomas felt like he could trust her. INFO DUMP. Go here. Go there. No plot. Utterly, completely pointless. Killed the only good character. And what better way to tie up loose ends than to kill off the useless (although they are both useless) love interest? In the end: That was it? Three books, and after all of that, this is what we get? 
 I am so mad I bought the boxed set (The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure, and The Kill Order) because it was a huge waste of money and time. I can not wait to donate these elsewhere, even though they really belong in the bottom of a trash can.