Did not finish 
 I put this book down and just couldn't bring myself to finish. I was not at all interested in any of the characters. The book was related to the series but not all at the same time. I really didn't feel like wasting my time on the second half of the book because I didn't care where this story was going or what was going to happen to the characters. They really didn't even feel original - just like repeats of the kids we had already gotten to know. A copy of Thomas, a copy of Teresa. Boring. 
 I also really got sick of the Flare story line. It just annoyed me after a while and I really didn't find it interesting anymore. 
 DNF thoughts originally posted on The Book Addict's Guide: Oh brother. I should have just quit while I was ahead. I was pretty disappointed with the last book in the trilogy and I had heard that a lot of people hadn't really liked THE KILL ORDER... so why did I feel the need to try it? 
 There was nothing "wrong" with it per se, but I didn't really think it had any connection to The Maze Runner series. Here we just see how the Flare came to be and what happened immediately after but I wanted the prequel to give some more answers, and that was my first mistake. I was left wanted more answers after the third book and I think deep down I was hoping this prequel was going to give me that and I really should have known better! 
 THE KILL ORDER follows a completely separate set of characters, none of which actually appear in The Maze Runner trilogy directly in any way (although I did read that apparently people who bought the B&N copies got more info about DeeDee..... but why not share that with everyone? I think that would redeem the book a little bit, don't you think??). I was just really frustrated that I had to follow these characters. I don't know them. They're not the ones I invested my time in and none of them make an appearance in the trilogy to tie it all back together. 
 Then there was the fact that I was just tired of hearing about the Flare. Ok, so TKO follows the events directly after the sun flares happen. But why did this story need to be told if it didn't directly link into TMR? I'm tired of the crazy almost zombie-like people. It was kind of annoying and mindless. I guess that was a plot point that just wasn't meant for me (although somehow I didn't mind it one bit in THE SCORCH TRIALS)...