The Maze Cutter

By: James Dashner

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

The First Book in a New Series Set 73 Years After The Maze Runner

Seventy-three years after the events of THE DEATH CURE, when Thomas and other immunes were sent to an island to survive the Flare-triggered apocalypse, their descendants have thrived. Sadina, Isaac, and Jackie all learned about the unkind history of the Gladers from The Book of Newt and tall tales from Old Man Frypan, but when a rusty old boat shows up one day with a woman bearing dark news of the mainland—everything changes. The group and their islander friends are forced to embark back to civilization where they find Cranks have evolved into a more violent, intelligent version of themselves. They are hunted by the Godhead, the Remnant Nation, and scientists with secret agendas. When they cross paths with an orphan named Minho from the Remnant Nation, the dangers become real and they don't know who they can trust. The islanders will have to survive long enough to figure out why they are being targeted, who is friend or foe, and what the Godhead has planned for the future of humanity.

©2022 James Dashner (P)2022 Tantor

New story to get lost in it

Honestly it started a little bit weird, it's not abot being bad, it's about trying to understand that it's a new story, even though, as the story starts to build itself, you start to learn the names of the new characters, start to understand that there's a new plot, and the more difficult part it to let go the maze runner and accept that even when the base story is that, the new is going to be different mostly because of all the time that just passed and understanding that there has been a lot of changes on the flare, the people who survived, etcetera.
I'm loving it

So much potential…

Love the series, but this goes a whole new direction and I’m excited to see it’s trajectory. The only issue is that I feel like the whole book was a really drawn out opening scene where characters get introduced and right when you get to finally know most of them, it ends. It just takes a while because there are so many. Will I keep reading the series? Absolutely! The brilliance of story telling is still as rich as it has always been and it’s also awesome to see a continued story in the same “universe”.

There is potential I guess

I listened to the book, but honestly it was hard to finish. James dashner is one of my favorite authors but I did not particularly enjoy this book. It seems like he is experimenting with a new writing style and it is just not working out. There was so much back and forth that honestly i was completely lost until the very end. Of course I am going to listen to all the new books in this series when they come out, and I hope it ties together the loose ends and fixes what is wrong with this book. I may have to listen a second time to really understand before listening to the second book when it comes out. I think he did a good job, just did it the wrong way

Why all the hate

I’m not sure why this book gets so much hate. It is nothing like the original series, just set in the universe. I enjoyed the story. The only think I didn’t really like was the switching POVs but I got used to it. It does give insight and a story line that you wouldn’t get with a single POV.

Pretty solid

Read a lot of negative reviews on this book but went for it anyway. I’m a big maze runner fan so I felt like I had to get it. Overall I really did enjoy it. Can’t find a lot a didn’t like about it, and it’s setting up another trilogy or series quite well. It’s fun to listen to characters talk about Thomas, newt and the gang like they’re mythical legends. Those moments and details were very cool. I hope we get more moments like those in the next books. Personally I love Dashners writing style, this book feels like your listening to another maze runner book. Which I love. And mark the narrator outdid himself again on his one. If ur a fan of Dashner and the maze runner books, just go for it. It’s a solid book!

another great book in an amazing series

Another great book. Dashner is great at world building, looking forward to more in this series!

okay

didn't have the original feel, I think as a stand alone story it's great, but it's probably not going to get a reread

good

I like the book, a good series as well. I do recommend it to others.

great start to a new chapter

I have loved being sucked back in the maze runner world! I love the new characters and time line.

A promising, slow burn, start to a new series.

Mark Deakins does a wonderful job bring more than a dozen new characters to life and making them feel all the more real. However, the story itself is extremely slow paced, written vantage point style, a growing new trend indeed. The constant switching of characters view points and thoughts keeps things fresh and interesting. It takes a third or so of the book to pick up a little bit and slowly picks up from there until the last few chapters for the gears to really start turning. A few missed opportunities to include some details on the original gladers while also keeping too many small things a mystery.