Book Five; Prequel) (The Maze Runner Series) - The Fever Code (Maze Runner

The Fever Code covered several years, often skipping over months, even years, at a time. Many questions were answered including how Dr. Paige became chancellor and why Thomas and Teresa ended up helping to create the maze. I was always uneasy about Teresa reading the other books in the series, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. That was also answered in a rather startling epilogue. Of all the Maze Runner books, this one is the best. I highly recommend it to Maze Runner fans. For people new to the series, I would definitely wait to read it after the others even though it is a prequel.

Some semi-spoliers ahead (nothing major... sorta?)

I really enjoy the series. The only complaint is the slight plot change made in The Fever Code. In "The Maze Runner" it refers to Alby being the first Glader in the Maze for a month. In "The Fever Code" it mentions how a group of boys were all sent into the maze at one time with the once a month event happening a little later. Also, the played up angle of Teresa working with WICKED is a nice little twist but I'm not sure I buy it after reading the original 3 books first. I'll just have to read through the series again to see how the whole collection.

The Fever Code filled in a lot of info to the Maze Runner. But one item in particular was a real surprise. I won't disclose that here as it would be a real spoiler. I love the pace of Mr Dashner's writing as well as his style.

I finally got around to reading the maze runner series about two week before the Fever code was due to be released, I zoomed through them, and fell in love! Every single answer I was left wondering about was completely answered in this book! Every loose end was tied, and all questions answered. The absolute perfect ending to the series. Im only sad I have finished it! ;)

It is always refreshing to get abut of back story on a bunch of characters you've read about throughout a series. Some of the revelations you'll read about are startling and others enlightening. If you enjoyed the Maze Runner series, you're sure to enjoy this prequel.

I feel like James Dashner should have read his own series before writing the prequel. Several.events in this book directly conflict with what he originally wrote. For example, how Thomas and Teresa discovered the use of telepathy is completely different than Thomas's memory of it in a later book. And how the swipe occurred on Thomas - again, completely different than Thomas's memory of it later on.

I enjoyed the Fever Code by James Dashner. I would give this book a 4 out of five because I loved idea of the book but I didn’t like how it had a lot of repetition. In the previous books like the Maze Runner and the Scorch Trials, there was not a lot of explaining of WICKED and this book goes in depth of that. This is the reason why the book was so easy to read, I wanted to know more and more about WICKED. What I didn't like about the book was the lack of action and how the plot was dragged on. There were some good action scenes but the story was mostly a set up, but that's how a prequel should go. My favorite part of the story was the ending because it really tied in the Maze Runner and the Kill Order where some parts of the book did not.

I love the series and have great respect for the author but was very disappointed in this book. Much of it felt like a very forced effort to simply connect the dots and nothing more. And for Thomas being the smartest of the bunch, he sure was written as an idiot. Several times in this book they tell him straight answers and he acts confused. And then immediately forgets and can't draw a connection between what's really happening. One of the reasons I was so interested in this series was that the concept was haunting and I just had to learn more about this corporation. Thomas stumbles around too much and we only painfully and slowly learn more through his poor attempts at escaping.

I'm so glad I started reading this book immediately after finishing book 4, The Kill Order! This book is as good as the first three and I could easily have skipped right over book 4 which, to me, was a waste of time. Books 1-3 were PERFECT! Well written and narrated with well developed and memorable characters which were all missing elements in book 4. In book 5, all of the things I loved about books 1-3 were back and gave a MUCH better and clearer history of the past than Kill Order did. I appreciated learning the childhoods of our main characters! Made them all that much more memorable!

If I could do it all over again...and I likely will...I would happily re-read books 1-3 and then jump right to book 5! Book was so good and made the story so complete that I hated to see it end!

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The Fever code... As a huge maze runner fan, I have been waiting for this book for a long time. I have to say, pretty good. But if you don't want everything good you have to say about Teresa to vanish, don't read it.

It may well be because of starving for these answers a long time after reading the other books, Kill Order included, but my heart has been pumping hard all the way through from the first page to the very end (included!!).

For me, reading J. Dashner is not like trying a new food, but like enjoying the dessert! Man, please keep on writing, please!

I started reading Maze Runner and finished the book in 1 day. I bought the entire series and was so entrenched in the theme of the series i finished all books, reading and finishing each book in 1 day. Thomas and his motley crew are additive and i felt as if i was there with them through all the twists and turns James Dashner created in this messed up world. Pure genius

This book is so good I felt like I was in the story myself! Even though I knew what was going to happen to Thomas and Teresa I still was sad to see WICKED betray them. This book is amazing and any fan of the maze runner should read it

It's an ok book. Took a while to get into it. Without going back and looking at book 2, seeing Brenda and Jorge's involvement now without Thomas recognizing them later once his memories have returned seems a little far-fetched.

It came earlier than expected and I really appreciate it being sent sooner than expected, so 1 star there. Three stars alone because of the book.

I had such high expectations while reading this book and I was a little disappointed. It starts with Newt's POV in the beginning (either 1 chapter or just the preface) and it shifts entirely over to Thomas's.

I won't give away spoilers just that... it was lacking in what the fans would've wanted. You don't really learn anything new besides three new things. 1) Who is Newt's sister 2) a little more detail of Thomas's role in creating the maze 3) WICKED is most certainly not good.

I think a lot of people would've been happier if it had been written from someone else's POV that wasnt Thomas for once.

But I still respect the fact that the author took his time writing this for us.

I've been a huge fan of The Maze Runner series since I was very young and once upon a time it was only available to Scholastic and only able to be bought at school book fairs. I was 11 and now 19.

I wish we could've known more about Newt, Alby and Minho.

also: Minho is a literal cinnamon roll, Newt is angst-y AF and Alby is a badass smartass.

I have mixed feelings about this book. It's interesting to know more about WICKED and the work that went into planning the Maze, but to be honest, the characters were not my favorite. I somehow found myself disliking Thomas. At the beginning of the book he just seems spineless and boring, and then towards the end, he just becomes a stalker who's constantly watching his "friends" living their lives in the Glade and eavesdropping on their conversations. It's kind of sad, almost pathetic, to the extent that he even starts using the slang words that they've made up in within the context of his own life at WICKED.
Not to mention, although some people may like this, I realized while reading this book that I don't really enjoy reading about Thomas meeting Alby and Minho and Newt all over again within a different context (they're all child subjects at WICKED.) I much prefer to think that when they really meet is in the Maze, like the original series shows.
Also, for a big chunk of the book, all the characters are essentially children. 7,8,9,10. But Dashner writes them having complex conversations, striking confidence and very adult traits. I know kids can be really smart, but not THIS smart. It's just weird. None of them act like children- they just act like their teenage selves. Also, LASTLY, it doesn't make ANY sense that Thomas and Theresa aren't just smart immune kids, they're smart immune kids who can program the very fabric of the Maze (like the changing virtual aspects of the sky) In other words, they're genii! WICKED "needs" their help with the Maze. They absolutely cannot get it done without them. In fact, at one point in the book, Theresa says that they've saved WICKED several years with their help. What the heck?? They're KIDS. Not super savvy programmers, hackers, and software developers. But that's how they're portrayed. It's bizarre. And I don't like it. The main thing that makes Thomas and his friends so likeable is that they're so normal- they're just regular teenage guys who happen to be immune to the Flare. Other than that, there's nothing special about them. They survive in a sun-ravaged world because they have each other. Thomas becomes a natural leader because of his courage and empathy and willingness to do the right thing no matter what. The fact being thrown in that "oh, by the way, when he was 10 he also happens to have had a super high IQ" is irrelevant. So overall, pardon me for feeling just a bit annoyed with this book. I thought the KIll Order was great and that there wasn't really any need for another prequel. I think I have bene proved correct.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Genre: Science Fiction

Age Recommended: 12 and up

This book was a satisfying end to the Maze Runner series as it brought the events of the first three books to a close and essentially came back full circle. This book was less of a thrill compared to the others, but had more plot and character development, which I appreciated.

Thomas and Teresa were snatched away from their families at age 5 because they were immune to the Flare. They have been taken by an organization named WICKED, which is working to find a cure for the Flare, and have been training for ten years.

They have created a maze, which is one of the first steps to curing the Flare, and are ready to test it out. However, they soon realize that the maze is full of dangers, and the people that they are sending into the maze are actually their friends.

Thomas wants to stop this atrocity from occurring, but Teresa is convinced that there will be a good end to all of this.

What will happen?

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Brought to you by OBS reviewer Caro

Spoilers!

The Gladers went through heaven and hell during their time in the maze, throughout the Scorch trials, and then as they ventured themselves back to where it all started, the WICKED headquarters. Thomas never fully trusted WICKED after waking up in the maze without his memories and seeing how they treated his friends. All WICKED wanted was a cure, but in the end, there was no cure to be found.

In Kill Order, the readers got to see how it all started. The sun flares hit earth, and in an attempt to reduce the surviving population, to accommodate the resources left in the world, a deadly virus was released with an unexpected effect. The new survivors were divided between infected and immune. And in another attempt of clearing mistakes, WICKED was formed to gather immune subjects in order to find a cure.

In the final book of The Maze Runner series, we get to see how the maze came into existence and how the Gladers were put in it. Teresa was the only survivor from Kill Order, and a special survivor as well. Now in The Fever Code, Teresa meets Thomas, whom she is paired up with to build the maze, and also meets Minho, Newt, Alby and several of the other characters that were seen in the first three books, only younger.

This book is also narrated from Thomas’ perspective, and the reader learns along with him most of the background story that takes place before the events of the Maze Runner. The reader learns how several of the kids were separated from their parents and taken to WICKED in order to prepare them for the maze. We also get to see more of the people that run WICKED and who were the ones Thomas trusted and didn’t before losing his memories.

One thing I didn’t like was that because the story is from Thomas’ perspective, the readers hardly got more information about Aris, Rachel, Teresa, and the other kids. I still wonder what was going through Aris and Teresa’s mind, and Paige’s. I would have liked for someone to mention where they were sending the kids at the end of Death Cure. I did like that we got to know that Newt had a sister, Sonya, and she was one of the few to survive at the end of Death Cure. I also liked knowing more of some of the WICKED characters that made an appearance in this book that we had only slightly known about from emails that appear throughout the other books.

The ending events do make it clearer as to why Thomas wakes up in the maze without his memories, and even though he doesn’t remember what it was like being part of WICKED and their plans, he still feels he can’t fully trust them. Fever Code was a good book to wrap up the series and finally get to know how it all started. The first book caught my attention instantly when it first came out. The story was fresh and new to me. You had a group of kids in a maze who knew nothing of what was going on, and certainly didn’t expect the disaster outside the maze.

I recommend you read the Maze Runner series if you’re looking for a good dystopian series. I do recommend you read the books before watching the movies, they are slightly different. I’m okay with the Maze Runner movie, but prefer the Scorch Trials book to the movie, very different.

WICKED IS GOOD

Wow, this book is great. this book is a great addition to this series and it explains a lot. I really enjoyed reading this book. for those who have not read this book I'm going to put a spoiler so don't read any further unless you want to. so here it is, I feel like in the epilogue where Teresa leaves the note to the staff of wicked saying that she planned for her and Aris to go in to the maze with their memories intact I feel like she was betraying Thomas all this time. And I was not expecting Dr. Paige to be the one who infected the others so she could take over. I'm glad that James Dashner made this book it now completes the whole thing, oh and I was shocked to read that Teresa was Dee Dee, the little girl from the kill order. this is a great book. If you have not read this book then I recommend you do

SPOILERS*****

First thing that came to my mind when I finished was "that bitch." I had a feeling Teresa was lying to Thomas all along. I remember her betraying him in the last book of the series and I was hoping she'd be redeemed in this book. I'm glad to know that Thomas really cared about his friends and wanted to save them. I need to go back and re-read the series now. Some of my questions were answered but a lot weren't. Still glad I read it.

I loved the original Maze Runner books (or at least the first two). The first book was incredible, with an audacious concept, brilliant world-building, great atmosphere, and amazing monsters. The second book, THE SCORCH TRIALS, wasn't quite as good, but the Scorch itself was another terrific invention, and there were some great individual scenes. The third book, THE DEATH CURE, was by far the weakest of the original trilogy, largely because Dashner chose to set the story in a fairly mundane city rather than in one of his wildly imaginative sci-fi spaces. But I enjoyed it nonetheless, and felt that it wrapped up the series on a strong note.

That being said, I really wish Dashner had decided not to write the prequels. I've read them both, and they're just not very good. The first one, THE KILL ORDER, had a different cast of characters, none of them the slightest bit memorable; neither did it have an interesting setting, plot, or action. I got excited about THE FEVER CODE because it promised to deal more directly with the construction of the Maze and the work of WICKED, and because it was bringing back the characters from the original series (somewhat younger in this book). But once again, I was disappointed.

THE FEVER CODE is set in a nondescript, generic research facility. The characters are bland, largely because--in contrast to the original series--they have nothing to do except sit around and be experimented on, which gives them no opportunity to reveal personality. (Case in point: in THE MAZE RUNNER, Thomas plunges into the Maze at night to save a guy he barely knows. In THE FEVER CODE, the kids... sneak out of their rooms!) The dialogue is wooden, which has always been a flaw in Dashner's writing, but you can overlook it when the action is careening along, which it simply isn't in this book. What interest the story does hold consists largely in finding out the origin of things from THE MAZE RUNNER. So we have a scene where Thomas and Teresa view the uncompleted maze. A scene in which they start to communicate telepathically. A scene in which they meet Chuck. And so on. But--and this is crucial--none of these scenes is inherently interesting, suspenseful, or exciting; they're interesting only BECAUSE they prefigure the events from THE MAZE RUNNER. The telepathy is a good example: one day, Thomas and Teresa just start communicating telepathically, and that's it. No build-up. No particular reason. No excitement. Thomas wakes up with a voice in his head. Turns out it's Teresa. The end. It's almost as if Dashner is working through a checklist, making sure to satisfy his fans by revealing all the origin stories they've been dying to know. Maybe, if I were a rabid fan, that would be sufficient reason for the novel to exist. But I'm not a member of "Dashner's Army"; I'm a reader who happened to like the first series and who was hoping for a fresh take on the story. For a reader like me, a checklist makes for a pretty boring novel.

Maybe prequels are simply a bad idea. (They tried it with STAR WARS, and we all saw how well that worked out.) Or maybe Dashner needed to work harder to come up with something original. Either way, I don't think I'll be reading any more of the MAZE RUNNER prequels (or sequels) that are certain to appear.

Dashner doesn't fail to disappoint with his latest prequel to The Maze Runner trilogy, "The Fever Code". I am a huge fan of the trilogy and enjoyed all the books, so I decided to give his latest release a try. All in all, I got what I was looking for.

Spoilers Ahead

The novel started off great with the story of Newt and was a perfect way to get the reader to want to keep reading. From there, the novel describes the life of Thomas (previously Stephen) and Teresa from their childhood to their young adulthood. While the first part of the novel seemed slow, I wanted to keep reading as Thomas meets the others, gets shown the Crank pit, and encounters other surprises. I also found answers as he and Teresa build the Maze. Over time it becomes increasingly clear to Thomas that WICKED's intentions aren't justified by their hope to find s cure (in the end, he doesn't even belive they will find one). He begins to attempt an escape from the organization's headquarters along with Teresa and the Gladers, but it turns out that WICKED has been playing him the entire tie

i love this book so so much. this is one of my all time favourite series, and it makes me sad that it's over. these books are so incredibly good, and you will absolutely fall in love with the characters and stories.

I loved how the fever code brought back the original characters of the maze runner. We learned the beginning which is the whole purpose of the prequel. The series as a whole was great but I didn't care as much for book 4. I would definitely recommend this series. Great job James Dashner.

interesting story but writing isn't that great except for gruesome violent parts which is usually in James dashner books. The main 3 books were enough to end the series they didn't need to keep milking it for money. It's like James didn't even read his own books when he made this. Lots of things are off that doesn't make sense because of the other books. He also skips months/years in the book and the kids who are 6 years old act and talk like adults. I just pretended they were 13 the whole time. Only reason I read this was because it was a maze runner book but it felt like a chore to read. Was interesting but boring and disappointing I didn't even want to read the best half way in the book that's how bad it was. I honestly would give this 3 stars but the very ending was so amazing. The very very ending with Teresa's email was such a shocker. Plus +1 star just for that. When you read the email she sent I'm talking about you'll go back and read all the maze runner books again, it's that amazing and shocking. Oh and the first half of the book was boring and whatnot but after kids go into the maze it's gets a lot better.

Why not be consistent with the story? Are we not supposed to remember certain facts about the the original trilogy? Are we supposed to forget that Thomas arrived in the maze in peak physical condition feeling destined to be a runner? Which somehow gets accomplished despite the fact that he has zero physical training. Are we supposed to forget the memories Thomas had after taking the griever serum? The supposed point, I think, of the whole book (spoiler alert) was to set up the betrayal, but in so doing Dashner had to alter a lot of the original "facts" of his story. A prequel should not be revisionist history nor should it rely upon a reader's poor memory. I'm not entirely surprised because there were inconsistencies within the first three books, but he just goes too far in this one. It gets two stars because I actually like the twist of the betrayal.

Wow this book is amazing. It was great to see how it all began. I also would like another book from Teresa's pov. But I loved this book. I gave this rating because it was just so good. I think everyone who loves the maze runner series should read this book.

It gives an amazing insight into the series and we learn about how the maze was built. We learn about Thomas and Teresa. We get an interesting view of how Newt Minho Alby and Chuck were already Thomas's friends. The characters in the Maze are now much better introduced. This book is a must read ending to the Maze Runner series.

This book was an amizing, it anwsered so many questions I had about the books. Although I was a little disappointed about how gullible Thomas was and how little Aris and Rachael were involved, but besides that this book was phenomenal and is a must read for all Maze Runner fans.

(Spoiler Alert) The book is about how Thomas and Teresa ended up at WICKED and there time there up until there insertion. This book really added character to Chancellor Piage. Speaking of her character, I loved how slowly she turned out to be a lying and manipulative person that you can't trust.

Thank you so much James Dashner for this fabulous book! Every signal detail was explained and I really love the whole Maze Runner series in general. I love how the book started all the way to the end. I waited one whole year for this book to come out and it was worth it! I can't wait to read it all over again!

im just going to say that i expected more from this. the first book was amazing,a great plot.the second was a little worse but still decent. the third book faded, and was not good for the final trilogy.i wish i didnt waste my money on the fourth one. it was off topic and just stupid. so to see 4.5 stars for this one, i was excited. but it wasnt that good. if you are a huge fan of the series, it wouldnt be a complete waste of time and money, but the characters were not as great as before.

This book was everything I had hoped it would be. I bought the first four books in a set and read them all within two months time and was sad it ended, until I found that this book was coming. I purchased it the day it dropped. But now, I can only HOPE that there could be more to come, more to read chronologically after The Death Cure. A guy can dream, right?! If you like the dystopian sci-fi genre, I highly recommend this book, along with the entire series!!!

I was really excited to read this book. Unfortunately, this prequel seemed to introduce quite a few plot holes. I read the whole series afterwards and it doesn’t line up with the rest. It had good potential but fell flat.

I was very excited to start this book having read the previous in the series. Right out of the gates, it was gripping and exciting! I could not put it down throughout the whole book! HIGHLY suggest this book and the series. I cannot suggest a better read.

Do not read this book if you loved the series. This will ruin everything you loved and make you question everything you know. I wish I'd never read any of the books after reading this one. TRUST me. You will be better off in your life if you don't pick this one up,

What happened before the Glade what was Thomas like 5-15 all wasrevealed. Thomas was forced AGAINST his will to work for WICKED. Newt's sister was part of group B. Minho nearly got killed by Greivers EVEN before the Maze Trials. Chuck was always annoying. Anbd much, much more...

im only an early teen but ive read every book in the series but this one. i cant wait to read it! but ive look at the othetr reviwes and it looks like teresa is being a total slinthead. im happy because all my favorite characters will be alive!!! i heard that the first part of the book is in Newts point of veiw and im SO HAPPY about that! he has always been my favorite. most of the reviews are good so im excited to read it!

This book was great and revealed things like Thomas' time working with WICKED and the gladers he was friends with even before the maze. But there are a couple things that contradict The Maze Runner...(spoiler alert)...like how they send like 40 boys at once to the maze, instead of 1, including Newt Mihno Alby...and Alby was supposed to be the only one alive from the original group!!! So even though it was great and James probably spent a lotta time on it, it's almost like he never read his own series!!! But overall, great read, reveals Teresa's true character. She must be a great actress or something, the way she lies to Thomas!!!