Or the author just didn’t put enough effort into his story. Or, he’s a teenager with the emotional range of a six-year old.

If by chance you picked this up for the same reasons, you’re out of luck.Ĭrank Palace is the story of Newt, a six-year old who has lost his friends, but is still stuck in the same imaginary world of a disease that not only drives people insane, but also kills them. I was hoping that this would help fill in some gaps, help us understand the Flare, and provide some insight into Newt’s motivations behind his departure and his friends’ journey without him. I wanted the closure, that the final book failed to provide. I picked this up because I wasn’t fully on board with the Flare, and everything that happened in the original trilogy. So you see, I’m providing an important service. These two will help a reader on the fence decide if a book is ultimately right for them. Many thanks to Riverdale Books and NetGalley, through which they provided me an ARC! All opinions are my own.įor every outstanding, glowing, 5-star review, there will be a dissenting opinion.

I was kindly furnished an advance copy in return for a fair and honest review (I thought). May contain minor spoilers for the Maze Runner series. He will try to fulfill a new-found destiny before his path leads to its inevitable conclusion-and one last meeting with his best friend.Riverdale Avenue Books November 23, 2020 Taking place during the latter events of The Death Cure, Crank Palace tells the story of Newt like never before, from inside his own mind, as he searches for meaning in a life gone horribly wrong. Although Newt thought he was running away from his friends to save them from himself, along the way he meets a young mother named Keisha and her son, Dante, who end up saving Newt in a way he could never have imagined.

From there, he experiences the gritty nightmare of life on the streets, running from the infected and those hunting them, until he ends up in the Crank Palace, the last dumping ground of those without hope. Leaving only a note, Newt departs the Berg before the Gladers return from their mission into Denver, Colorado. And Newt can't bear the thought of his friends watching him descend into madness as he succumbs to the virus. But now he has a burden that can't be shared with Thomas and the others-the Flare. Newt has been to hell and back with his friends.

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