This was so much better than the first installment. Blake Crouch finally understood that tension cannot be raised by action, but by conflicts, and those were included perfectly in this second volume of the Wayward Pines series. 
 His writing style still does nothing to invest the reader with this story - it is the outstanding plot which is able to raise the reader's interest. His short sentences are even more exhausting in this book than in the first Wayward Pines book; and while it's usually always a good thing to write paratactically, it shouldn't be as overused as it is here. 
 The plot was exciting. It did not underwhelm or disappoint at any point of the storyline, was very well-developed and forced the reader to turn every page. 
 The translation into German (I didn't read this in English as previously planned, since my local book store only offered the German versions) was bad and poorly executed. Apart from several grammar mistakes, this translation even had a lot of orthographic slips which made it hard to enjoy the read. 
 Overall, it was a lot better than "Pines", but - in my opinion - still not worthy of four stars. Let's say 3.5, and the last one had something between 2.9-3.0.