2 stars? 3 stars? 2. 5 stars? I do not know. Perhaps it's too soon to decide. 
 Of course I read this book kind of backwards. I was invited to a preview of the movie about a month ago and as the book hadn't been released yet in Danish, I went to the cinema before I even knew a thing about the novel and the story behind it all. 
 Of course I was confused. Of course the movie lacked important information and even though I quite enjoyed it I was left wondering what could possibly fill the vagueness of the plot. I read the novel in order to find out exactly what had been left out. 
 The book is quite enjoyable as well, an easy read that only took me about an evening to devour. It is exciting, mysterious and fast-paced. The atmosphere is haunting and the premise is promising. But still, there's so many things I want to know, things I don't understand. 
 Why can a Griever climb inside the maze but never actually climb the walls that surrounds it? Why can't people answer a simple question? Why greet a new, confused and scared boy with no explanations at all? Does the Serum actually help more than it hurts? And why is Serum capitalized? In fact: Why Is Everything In This Novel Capitalized? And why, oh why, (view spoiler)[do Teresa and Thomas have telepathic powers that serves no purpose what so ever? Is their telepathy just a plot device - like Thomas' sudden remembrance? (hide spoiler)] 
 For me the best part of the novel was the exploration of the society that the boys had built, the power structure within their social circles, the fear that holds them all together and the ambivalence between wanting to leave and wanting to stay safe. The psychological aspect of it all reminded me of Golding's masterly novel, "The Lord of the Flies". 
 Dashner has created some very interesting characters, Minho, Newt, Alby, Chuck and even Gally portray this ambivalence so well and their desperation turn them into very complex characters. Sadly there's just so little of them, and we hardly get to know them. They are hard to sympathize with because so little time is devoted to their character development. (view spoiler)[I only shrugged when Chuck died. I liked him, but I didn't care about him. Wasn't I supposed to feel something? His death only felt like a cliche; a worshipping sacrifice from an unlikely hero. So predictable. (hide spoiler)] Thomas is the main character and he steals all the spotlight. Sadly he is the most uninteresting of them all. 
 All in all, I don't know how to rate this. It was definitely a fast-paced read, quite interesting and exciting. It was enjoyable. It just wasn't good.