This book was so hard to put down. It took me a while because I had to put it down at times to get school work done. Yet today I had some time and finished it in one swoop. I got hungry but was so addicted to this book that I didn't eat (a very rare thing for me, of which I don't advise ;). I really enjoyed his writing. Dashner's characterization was beautiful; I felt a connection to the characters and really cared what happened to them. The mystery in the maze and it's origins fascinated me. What I also really liked was that every chapter ended with some kind of a "bang" or "wow" that made me want to read on. I even found myself skimming ahead so much that I had to pull a bookmark out to block myself from reading ahead. I really enjoyed it and am excited to know that it is to be a trilogy and is even going to the theaters. I love a good dystopian read, ever since reading The Hunger Games, and really felt that this measured up to a good addicting dystopian read.