Wow, that was one intense and exciting read! There's nothing much to critizise in this book -- I think it's quite astonishing how well James Dashner planned this whole story in his head, how great it was played out throughout the story. There were times when I just didn't know what to think of it all. The maze, why it was even created, why these poor kids had been thrown in there, the purpose of this whole thing... The answer, the solution to these questions in the end were just as shocking as I expected them to be. I couldn't predict anything of what happened torwards the end, except maybe that they had to escape through the Griever Hole. Reading this book might have been confusing at first, but the closer I got to the end, the more excited it got me. It was really thrilling and suspense, but that's exactly what I love about books. I couldn't put this book down when I got closer and closer to the ending; I just had to know what happened, wanted to know what lay behind all of it and what the Gladers would learn when they finally met the Creators of the maze. There were a lot of shocking moments throughout the whole book and there was especially one scene right at the end that really got me. (view spoiler)[I think all of you who read the book can guess now that it was when Chuck died. This poor kid! I liked him quite a lot and I felt so much for Thomas. His pain was heart-breaking. (hide spoiler)] 
 But of course The Maze Runner is just the beginning. There are a dozen of questions left who need to be answered. The Gladers still don't have their memories back and there's still plenty to learn about the Flare for sure... And then the epilogue, of course. I think that was what I found most shocking. (view spoiler)[When it was revealed that the rescue was just staged, that it was part of the final Variable of Wicked. Wow -- I didn't even understand it at first. I had to go back to the page before and had to read the word "rescue" again until it clicked. That was an amazing twist! And apparently there is another maze, too. (hide spoiler)] I really want to know what WICKED is and if they are really as bad as they seem and what exactly it is they are planning to do. So I can't wait to read the sequel to this. 
 And I also liked most of the characters in this book, especially Thomas, Chuck, Teresa, Newt and Minho have made me like them more and more with each chapter I've read and I like the friendship that had blossomed between Thomas and the others, as well as the thing that's going on between him and Teresa. I'm excited to find out more about them before the Maze, what had happened between them and how things will play out for them in the future.