The first half was pretty slow and it took me about 75-100 pages before I really got interested in the story. The last 50 pages were pretty good. Enough to make the rest of the book somewhat worth it. I have a thing about trying to finish every series I start, so I will continue on. Plus I'll admit that I am mildly interested in what the Scorch Trials will bring. I have a lot of questions about just how much of their minds and actions are being controlled. Hopefully it will get better from here now that the background has been laid out.