This book was crazy. After The Maze Runner, I expected that. But I also expected some basic structure and plausible plot. Is that too much to ask? Yes. This book made very little sense whatsoever and half of the time it felt like all that was happening was random and disconnected. This was annoying. I had to stop and think, "wait, what?" more times than I cared to count. 
 Oh, this book was certainly exciting. I'll give it that. It was creepy, exciting, and original. It just made no sense. Maybe it wasn't supposed to make sense. Maybe the variables were supposed to mess up the reader just as much as they were meant to mess up the Gladers. If that is the case, than the variables weren't done all that well. They were predictable, in an annoying and disconnected way. Instead of having me nervous when (view spoiler)[Brenda and Thomas take off without the other Gladers (hide spoiler)] I just didn't care. And the whole thing with Teresa? Honestly, Thomas, you're kind of an idiot. 
 (view spoiler)[Also, why is Dashner setting up a potential love triangle? Whhhhy? (hide spoiler)] 
 Why am I going to read the next one? Because these books are crazy exciting and I'm really curious about what happens to Newt. Yes, Newt is pretty much the only character I want to see live. Well, Frypan could survive as well.