Felt like read the first book of the trilogy again. The same mistakes, the same inexpressive characters that you don't cheer for... James Dashner is completely addicted in cliffhangers and unfortunately this is not a accomplishment. The world building is so weak, the challenges faced by the trio don't generate a learning curve. Dashner always try to shock and impress the reader with SO obvious things, senteces full of cliché. It's embarrassing!
There's a great potencial on Dashner's criativity and writing but he could try to develop characters. Make them more human, give them personality and stereotype less (I'm trying not to say "be less machist" but It's a little hard). They do things with no reason compatible with the few impressions given to us. Bryson is USELESS in whole book. Sarah seems a frankstein made of pieces of every female character found in the YA literature. Michael is boring, stupid and seems to see Sarah only, always making less of Bryson to show how much he cares about her. It's almost comic think this as envolved mind.
Was hard to read this book, It's tiring pass through the same problems which made you hate the first one. This one was no better, no worse. So generic even though to classify.