It was both strange and wonderful to, amongst the chaos, stop for a second while Thomas remembers his short but eventful time in the Glade. One thing I did love was the references to the first book. These ‘Cranks’ had a much more zombie feel than previously shown in the series, as they were seen more as the crazy, virus infested people in The Scorch Trials and were now seen to – well, let’s just say one of Minho’s lines was, “That guy was eating a person. Dashner’s take on zombies (or rather, ‘Cranks’) was explored a lot more in this book than in The Scorch Trials, particularly with certain information about the Flare being revealed in this novel. It was like a love triangle that was trying not to be a love triangle, so it got confusing.ĭespite the clichéd feel, I did rather enjoy the zombie aspect of the book. Granted, I don’t think it was particularly Dashner’s intent to write a romance, but romantic feelings were heavily insinuated at times, so if you’re going to start something like that, you have to see it through and delve deeper or just don’t do a romance at all. It was also difficult to understand Thomas’ struggle between Teresa and Brenda at some points because it was not explored very deeply. I got the impression that Thomas, Minho and Newt were supposed to be the ‘golden trio’ of the series, but their relationships felt weak and, well, underdeveloped. It is sort of the same issue I’ve had throughout all of the books whereby I felt more character development was needed. However, there were also moments that went by so fast that they felt emotionless and bleak.
There were thrilling moments that made my heart rate pick up and stopped me from putting the book down in gripping, fast-paced action sequences and heart-breaking decisions. It’s difficult to put my opinions down in words because, quite frankly, I had mixed feelings throughout the novel.
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