'A sheer cliff to their left kept them in the shade as they hiked, but everything was still red and brown and hot. Either it's gotten worse, or I was looking at it through rose colored glasses, and trying to make lemonade with these lemons, but I can't do it anymore. I know I said for the last book that Dashner's prose wasn't great, but it also wasn't bad. Do yourself a favor, and go find a summary somewhere. I'm not putting spoiler notices in this because I feel I've taken one for the team and don't think this book should be read. but the execution leaves me wanting to be executed.Д«e forewarned. NO! Great story ideas, but unable to admit you can't direct for shit. 'Goddammit, will you please stop picking on me!?' I like the story and the mystery behind it, but it's like George Lucas.

I mentioned this in The Maze Runner, and it's the only reason this earns an extra star. I really do want to know what's happening, but slogging through the inanities was difficult. Several times I considered quitting and just reading a wikipedia summary (if there is one). All in all there were 20 or so pages that distracted me enough that I wasn't noticing every cringe-worthy moment, but it was too little too late. Sid Ziff (often misattributed to Dorothy Parker).ДЄnd here's something I just stole from karen (lower case sic) because it applies:ДЄs I read this I had every intention of doing a hell of a hatchet job on it, and I would've given it one star except three times the plot got interesting enough that I was able to get past the atrocious writing.

вЂњIt is not a book to be lightly thrown aside. Everytime I read 'Pride and Prejudice' I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.' I often want to criticise Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. 'I haven't any right to criticise books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I'll let this quote sum up my feelings on Dashner.

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