reading response: City of ashes

I started this book, which is the second in a series, because I read the first a while ago and since then, I met a new friend who is obsessed with the series, and the movie for the first book just came out. As movies can be, the movie was so wrong, and yet so right. But they also said and did things that I don't remember being in the book. Now, normally if I really like a book that clearly has more story to come in the next book, I get and start the next book as soon as I can. I'm not sure why I didn't read this sooner, but because the movie gave a away some things that I felt I desperately needed to understand. Obviously, for people that have patience for the next movie or are simply unmotivated to read, they can just wait for the next movie and get their answers. I am not that person. I am not patient, and I probably would feel guilty if I watched the second movie without reading the books.
So far, they have not cleared up my conflicts (and I feel extremely conflicted at the moment). My main issues relate to things that you think are true from the last book, or unresolved things that went unnoticed by the characters that should hold high importance. In the movie, they managed to make a character say somethings suggesting that the main characters are lied to, and they also managed to show a somewhat emotional moment that lingered on a picture of something that seems very life changing.
Needless to say the person how went to the movies with me and my friend with the obsession with the books, had a long conversation over the phone with us that involved yelling questions and getting those annoying answers, "read the next book," and "you find out soon in the next book."
We did manage to get her to admit the really huge question that had us basically beside ourselves with confusion, and now I'm just waiting for how it is introduced and how the characters react to it.

the city of ashes:
August 25- 2 hours
August 26- 1 and a half hours
August 26 Norton field guide mentor texts- 15 mins
total: 225 mins