This book was intense and frustrating, but that's because it's good writing and I'm invested in the main character, Thomas, and his story. He finally got out of the maze and now he and his friends are thrown into another set of trials in a forsaken desert, aka The Scorch. Who does he trust? What's up with Theresa? How does he survive? What's up with that cliff-hanger of an ending? I'm not sure how I feel about this story, but hopefully the next book, The Death Cure, will help redeem this story and we'll know if "WICKED is good".