Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment - James Patterson > Reviews

Advantages: Very exciting, fast paced.
Disadvantages: The next in the series isn't released yet

...The Main Characters *** Max - Maximum Ride, oldest of the gang and the main character. She is surprisingly easy to identify with due to her easy humour and obviously caring nature. Fang - who always seems to remain calm in any situation. He is quite capable of arguing for the sake of it, but when it really matters he is there, backing up Max and the others. Iggy - who became blind because of an experiment at the School which went wrong. He ... Read review

Advantages: A good general idea and storyline
Disadvantages: Underdeveloped characters, annoyingly short chapters

...disagree. The story starts with Maximum Ride, a girl who was grafted with avian DNA, giving her wings and ultra-light bones, living with her five friends - Iggy, Fang, Nudge, Angel and Gasman (who share the same bird-like qualities) in a house by themselves. They all grew up in a cruel institute called the School, where many kids like themselves are turned into mutants by evil scientists, eager to push the boundaries of science. The 'Flock' ... Read review

Advantages: fast paced, great reading, never boring
Disadvantages: can be read in 1 night, leaves questions such as what else was created

Storyline The story line of this book is the tale of 6 children, who have an amazing power... the power of flight. They are genetic "freaks", created by man by crossing human and avian DNA. These children start this story out in a hiding place, petrified of bieng found by the rest of humanity, as well as another "sub-race" also created by humans, by crossing human and wolf DNA, known to the children and us as the "erasers". Both sub-species are ... Read review

Advantages: This books gives you chances to try and work out what will happen next and is loaded with twists.
Disadvantages: When I started reading the book I never realised there was a second edition to the story, so when I finished the book and came to the conclusion there was another book I had to wait until the next day before finding the next book and start reading again.

This has got to be my favourite adventure book yet. It tells the story of 5 friends. The two youngest, Angel and Gazzy, are the only two related. They two and the ohter 3, Max the oldest, Fang, second oldest, And Iggy, Third oldest all were as babys were taken to a place named the School, where they had cruel tests done on them. they are 98% human and 2% bird, all having wings. They embark on a mission to save Angel and find who there real parents ... Read review

Advantages: Quick exciting read,
Disadvantages: Last book in the series only being released mid-May!

Loved this book. As we have come to expect from James Patterson, it was fast paced and exciting from the first page! The story line is quite different from his usual crime novels. You follow 6 children who have been genetically engineered. The book is full of unexpected humor and gets you smiling at odd times to release the tension. The chapters are short in keeping with James Patterson's style and this makes the book seem to fly by. You come to love ... Read review