The Angel Experiment: A Maximum Ride Novel (Book 1)

In reading this book, I’m reminded of my child like innocence. After about 10 pages, I was catapulted back into my 11 year old body reading this for the first time. This series is the series that helped me craft my writers voice. The dialogue is so youthful and expected in the best way. I found myself unable to put this book down as I was reading it, constantly hunkering for the next part of the story. You better believe I’ve already started the next book. Phenomenal read highly recommend.

My [...] class read Maximum Ride and really enjoyed it. As a final test I had the students write a book review. Here are two.1. Jazz:Maximum Ride is a thrilling and entertaining book that makes you keep reading. It is fun to read and has great characters. You will love to read this book. It is appropriate for most kids. Younger kids might have trouble with the smaller print. It is a family-fun packed adventure that everyone will love. You will have fun reading it and won't want to put it down. The characters of Maximum Ride make the book fun and entertaining to read.The main characters are Max, Iggy, Fang, Nudge, Gasman, Angel, the Erasers (wolf-morphing men), and White Coats (scientists). It all started when the White Coats kept all the children in the Lab. In the Lab the white coats were mean to the kids. Jeb, one of the white coats, who was like a father to the kids, helped them escape the lab.Max, is the leader of the "flock". She is very brave and is thirteen years old. Gasman and Angel are the only two kids related. Angel is the youngest of the group and can also read minds. Erasers are after her and she is called Subject 11. You will have to read the book to find out what happens with that problem.Gasman has a weird obsession with bombs. He likes to make them and play with them. Iggy is blind, but has great hearing, especially when he is flying. Nudge will speak up when she has something to say and is always ready to go when she hears about a problem. Fang is quiet, but tells it like it is. All these characters have a big impact on the book. They make the book better and fun to read. I hope you read Maximum Ride and like it as much as I did.2. Haley:Imagine yourself running from your worst enemy, but instead of running you're soaring through the air. This a typical day in the life of Max. Max is one of six bird-like characters that makes James Patterson's Maximum Ride a thrilling, action-packed book for older children who love suspense and fiction. Each character in the book contributes to this phenomenal book. Max is the 14 year-old leader and caregiver of the flock. None of the children has family that they know of, expect Angel and Gasman, who are siblings. There is Iggy, the blind; Fang, the mystery; Nudge, the odd; Gasman, the exploder, and Angel, the youngest.These six unnatural children were genetically engineered with bird DNA. The know neither how they were made nor why. But all the answers to their questions begin to unravel when the Erasers, the wolf morphing men, take Angel. She is taken back to The School, where the kids are all considered experiments to the White Coats and the Erasers. Thus, the action begins when the flock, as they call themselves, must go back to the horrid School to save Angel. On their journey they have many run-ins with Erasers. They cause the exhilarating scenes throughout the book. While at The School, Max doesn't find out about her past, but instead about the future. She also makes a new friend this is somewhat helpful, but doesn't seem to want to leave Max alone.One never knows where the flock will run next to get away from the Erasers or to stay out of trouble. They could go through the subways of Manhattan, or hide in the trees of Central Park.When reading Maximum Ride you will never know what hit you. You many never want to put the book down for even a split second. The author, James Patterson, keeps the reader excited and guessing what will happen next. He makes the end of every chapter a cliffhanger. Maximum Ride is a great book for older children and young adults. It is suspenseful, surprising, full of wonder, and bends your mind in ways you didn't think were possible.

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Great book for our teen, very engaging and kept her interest. Looking forward to the rest of the series of books.

This book was amazing even though sometimes i got a little caught up and had to flick back a few pages. Sometimes you can feel so overwhelmed by sadness and emotion that you just cannot put it down. You just need to find out what happens at the end. I have a favourite character: Iggy. I feel like I can relate to him and how sad he must feel to have lost his eyesight to those white-coats. He must have felt furious to have lost it and his father. Another person I like is Maximum Ride and how independent she is. I like how fixed and focused she is and how protective she is of Angle. Not unlike her, i would do anything to protect my brothers and would even give away my life if it made them safe.

When max's littke 6 year old sister is held captive, Max must focus on saving her with his 4 other trusty siblings Gazzy (8) who stays at home to be safe, Iggy (9) Max refuses to let him come because when he was held captive was then blinded for life, Nudge (11) Comes swith Max to save Angke as he is 3rd oldest, Fang (16) Only 4 months younger than the main charachter (Max) But is one of vthe most brave and Max (16) The oldest of the familyvand the erson telling the story.I think that this book is for all ages because I am only 12 and my 43 year old Mum reccomended it too me becuase she loves the author. I am so glad she made me read it and this is a MUST buy book!!!Oh and by the way sorry for all the spelling mistakes I only realised once I was finished and my kindle wont let me chanche them ( Bummer) So somthing to work on amazon!

As an adult this is a little on the young side of YA so I didn't get into it as much as some of the great cross-over YA books like Potter and Hunger Games, but as a teen book I thought it was great. It had a witty, engaging narrative, some great characters and a thrilling plotline that kept me reading on in just a couple of sittings. I'm annoyed that the book didn't finish though - while I appreciate a good series needs a strong hook to keep you reading on, the quality of writing, story and characters do that anyway, so I was surprised to reach the end of the book and for there to be absolutely no plot resolution. It actually puts me off reading on in the series because I don't want to reach the end of the next book and just have a story arch that begins but doesn't end. Shame as aside from that this is a great book.

I bought this for my 13yo grand daughter. Itv is the first of a series of stories and is has an interesting theme. However the "americanisms" and phrases may not make it the best book for improving comprehension and grammar.

I do love the plots of this book and the 2nd and 3rd maximum ride books too. But the author lacks a good writing skill, it is written like he is a novice writer, I have seen fan fictions written by 13 year olds that have a more elaborate, complex writing style to this. I feel as though it has been 'dumbed down' too much for teenage readers. The short chapters also annoyed me but that is a personal preference I like my chapters to be longer than two pages long.