Maximum Ride Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Maximum ride is an awesome book, i read it, but i need to read the second one because the 3rd one is comeing soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Who's it by, and what's it about? Is this one of your favourite books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Maximum Ride was written by James Patterson... The first book is called 'Maximum Ride - The Angel Experiment' (which I have read). The second book is called 'Maximum Ride - School's Out Forever). I enjoyed the first book, it is a great story with fantastic characters and I am looking forward to reading the second book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishbookworm Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I've read it! it's a great story it has a website by the way here it is http://www.maximumride.co.uk/index2.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishbookworm Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Maximum ride is an awesome book, i read it, but i need to read the second one because the 3rd one is comeing soon!when? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 when? Would this be it? It says book 3. If so, the hardback is out in May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Poppy Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Scottishbookworm said; I've read it! it's a great story it has a website by the way here it is http://www.maximumride.co.uk/index2.php I have just acquired this, and looking forward to reading it. I had a look at the website. Thanks for the link PP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishbookworm Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Scottishbookworm said;I've read it! I have just acquired this, and looking forward to reading it. I had a look at the website. Thanks for the link PP what did you think of the site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrathofkublakhan Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Weeeeee. What a ride. I just finished picking up and reading Maximum Ride, the Angel Experiment last weekend and read it zoom-quick. It was so much fun. Looks like I'll need to get School's Out next. I read Ender's Shadow many years ago and it has the idea of genetically messing with children and it's consequences. In it, Bean (like Max) escaped from the lab very young. What I like about Maximum Ride at this moment is that their powers are evolving and they discover new ones, there is fear and peril in that they might simply reach then end of some cycle and die and, finally - they are kids on the run who can make it on their own against all the odds. I was so glad for Max to meet the kind doctor and her daughter and to eat home-made chocolate chip cookies made from scratch. Then to see Max sort of transfer that good experience to cookies later in the book. I think ALL books that have a hero on the run from a Large Organization should (and almost always do) find some brief respite with a neutral kind figure; be it a hermit in a cave, a loner in a cabin, a blind guy or gal in the city - it happens a lot in books and it's my favorite part because our guy gets to rest and realize he's not universally despised or hunted and that there may be some good in the world*. *longest run on sentence ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrathofkublakhan Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Couldn't resist -- saw Maximum Ride - School's Out today in the bookstore. Bought and read it in one sitting (a mere 400 pages). It's a great series if you like quick action packed reading. The chapters are super short, sometimes only two pages; so it's designed for a fast pace. I dunno if the next one is out, but when it arrives or if it's out already it'll go to the top of my TBR pile! Zoom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel_5393 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 maxium ride is the most amazing book. It is very original and has interesting characters. i just brought the 3rd one to this series and can't wait to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlyn Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 i just finished the third book, i loved the first two (having read about max in her previous incarnation ) i was just a little disappointed by the last one.... would be interested what you think when you finish it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 (edited) Anyone here love the Maximum Ride Series? James Patterson elegant and thrilling writng is fast paced and full of cool action. His characters-Max, Fang, Iggy, Angel, Gasman and Total are brilliant and the plots are full of twists! I would recommend these to anyone! Edited May 11, 2009 by Michelle merged with existing thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Hi Christie, I read the first two book in the series, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment' and 'Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever', I really enjoyed them, plus I read on wikipedia, there might be a film based on the books From wikipedia ~ Film adaptation In January 2007, it was announced that a film would be created based on the Maximum Ride series. James Patterson will executive produce. Avi Arad, one of the producers of Spider-Man, X-Men and other Marvel movies, will also produce alongside Steven Paul. In an interview with James Patterson, it was revealed that Arad has already planned out the first two movies. On August 7, 2008, it was announced that Columbia Pictures bought the screen rights to the franchise. Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) is in talks to direct the movie, with Don Payne writing the script. The movie is scheduled for a 2010 release date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 I know! I can't wait! I hope it is as good as the book! I wonder who would play each of the characters? That would be an interesting decision to make! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 I know! I can't wait! I hope it is as good as the book! I wonder who would play each of the characters? That would be an interesting decision to make! I read somewhere that Kristen Stewart was to play Max but its not confirmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jte8944 Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 (edited) I just started reading The Angel Experiment tonight and the way all of you talk about it sounds amazing. I already thought it would be good but now im going to have to read it quickly to get into the action. I will repost once I'm done with the book to add to the discussion some more Edited May 22, 2009 by jte8944 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I started to read it, but then put it down. I don't know why... My sister told me to read it as she thought it was amazing, she finished all of them so it must have been good. I liked the small chapters, and the way it was written, and a really good plot! My favourite people were: Fang Gazzy Angel Izzy and Max I liked Nudge but she wasn't my favourite person! I really liked it though and I might pick it up again, don't know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazer Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 The first book was good, but after there the plot (and everything else) deteriorates... The fourth book is pretty much a glorified lecture on global warming, punctuated by increasingly improbable (and unexplained) superpowers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catwoman Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I read this and it was surprisingly good!! I only picked it up in a chairty shop as it was cheap and it was by patterson. This is not my type of book at all. At first I was slightly confused I thought Max was a boy but by the first 40 pages I realised SHE wasn't haha. I too also liked the fast pace. The chapters were a little too short for me, well over a hundred in all. But I grew to like it especially with the Sunday roast in the oven. The book for me started when the gang split up. Max's 'story of meeting the girl and her mother was the first thing that got me into the book from then on I was able to engage the other characters and the story. The book had many twists and turns and the ending was ready for the next book. If you like fast paced books and do not need a book to be engulfed in descriptive detail then I would say you would like this book. I never read young adult books I have not even read Harry Potter but with 460+ pages and a different story it really did keep me reading. .... and it might get me thinking about reading Harry Potter at some point! Look forward to finding and reading Maximum Ride - School's out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Addition: Audiobook Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: In James Patterson's blockbuster series, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the "flock"--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel--are just like ordinary kids--only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their lives can morph into a living nightmare at any time...like when Angel, the youngest member of the flock, is kidnapped and taken back to the "School" where she and the others were experimented on by a crew of wack jobs. Her friends brave a journey to blazing hot Death Valley, CA, to save Angel, but soon enough, they find themselves in yet another nightmare--this one involving fighting off the half-human, half-wolf "Erasers" in New York City. Whether in the treetops of Central Park or in the bowels of the Manhattan subway system, Max and her adopted family take the ride of their lives. Along the way Max discovers from her old friend and father-figure Jeb--now her betrayed and greatest enemy--that her purpose is save the world--but can she? This is the first James Patterson book I have read, and I really enjoyed it. I listened to it - and did not want to turn it off or for it to finish. The story follows Max, a girl who has the ability to fly. They have to lie-low as they are being chased by the Erasers - a group of people who want to see the end of the flying children. However, Max and her gang get caught hiding in a tree, and Angel, the youngest is taken. Now Max has to keep calm and rescue her. But what she uncovers on the way is shocking. This book is full of imagination, adventure and excitement. I found the chases and the flying the best bit. I liked how Patterson used the time in the sky for the characters to sort their minds out - and sometimes the views were great to read about. Along with the ability to fly, they can also run exceptionally fast. One scene that stays with me is where Max takes on a couple of men who are attacking a girl. Because she can move much quicker than anyone else, she leads the men away from the girl - saving her. Max gets wounded but the girl and her mother are more than happy to look after her because of what she did, and a friendship is formed. Max is like that through a lot of the book - caring, reckless and a great friend. I think that is why I liked her so much. She looks after Angel, who is only six, and when she is taken she does everything she can to rescue her. She is sensible and clever, and works so well in her gang. She lets everyone use their abilities the best they can and she was a delight to read. This is a young adult book, although I really enjoyed it. This is the first in the series, and I hope to read them all. The story is exciting and fast-paced and I thoroughly recommend it. <br mce_bogus="1"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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