James Patterson: Maximum Ride (2009, Thorndike Press)
English language
Published Sept. 5, 2009 by Thorndike Press.
While on a mission to Antarctica to save the world from global warming, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--are pursued by their creator, the Uber-Director, who wants to auction them off to the highest bidder.
An OK book, I thought it was a bit slow in parts and think the pacing could be better.
Why the hell did I read this? Iām a 25 year old bitter adult with a grudge against hack writers like Patterson. This book isnāt for me. Iām not the audience. Teenagers are.
If thereās one thing Iāve always hated about Pattersonās work, itās his trademark two page chapters. It makes the pacing of an already bloated and overwrought book unbearable to slog through. And on top of all that, the reader has to endure the most precocious and obnoxious narrators.
āMaximum Riderā reads like a 40 year old trying to take on the voice of a teen. Said narrator is surrounded by a gaggle of misfits including the black-clad edgily names āFangā.
Reluctant readers in the pre teen age range would probably enjoy this ākid powerā story. Not me though, definitely not me.
