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Max: A Maximum Ride Novel
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Max: A Maximum Ride Novel
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Max: A Maximum Ride Novel

Written by James Patterson

Narrated by Jill Apple

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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James Patterson's bestselling Maximum Ride series is back, with Max and the gang as The Protectors. Someone--or something--is decimating ships and sea life off Hawaii's coast, and Max and her flock find themselves sucked into the Navy's top-secret investigation of the catastrophe. Their objective: Rescue Max's activist mom from a wicked subterranean enemy. The hitch: They must dive deep into dark waters, where gruesome evil dwells... and for high-flying Maximum Ride, could there be anything more terrifying than being trapped in the great abyss? This soaring new adventure takes Maximum Ride and the Flock into terrifying new territory--fans, hold your breath!
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Release dateMar 16, 2009
ISBN9781600244476
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Max: A Maximum Ride Novel
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James Patterson

James Patterson is the CEO of J. Walter Thompson, an advertising agency in New York. He has written several successful fiction and nonfiction books, including The New York Times best seller The Day America Told the Truth.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I forgot how much I enjoyed this series. I can't wait to read more of it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    No better or worse than the others. I could seriously do without the Fang romance, but whatever.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Thoroughly enjoyed book 5 of this series. Max is amazing character - so human yet not so much. Great character building - the reader grows to care about this group of kids. Highly recommend this entire series.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    It's hard to take anything seriously in this novel when basic facts are wrong - who can get worked up about global warming when the author doesn't bother to learn Navy ranks? I also have a hard time with the idea that all the adults in this series are either evil or incompetent - not the best young adult book out there.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Some unbelievable things, but it is Sci-Fi
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is one of my favorite books in the whole series, and it's the first MR book I've ever read (well, technically I listened to the audiobook).First let's talk about Max and Fang. I love them so much! They finally get together! Fax! I ship them so hard! I love when the part when they kissed in the desert. And, of course, I love the rest of the Flock.One thing I didn't like about this book is that Brigid is back.I also like the part when the Flock went to Hawaii and were training with the military. Those poor soldiers had no idea what the were getting themselves into.[Spoiler] And Max and Fang growing gills was kind of weird but I can live with it. It doesn't really bother me when the Flock gets new powers, I like it a lot actually It's like X-Men!I LOVE the ending! Major Fax! I said it before and I'll say it again: I ship Max and Fang hard. How can you not?Once again I just want to say this is book is awesome.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I was really anxious about this one. Generally when an author continues a series longer than planned, it ends up flopping. This was not a disappointment though! I had been really annoyed at the ending of the forth one, because it was a massive cliffhanger, so a fifth was definitely needed! Max was brilliant. Probably not as good as the four that came before it, but still a hilarious and fun book.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    While I am still not crazy about the plot line of saving the world from pollution, I really like Max's voice. I've come to love these crazy bird kids and will continue to read the series until the end. :) My students love this series!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book was very engaging because I like action. It was easy to read and the characters were relatable because they were teenage kids. The plot was interesting. It is about kids who have avian DNA mixed with human DNA in them so they have wings and can fly. Overall this was a pretty interesting book.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The books are a fun read, perfect for teens. which is a step away from most of the James Patterson books that I consider for adults only..
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Summary - While working for Max's mom's group, CSU, and performing for thousands of people to raise money to save the planet, Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman, and Angel are attacked by a new kind of robot. They manage to escape, but barely. And while the Flock is in a safehouse at a school for actual learning, Max's mom is kidnapped. Can the bird-kids find her in time to save her? Or will this new threat the end of everyone - of the whole planet? My thoughts - So, this book is definitely much better than the last few books, almost as good as the first. It had so much more going for it than the others. But there were some things I didn't quite get (and am questioning about the whole series) - where are all these different bad guys coming from?! The Director, Uber-Director, Mr. Chu, Itex, the School. It makes no sense. Unless these guys are all connected somehow, I'm going to see this as pointless. Another thing is that I don't understand why Max is no closer to "saving the world" than before. These new bad guys are always either defeated or about to be. Where is this going? And if this turns into a "save the world from pollution" sermon (which is where it might be headed), then I'll be super disappointed. I love these books because of the sci-fi, and the characters. If Patterson cuts the sci-fi to be preachy, I'm not going to be very happy. Besides that...this book was great. Characters, dialogue, writing, turn out. Thoroughly enjoyable. Oh - and it has the most hysterical make out session I've ever read, without managing to squash the passion. Definitely impressive. Character notes - Once again, this is the reason I read these books. The characters are great. They only get more amazing in this book as they search for Max's mom and uncover secrets. They are constantly changing and getting new powers, which is really cool. Fang. Oh. That guy... Kissable, much? I'm really curious to see who the Voice is. It's kind of getting cheesy and losing purpose. Maybe I'll discover more in the 6th book? (Entitled: Fang. I have a good feeling about this book...) Story notes - The story lacked. It was good fun, of course, but it didn't make me want to keep reading. (It's a good thing the characters took that job.) There were a few holes in the story and some of it was kind of preachy, but I chose to ignore that. However, I did enjoy most of this story, like Fang/Max, the "BS" military camp, and most of the underwater and submarine scenes. They were quite fascinating, be assured. Especially Max/Fang. :) Summing it up - Sunny. The whole book was sunny and (mostly) happy. Max lets herself love, the Flock become closer, they save the day, and it's set in Hawaii. Yep, sunny is the word.I hear that book 6, Fang, is depressing. So I'm glad for this ray of sunshine before things go dark... And I think I know the reason why... :(
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Fifth entry in the Maximum Ride series! Max's mom has been kidnapped by an evil criminal bent on destroying the environment of the entire planet, and the flock (human-bird hybrids) has to rescue her and once again save the world! This is going to involve help though -- they team up with the U.S. Navy, because one fo their clues is the reason why millions of fish are dying off the coast of Hawaii. Action-packed as always, with Max falling in love to boot! Excellent series for anyone who thinks they don't like reading -- short chapters, wild stories, fun characters, and great settings. Max is one of my favorite characters: a little obnoxious and mouthy, but with a good heart and no tolerance for anyone attacking her friends! There's a movie version in the works: let's see what the director of Twilight can do for Max and the Flock. Great science fiction-fantasy combo for 6th grade and up.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I just love the characters in the "Bird Kid" series by James Patterson. Loving the characters does not mean that I love the books. This is written with a big sigh. The first couple of books in the series were good. They kept my interest but the last few have really gone downhill. The stories are more frantic, the dialogue is affected, and the plots are dull. I can't even tell you much about the plot. I am also pretty sure that I've written the same type of review for the last book in the series. Can I recommend the series? Yes, to young teens or fans of the characters. They are the only things keeping me reading.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A funny, interesting, action-packed, sarcastic bombshell of a book. MAX is hanging-on-the-edge-of-your-seat, stay-up-until-3-a.m, breathless kind of book. I couldn't wait for FANG!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Really liked this one! Really great plot, beginning. Got a little tired of Max though...
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I read Max first by mistake thinking it was the only one. so i started reading the first book and intantly loved it i read all the ways to Max and so i read it again it is a very good book and i would recomend this to many of my friends. this book is interesting and sort of fast paced. i recomend this book to all people who like to sit down and read a good book... but once you start with the series,,, you cant stop its just too good.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I didn't like this Maximum Ride book as much as some of the earlier ones. The plots are seeming to become the same. However, I will continue to read any future Ride books just to see what happens to the flock.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Max, book five of this series was every bit as enjoyable as the first four books. Sometimes I find myself just wanting to bang my head against a wall along with Max as her life just goes haywire over and over again. As if being 14 wasn't bad enough! A fun read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This entry into the Maximum Ride series brought back everything I enjoyed from the first two books along with a little more in the romance between Max and Fang which was quite enjoyable. Despite the plot being far fetched (and getting further fetched all the time) it is still enough fun that you can overlook the more truly unusual parts, such as the monster snot (yes, I'm serious). Although this still follows a heavy conservation theme it isn't as heavy handed as "Final Warning" was and I think that makes this a much more enjoyable entry. I'm looking forward to checking out "Fang" in the very near future and hope that maybe "Angel" will show up thereafter. I'm almost as curious about the little demon/angel child as I am in seeing what happens with Max and Fang :-)
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Great new series by James Patterson! I was looking for a series to interest my daughter in reading and I ended up reading them all myself before I passed them along. Safe for younger readers, a lot of action type violence but very little gore, with a pinch of romantic angst built in. I enjoyed them, and so did my 11 year old daughter.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I loved the fifth book in the series of Maximum Ride. Every page you turn something new might happen. You can love and hate the main people at diffrent times in the book. In this book I loved the end. But, thats all I am going to say because I dont want to spoil the book for others.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another good book in the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson. It's for kids, easy and quick to read, but will make a great movie (which is in the works). Though it's no Artemis Fowl or Percy Jackson.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Okay, I will freely admit that I'm only reading these books now because I like the Max and Fang scenes. I'm a sucker for a dark and dangerous guy. I actually want a Fang of my own. Y'know, if Fang was real, about 26 and didn't have wings...obviously. Thankfully, I didn't have to endure another book full of Max running away from him and spending long paragraphs in thought about how much she likes him. Well done Mr Patterson, you make her get in there before we all die of boredom.But that really is the only saving grace in this series now, and now that they're technically "together" I'm not sure how much mileage is left in Maximum Ride. The plots are annoyingly "Go green! Eat broccoli!" even for a tree-hugging vegetarian like myself. If I want a lecture on saving the planet I'll watch Al Gore, I won't think, "Ah, yeah, those teenage books about the genetically modified bird kids on the run from the government will educate me!"So in this one, the flock are doing eco-friendly awareness work and Mr Chu (Ooh, scary name. At least he's not a brain on a stick like the last bloody bad guy.) who represents lots of big companies doesn't like it because he has been dumping radioactive waste in the sea and doesn't want the extra awareness to possibly reveal his secret. Let's analyse that. How many normal people go to a global warming rally and then randomly decide to check the bottom of the sea (which is rather big, I've heard), just in case someone has dumped something illegal? Did he really have anything to worry about? First, in a supremely scary move, he asks Max to stop working for the green lobby. She says no. Big surprise. So Mr Chu has a dilemma: what do you do if Max could uncover your illegal doings and you may risk a government fine? Of course. You create an army of robots with human skin (Yeah, you read that right.) and kidnap Max's mother. Now, let me just point out that the flock had no idea about the radioactive waste. So Mr Chu in his infinite wisdom holds Max's mother - knowing full well there'd be a rescue attempt - right next to where he's dumped the radiation! Genius. Really. Give that man a round of applause. Lure the people you're trying to blackmail to the place where you've hidden stuff you don't want them to see. The final blow comes in the actual rescue. The radiation has caused mutations in sea animals, and these animals burn through the ceiling of the underwater prison using a "snot-like" substance they secrete. They then create a snot bubble and put Max's mother inside it so she doesn't drown, and this apparently saves her from the water pressure too. Snot bubbles. Saved by...snot. You honestly couldn't make this up...or rather, you wouldn't want to because it's stupid.The addition of the flock sprouting gills conveniently when they go on an underwater mission is irritating and especially insulting when it's explained that their DNA is 98% human and 2% avian. Where are all these extra abilities coming from? That's damn special birds that can read minds, control metal, fart gas, feel colours, camouflage themselves and hear all-knowing voices in their heads. Not to mention, they have lighter bones to enable them to fly, yet water pressure that would squash normal human bones has no effect on them whatsoever? So, all in all, it's not going well. I may be a fangirl for Max and Fang but I'm not sure how much punishment I can take to get that fix. If Mr Patterson insists on insulting teenagers' intelligence like this, whilst blatantly shoving eco-friendly messages down their throats, I'm not sure he'll be keeping all of his fan base for long.I noticed on the acknowledgements page there was a thank you to someone for the research they had done for this book. I wonder how much research it took to come up with snot bubble rescue plans?
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Best Book in the Maximum Ride series so far. Alot of humor, action and drama that makes the Maximum Ride series so great. Some of the best humor in the books yet.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    (First impression: Nothing really. The cover was cool but I was more excited to continue the story.(Reaction after I finished: "So when's the next book released?")Max was vastly better than the fourth book, but not quite up to par with the first one. While I did enjoy it, the plot has somehow managed to go from a flock on the run for their lives, to an Eco-friendly flock saving endangered species from radiation or global warming. Not that there's anything wrong with being Eco-friendly, it's just that I'm beginning to miss the intense action from the first few books. You know... being on the lamb, fighting to survive, kicking butt against crazy Erasers, and bringing down evil with a swift roundhouse kick. Now it's all about radiation, mutated sea turtles, one creepy villain, and then the butt kicking action. The ending left a few open ends but dutifully sets up book 6...wherever that may lead.While the story line didn't quite woo me, James Patterson's writing sure did. I have to say, I LOVE how he writes the Maximum Ride series from Max's point of view. I'm a sucker for wit and this man is a witty mastermind. But I won't lie when I say some parts were a bit ridiculous, if not amusing.Plot direction aside - Max is an easy read and has it all: adventure, suspense, humor, and even romance. It just sucks you in. Another enjoyable tale about the wild adventures of the six bird kids. Oh and I can't forget the dog! I definitely recommend the series if you're feeling rather adventurous.On a side note, I do have one thing to say about a person, or rather persons in the book: IT'S ABOUT TIME! Those of you who've read the series (hopefully) know who I'm talking about. :)
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    James Patterson's MAX on audio is chock full of sound effects, drama, and thrills. MAX is the fifth book in the young adult Maximum Ride series, which centers on winged kids that range from ages 6 to 16. Max leads the flock of winged children, and in this novel, they attempt to find Max's kidnapped mother with the help of the U.S. military.Not only does this novel immerse readers in the angst, confusion, and desire of these kids to fit in, it also is a coming of age story for Max as she begins to understand her feelings for Fang.Listeners will be completely absorbed in the twists and turns of this thriller as the flock flies from South America to other locations and boards submarines to locate Max's mother beneath the ocean's surface.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I don't like books 4 and 5 as much as the first 3. It seems like the subject matter has shifted from the all-controlling company, Itex, to Global Warming, which is a little annoying, but the characters are still hilarious, and kick-butt with their super powers and attitudes. The relationship between Max and Fang develops a little in each book as well as Max's confidence. This book was essentially better than the 4th, which to me was a bit of pointless book. It's strongest in describing ties between characters and the humor brought to the book by the characters. I love the flock! Fang's my favorite.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I think this series is getting a little old, it's essentially the same story for each book - just some other variation on the evil bad dude trying to take over the world while the Flock uses it's amazing abilities to kickbutt and get in some smartass wisecracks (my favorite parts) in.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another thrilling tale in the adventures of Maximum Ride as she and the flock try to save the world...again. This time Max and the flock are working with the Coalition to Stop the Madness (CSM) to try to educate people about the damage carbon fuels are doing to the world. Turns out there are some big wig business men who aren't to happy with the work of the CSM and they kidnap Max's mom to try to get her to stop. But if you know Max then you know that won't stop her! She gathers the flock to beat the bad businessmen and angry scientists. Still not as good as the first three books, this vastly outweighs the quality of the 4th. For fans of the Max/Fang ship, this book is a pleasant surprize. The only annoying part for me was how much explaining Max does for the first 1/3 of the book, going back to recap previous books.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Warning - Spoilers throughout this review.Thankfully, this was marginally better than book four although I really feel the books have steadily declined since book one. In this one, the attraction between Max and Fang is mentioned more often, and there are even a couple of kisses thrown in. The bird-kids discover something killing all the fish off Hawaii's coast, and when they investigate further they discover vicious killing sea creatures shaped like whale sized pickles with oozing sores all over their bodies and only one eye. Max's mother has been kidnapped and Max is determined to rescue her. The one question I had was how Angel and Max were able to swim in water severely polluted by leaking radiation, but suffer no ill effects. I expected them to have to deal with radiation poisoning, but that didn't happen. Mr. Chu didn't get arrested and Brigid might turn out to be bad. We also still don't know the identity of the voice in Max's head. I hope this series isn't going to go on for much longer, but I suspect it might. Patterson is also writing a new series which might be interesting. Book one is called Witch and Wizard and is out in December 2009.