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 enlarge | Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Category: Book
List Price: $20.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  110 reviews
Sales Rank: 2141
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 0316002860
EAN: 9780316002868
ASIN: 0316002860
Publication Date: March 17, 2008
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Condition: Covers have some wear. Inside is clean. Book Club Edition.
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 A poor addition to the series. July 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The previous books were very good and entertaining. I and my kids loved them. My kids will not hear this book. It's full of arguable science and questionable facts used to support an anti-global warming agenda complete with political direction straight from Al Gore. It MIGHT be tolerable if it were balanced; but, it isn't. A sad addition to a good series.
 Out of Place July 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've loved every single Maximum Ride book. I could always count on the fact that they would have good action, witty dialouge, and a great plot. The problem with this one was that most of these elements were missing. The dialouge was still funny as ever, but other parts were a major let down. There wasn't really any action other than one part and there was no fighting. The villian in this book was not interesting to me at all and just seemed doomed to fail. Even with these problems I still thought that it could be a good book and that was because the plot is always great. Not this time. The story didn't have anything to do with the other books. Gone is the quest to take down Itex. Instead they have to stop global warming. Don't get me wrong I think it's agood message to be sending, but not in a kids book. I'm 14 and I tink most kids my age know global warming is bad. The entire book just seemed preachy instead of fun and action packed. I'll say it again I love the Maximum Ride books, but this one was a letdown.
Misinterpreted... July 24, 2008
Okay, like the rest of America i was sooo excited for the continuation of the Maximum Ride series, but instead of the action-packed thriller,nonstop read, edge of your seat book i had beed expecting,i got a dinky little 256 book that was one big boring lecture.
Don't get me wrong, i believe in stopping global warning and helping to enviorment too,but the whole time i was reading it ,it felt mocking.
The only real rediming quality about this book was the progress in Max's and Fang's relationship.
Also, one bad book in a great series i can forgive, but i'm wondering is JPs' going for two?
The fith book in the series "Waterwings" is only going to be 272 pgs long, and the theme is "polution".
*Sigh* we can only hope its better than it sounds i suppose...
Not worth waiting for! July 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My daughter,15, and I enjoyed the first three books in the Maximum Ride series. We looked forward to this book with great anticipation. It was a letdown. The first half of the book was disjointed. Who tried to blow them up? Why were they mutating further?
Then the second half of the book shoved Global Warming down our throats! And the line that beef consumption was more to blame than fossil fuels. UGH!
If James Patterson was not a best selling author, and this was not part of a bestselling series, it would never have found a publisher.
I am glad we borrowed this from the library! We won't be buying this one!
The worst of the series July 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
First I really like all the other Maximum Ride books. There good. But this one is awful. Every review here about how bad it is is true. My biggest problem with it is, with all that the flock goes through, its all for really nothing. No valid points are made in this book. Patterson lectures about Global Warming, and writes a very weak story, that goes nowhere in the end. What ever you feel about Global Warming. it has nothing to do with why Bird kids were made, or why the keep almost getting killed by these strange and freaky bad guys. Read this book of his only if you want to say that you have read all of Patterson Max Ride books. Other wise wait for the next one and hope its alot better than this one.
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