School's Out - Forever (Maximum Ride)

I've now read a number of James Patterson's novels, and all have been excellent, (look at my other reviews).

This is the 3rd book in his "Maximum Ride" series, whatever age you are you'll enjoy the series but read them in order, ("When the wind blows", then "The Lake House"," Maximum Ride: School's out forever" which is the prequel to "Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment").

The flock is looking for their real parents and are on the run from the Erasers, nasty creatures who only want to kill the flock. They manage to find Iggy's real parents but unfortunately they don't do the right thing, hence Iggy leaves and rejoins the flock. They have a new member of the flock but it's not another hybrid!! Fighting for their lives they hide in Disney, nasty Ari and the Erasers are hot on their trail.

What happens to Max and the flock? Well I could tell you but it would ruin it for you.

With Max and the flock you'll go through all kinds of emotions when you join them on their journey, it's a compulsive read.

Another great book in this fantastic series and worth every penny, it's one I'll read again. :-) It's a great series of books and one I'd recommend to anyone.

My advice to teenage readers is if you want a little more then "Harry Potter" then these are the books for you. :-) Another excellent part of the flock's story.

Thanks to James Patterson they'll be a 5th book out this year, I can't wait to read it.

just as good as the last (2/2 people found this helpful)

if you havent read the first book (maximum ride: the angel experiment) then stop reading this and go read the first one. the book starts roughly wehere it left off, with max, fang, iggy, nudge, gazzy, angel, and total(!), fleeing form The Institute, New York city. the are on there way to washington d.c. to find there parents and find out where they come from and why they have wings (yes wings). From the first page the plot of the book doesn't slow down, from finding out that someone has risen fom the grave, to one of the flock members being injured and even being found out by the F.B.I. the story will keep you hooked and wont let you go til the very last page and will still have you thinking about it for the next week. yes this book is a work of literary genius and deserves all the praise it is given.

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I have read all of the maximum Ride series and now feel that it should come to an end. The first 2 books were great but I felt that this one was lacking in something. I know that the general storyline is not really believable but I really felt that the characters were taken too far and I felt myself become detached from them. Perhaps this is because I am slightly older now but I was left disappointed.

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Stop! Unless you've read the first book in the MAXIMUM RIDE series, THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT, you should not read this review. Although MAXIMUM RIDE: SCHOOL'S OUT--FOREVER, could be read alone, you'll do much better if you read THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT first. Trust me. Read the first book, and then this one, and you'll end up thanking me. Now, if you promise you've already read the first book in the series, hold on to your hats, because the action heats up significantly in this second installment.

Twenty-four hours after Max killed Ari, the bird kids are once again on the run. The whole gang is together again and in one relatively unharmed piece--Max, Fang, Iggy, Gasman, Nudge, Angel, and stray dog, Total. Max is trying hard to forget that when it came to escaping the Erasers (half-human, half-werewolf, read the first book!), she had no choice but to kill Ari in their fight for freedom.

Except, surprise, Ari isn't dead! Jeb and the other doctors at the "school" are still trying to recapture them, and Fang has been deathly wounded. Max knows there is no choice but to get Fang to a real hospital, and she's not even really surprised when the FBI turns up to question them. What does surprise her is the appearance of Anne Walker, a head-honcho who wants Max and the gang to come to her home, where she can protect them, feed and clothe them, and study them. Fang still needs rest, and a roof over their heads and food in their belly at regular intervals sounds like a good idea. Although she's wary of Anne's true motives, Max and her flock move, temporarily, into Anne's home. They're even enrolled in school--a real school, not a cover for psychotic men in white coats to perform horrible experiments on them--and although that doesn't turn out so great, the time they spend at Anne's is helping everyone to forget some of the pain they've suffered.

But the Erasers show up, as they always do, and Anne turns out not to be as wonderful as she first appeared, as also seems to happen on a regular basis. Not-dead Ari is determined to destroy the flock, especially Max, once and for all, and the Voice in Max's head is getting increasingly annoying as to her duty to save the world.

This second book in the series is as full of adventure, heart-stopping adrenaline, and edge-of-your-seat action as the first book was. I loved the newfound powers that many in the flock gained in this installment, as well as Total's ability to talk. I can't wait to see what happens next, especially in regards to Itex and how it figures in with the seemingly imminent destruction of Earth. Kudos to Mr. Patterson for another winner in the MAXIMUM RIDE series. The only thing I hate is that it will probably be another year or so before we find out what happens next!

Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"

Awesome! (21/22 people found this helpful)

This book is one of the greatest books you will ever read.

It continues on from the first book, with the story starting exactly 24 hours after the place where the last one ended; With Max and her 'family' (Fang, Angel, Iggy, Gazzy and Nudge) on their way to DC to find out about their parents.

This book is fantastic and will have you hooked from page 1. I couldn't put it down. The humour throughout the story is as clever as it was in the first book, and the plot is as catchy and imaginitive as it was in The Angel Experiment (The first Maximum Ride book).

I would definately recommend this book to anyone, and even though it is aimed at younger/teenaged readers, it is definately suitable for older readers. It is a very good book, though if you haven't read the first book you may not understand it so well, and I would definately recommend The Anglel Experiment to anyone who hasn't read it already.

School's Out - Forever (Maximum Ride)

James Patterson

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