The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1) (Best of Maximum Ride, #1)

by James Patterson

WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE Do not put this book down. I'm dead serious - your life could depend on it. I'm risking everything by telling you - but you need to know.

STRAP YOURSELF IN for the thrill ride you'll want to take again and again! From Death Valley, California, to the bowels of the New York City subway system, you're about to take off on a heart-stopping adventure that will blow you away...

YOUR FAITHFUL COMPANIONS: Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman and Angel. Six kids who are pretty normal in most ways - except that they're 98% human, 2% bird. They grew up in a lab, living like rats in cages, but now they're free. Aside, of course, from the fact that they're prime prey for Erasers - wicked wolf-like creatures with a taste for flying humans.

THE MISSIONS: Rescue Angel from malicious mutants. Infiltrate a secret facility to track down the flock's missing parents. Scavenge for sustenance. Get revenge on an evil traitor. And save the world. If there's time.

• ISBN10: 0786282924
• ISBN13: 9780786282920
• Publish Date: 28 February 2006 (first published 1 January 2005)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 2 July 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Thorndike Press
• Edition: Large type / large print edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 480
• Language: English

Reviews

[Hixxup]

very good book, it sucked me in from the first line...Lots of action, lots of weird crap going on, and they most definitely leave you hanging so it's a must to go get the next book just so you know what happens next. Angel is becoming a spoiled brat since they saved her...I think these kids are in for a rude awakening once they find their parents. EEK!

[wyvernfriend]

This is Patterson writing a pretty typical Patterson novel but aimed at teens, so more angst, less sex and about the same level of violence. Maximum Ride is a winged girl (though the wings seem to be pretty invisible until they're needed, have to ask about how it would be possible to hide the wings that are described as pretty big), part of an experiment in genetics, hiding out with other winged people until the other group of mutants and their mutual creators come knocking.

Yes it was quite readable but it left a bit of a bad feeling afterwards, as if I had eaten too much bad candy. It's full of conspiracy and black and white and it just didn't seem to be giving me enough for a good eat.

[zarahoffman]

Probably my favorite series, Maximum is my idol female fictional character! Her drive and loyalty to protecting the flock inspired me and I always loved her.