Helpful Score: 12
Absolutely charming and fun to read. Although it's not classified as a book for young adults, my 12-yr-old daughter and all of her friends read it and loved it. My daughter carried the book everywhere she went and couldn't put it down - and, that's a first! I'm a Patterson fan, and I cannot believe this is his work because it's so unlike anything else he has written. Excellent read for adults and "tweens." Feel free to email with any questions. ~LeAnn
Ashley B. (daredevilgirl013) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 746 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 10
A very good book, works great for any age level. This book goes on about a group of children who were experiments and how they have banded together to create their own family in the face of danger.
A. J. C. (Bibliocrates) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 252 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 7
I really liked this book, but I felt that there was not enough back story, no explanations as to what happened to these bird kids, why they were experimented on, who their parents were, just tortuous hints that they were supposed to save the world. Also, after 400 plus pages of repeated escape and capture, I was a bit annoyed with the cliffhanger ending. I do realize this is a serial novel and I look forward to reading the rest of this series, an enjoyable, quick read, not just for teens!
Helpful Score: 4
A unique story about a group of kids with an unusual life....a thrill ride from beginning to end!
Gwendolyn L. (Wendyreader) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 8 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Wonderful first book in a great series. It is a great story for Pre-teens, Teens and adults. Quick read, short chapters, high interest. A really nice pick for a reluctant reader
Helpful Score: 2
Oh how fun! This was kind of like visiting the same characters, just a different story. I cannot get enough of the bird kids :) And this was more of a YA read, so it was fast, fun and an easy read for me while at a conference, in the evenings. Definitely one of Patterson's best!
Helpful Score: 2
This was a very fast paced piece of work from James Patterson. Very SciFi. Totaly cool, I couldn't put it down!
Tammy P. (bookluver-in-sc) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 229 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This James Patterson book is about a group of people experimenting on kids and how they escape and live on their own. A good read.
Helpful Score: 1
Six unforgettable kids - with no families, no homes - are running for their lives. Max Ride and her best friends are products of an experiment: they were engineered to fly. . . This is a different take on the winged kids from The Lake House. It is NOT the same story. I liked this story but not as much as The Lake House.
Helpful Score: 1
I just couldn't get into this James Patterson book. The reviews are good but just not for me.
Helpful Score: 1
The first book in the Maximum Ride series was the best, for me. Max and her little family/flock of winged kids have escaped from a laboratory and they're trying to make their way in the world - hiding, foraging, and trying to keep off the radar of the people who made and caged them. In the first book, Max is a great heroine, her family are brilliant characters (especially Angel and Gasman) and the writing isn't preachy or repetitive like I'm afraid it's tended toward in the more recent installments.
Helpful Score: 1
Part one of the Max Ride series. James Patterson brings his prodigious thriller writing chops to bear in the Juvinille Fiction genre. If you liked the X-Men movies, you'll love The Angel Experiment.
Helpful Score: 1
Although the book had its strong points, it wasn't one of my favorite reads. The book lacked a solid plot and the same events happened in nearly every chapter - the group faces peril and escapes. The ending is inconclusive and highly disappointing, leaving the reader exactly where we started - confused.
Gretchen A. (yellowdance) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
At times this book gets a bit repetitious, perhaps that is deliberate for the younger audience it is intended for. But it is a quick, easy, and compelling read. Great characters.
Helpful Score: 1
Can't wait for the next one!
Helpful Score: 1
I just couldn't get into this one as much as his others.
Great series beginning for young ( and older) readers. No sex, but there are graphically described fights. I read this one quickly and moved on to the second in the series, it was a great interesting and gripping text!
Helpful Score: 1
Six children have been engineered to fly. This book had nothing to do with Patterson's earlier books- When the Winds Blows and the Lake House. This book is about six new children and their amazing powers including the ability to fly
Helpful Score: 1
I thought the book, The Angel Experiment, was well written. easy to read. read over half the book on first sitting. I enjoyed it so much I have ordered the rest of the series. 4 out of 5 stars is a very good rating.
Helpful Score: 1
the beginning of a great series! a great teen read!
Helpful Score: 1
I was a little dissapointed. Patterson can move things right along. But it isn't at all clear where the book is going in the first place, then it just stops with no conclusion. Gee, do I have to buy the next book to find out what's going on? Guess so.
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Summary:Genetically engineered Max and her friends are 98% human and 2% bird. An adventure story about young adults struggling to survive and discovering whom they are and why they were created along the way.
Personal response:A very fun and engaging book.I do not know of snyone who has not dreamed they could fly.The characters are enjoyable and the special bond they have with each other and feel their longing to belong to a family engages you. The characters make the reader think about what hate is and what purpose does it serve.
Personal response:A very fun and engaging book.I do not know of snyone who has not dreamed they could fly.The characters are enjoyable and the special bond they have with each other and feel their longing to belong to a family engages you. The characters make the reader think about what hate is and what purpose does it serve.
Helpful Score: 1
I love the Max books by Patterson. A fun book for adults or teens.
Helpful Score: 1
great book
Helpful Score: 1
This book is amazing! I have read all of the books in the series. I have not found any greater series than this! It is about a girl named Max and her 'pack', which includes Fang,14, Iggy,14, Gazzy, 8, Angel, 7, and Nudge, 11. What is really cool is that all of the kids can fly because they have wings! The kids are running from the scientists, or whitecoats as they call them, that created them. While running, they are slowly finding out that they are all developing extra powers. It is a story of friendship, and adventure! If you like really action-adventrue stories, then this is your type of book series for you!!
Helpful Score: 1
An action-packed adventure about six young 'escapees' form an institution called "The School. This ragtag group of genetic experiments is led by a maternal fourteen-year-old named Max, who is determined to keep them out of 'School', and safe in their mountain home. But that wish becomes a real challenge when the youngest of the 'flock' is kidnapped by another group of genetically engineered werewolves, called 'Erasers'.
Now Max must take the Flock from their secure nest and fly--using their own genetically added wings--all over the country on a rescue mission that quickly becomes a mission of discovery...about themselves, and their (preordained?) futures.
The story is written in lots of short chapters, and is extremely active. Readers will have a hard time setting this book down. I am waiting anxiously for the sequel to come in the mail!
Now Max must take the Flock from their secure nest and fly--using their own genetically added wings--all over the country on a rescue mission that quickly becomes a mission of discovery...about themselves, and their (preordained?) futures.
The story is written in lots of short chapters, and is extremely active. Readers will have a hard time setting this book down. I am waiting anxiously for the sequel to come in the mail!
Yvonne M. S. (woodworm) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 92 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I bought this for my son just a few days ago and he completely dove and devoured every word and is happily anticipating the second installment coming out the end of May.
Helpful Score: 1
Much fun!
DIFFERENT BUT GOOD
My son Loved this book. Would recommend for teens.
Six unforgettable kids with no families and no homes, are running for their lives. Max Ride and her best friends are products of an experiment: they were engineered to fly. And that's just the beginning of their amazing powers. Now they've escaped, and they need to know who made them, who's hunting them, and why they were designed to be superior to all other humans.
Marci and Duane S. (flame60) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 200 more book reviews
Patterson has done it...a new concept...children who fly!
fast paced reading
fast paced reading
Natasha S. (tashajean) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 146 more book reviews
Teens who have survived genetic experimentation collect together to form a family and keep eachother safe.
Fast-paced and exciting. I read this cover to cover one rainy day. Perfect!
This one is great. It's the first in a series. If you've never read James Patterson, it's definately a good one to start with! happy reading
Jennifer S. (ladydaungerous) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 21 more book reviews
A good story with a sympathetic heroine. The writing is really cool because it's sort of like a video game -- action/adventure pretty much nonstop -- but with character development.
Wow...what a rollar coaster ride.
Very fun book to read.
Shari G. (SecondChance) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 64 more book reviews
Part I of a series.
Love the Max Books
My 11 year old son was having a lot of trouble getting into books. However he LOVES this book, it's a great action adventure and the chapters are SUPER short so it kept his attention very easily. Plus, I am able to say just read a chapter - when I know we have a short wait for something. GREAT READ!!!
Marcia S. (busterboomer) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 96 more book reviews
Really liked this. Action beginning to end.
If you have 10-14 year olds who have yet to discover the joy of reading, try letting them read about Maximum Ride. James Patterson writes plot heavy, fast-paced, chapters that may keep that child reading. As a literature teacher, I sometimes cringe at recommending Patterson's books (Daniel X included) but I have had several middle school students read the whole series. They have to practice reading to read better, and to avoid making reading a "Total" misery, they need to be interested in their book. Maximum Ride has the potential to be an enjoyable reading experience for many reluctant readers.
Good book and storyline. I'm a James Patterson fan--with my favs being Alex Cross. This book definitely brings back memories of "When the Wind Blows" although they are supposed to be entirely different stories according to the author. My kids have now read these books too and have suggested it to there friends.
Great story! Ordered this for my 10 year old son, but I ended up not being able to put it down. So, we enjoyed the experience together. Highly recommend this series!
Woa i jst fished this book today and i cant believe that it actually hooked me. Woa i love this and i cant wait to order the next one.
I absolutley hated this book. I will continue the series because that is the way I am but I am hoping and praying they get better.
Christine S. (moondog77) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 21 more book reviews
This was a good read, alittle young for me(NO ROMANCE)but overall I liked the storyline. Book 2 picks up alot faster than the first.
James Patterson's more creative series about 6 kids with wings and the agency that wants them back at all costs.
This book draws you in from the very start. Love the series.
Loved this series, especially this one; nicely paced & typical James Patterson descriptive style.
Great!!! Very similar to The Lakehouse.
I loved this book. It really is a maximum ride. I really developed an affection for Max ant the other children in this story. What a great read!
Karrie C. (TheCurlClan) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 43 more book reviews
As good as the rest, love Patterson! Keeps you reading!
My heart went out to the kids in this book, what survivors they are.
Great story line.Hope they make into a movie..Can't wait for Maximum
Ride-School's Out Forever...
Ride-School's Out Forever...
Wow! Patterson takes us for a ride, to the Max! Can't wait for the next book for sure.
another fantastic novel about the "winged children".
If you've started on the Angel series, this is a must read. Patterson
as usual, is great. New York Times Bestseller
as usual, is great. New York Times Bestseller
Loved it
Robert B. (ghosthunter) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 12 more book reviews
Awesome book!! Even though it is written for a younger crowd it is a lot of fun.
"Special Kids" on the run..a little sci-fi with a story
One of those that you just can't put down once you started reading. Six unforgettable kids, no families, no homes, running for their lives. What amazing powers they have!!
great book i read it and passed it on to my 12 year old grandson and he is so enjoying it. donna c.
This is a continuation of the Lake House- sort of. The children are not the same ones but the premis is the same. It's a fun fast read and very "Patterson"
Deborah K. (SouthernDeb) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 4 more book reviews
Not at all what I expected from James Patterson--more science fiction than his usual mystery/suspense books--but I enjoyed it!
Pam S. (pamlovestoread) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 97 more book reviews
A fast-paced, enjoyable read.
Beverly M. (Chilypepah) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 16 more book reviews
Another great read by Patterson about the "children with wings"
Six unforgettable kids-with no families, no homes-are running for their lives. Max Ride and her best friends are products of an experiment: they were engineered to fly. And that is just the beginning of their amazing powers. Now they've escaped and they need to know who made them, who is hunting them and why they were designed to be superior at all other humans.
This book was very easy to get into. And a fast read because I didn't want to put it down.
Kandis N. (bookermom) - , reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 323 more book reviews
A masterpiece of adventure, mystery, and suspense!
I love james patterson - this one is much different than most of his books, but still a great read.
Great young adult venture for James Patterson. I couldn't put the book down for hours!
Six unforgettable kide-with no families, no homes-are runnung for their lives. Max Ride and her best friends are products of an experiment: they were engineered to fly. And that's just the beginningof their amazing powers. Now they've escaped, and they need to know who made them, who's hunting them, and why they were designed to be superior to all other humans.
Ethel I. (RoyalCatwoman) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 278 more book reviews
A group of genetically enhanced kids who can fly and have other unique talents are on the run from part-human, part-wolf predators called Erasers in this exciting SF thriller that's not wholly original but is still a compelling read. Max, 14, and her adopted familyFang and Iggy, both 13, Nudge, 11, Gazzy, 8, and Angel, 6were all created as experiments in a lab called the School. Jeb, a sympathetic scientist, helped them escape and, since then, they've been living on their own. The Erasers have orders to kill them so the world will never find out they exist. Max's old childhood friend, Ari, now an Eraser leader, tracks them down, kidnaps Angel, and transports her back to the School to live like a lab rat again. The youngsters are forced to use their special talents to rescue her as they attempt to learn about their pasts and their destinies. The novel ends with the promise that this journey will continue in the sequel. As with Patterson's adult mystery thrillers, in-depth characterization is secondary to the fast-moving plot.
Brandy V. (brandelyn75) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 37 more book reviews
Great Author as always!Couldnt put the book down.
Just finished this one, and I totally enjoyed it. Fast paced and great characters. Can't wait to read the second in the series. Great for young and older readers alike. Way better than that Potter kid. Having read both As the Wind Blows and Lake House, it was hard not to associate these characters with those, but I lived through it. You have just got to read this book!
Winston C. (Crabby-doctor) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 296 more book reviews
I read this book not long ago and enjoyed it very much. I can hardly wait for the next one in the series to come out in paperback!
Strange but interesting read. Is a lot like his previous book When the Wind Blows.
Great Read... This is the book about the children who could fly, and each one has a special ability.. makes you want the book to go on and on and on....
I found it hard to keep interest in this book. It is an action (video game type) novel. I usually like Patterson's work and I did like this one it was just hard to keep reading with any enthusiasm.
This is the first in a series. Also appropriate for young adults but I really enjoyed it.
Good Read interesting series
Way better than I orginally thought. Although I had been a fan of Patterson for a while. I saw this book in the stores for years and really wasn't interested in another teen,magic type book, but needless to say it was Not Harry Potter-esque at all! These kids are the result of some weird ,wacky scientists experiments. They generated wings on these pre-teens, some in the womb of their unknown mothers. It's indicated that some the parents knew about the engineering of the wings before hand although it's not quite clear wether that is totally true or not. All in all, I can't wait to recieve book two and the other books in the series to see how it all gets wrapped up. I have faith in Patterson and maybe he will use his political powers in Hollywood to see a movie gets made it would be quite a relief from all the sequels hollywood is making now.
Bonnie A. (ladycholla) -
Even tho' more for teens, I loved it.
I really enjoyed this book.
i love these maximum ride books i can't wait for the 3rd one
Jeff C. (MysteryMan) -
A fun read, page turner.
Good book, developing story line, recommended read,
Interesting read even for an adult. Teens will like it much more.The new "Boxcar children".
Barbara H. (barbaralois) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 84 more book reviews
Six unforgettable kids are running for their lives. But these are special kids. They are part of a experiment and they can fly along with other amazing powers.
Interesting book, part of a series. Sci fi fans will enjoy it.
A combination of thriller, detective and science fiction. An excellent book. Keeps you guessing.
I thought this book was exceptionally good! So different and I could not put it down.
Great book, I finished it in 3 days
Great book!
Fantastic - I didn't even realize this was for young adults until I started reading the second book in the series. Great premise and plenty of action.
Jeanette R. (thebeakeeper) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 167 more book reviews
i am so glad my friend told me about this told me about this and that my mom had the series. this is such a great book! a quick read, totally exciting- they really should make a book out of this. i can't wait to start the next book in the series!!! i love all of the characters and where the story is going.
Should have stopped at two...
Six unforgettable kids--with no families, no homes--are running for their lives. Max Ride and her best friends are products of an experiment: they were engineered to fly. And that's just the beginning of their amazing powers. Now they've escaped, and they need to know who made them, who's hunting them, and why they were designed to be superior to all other humans. James Patterson calls Maximum Ride: "My favorite story, and probably my best."
Hilarious! All ages will love this book.
Six unforgettable kids - with no families, no homes - are funning for their lives. Max Ride and her best friends are products of an experiment: they were engineered to fly. And that's just the beginning of their amazing powers. Now they've excaped, and they need to know who made them, who's hunting them, and why they were designed to be superior to all other humans. James Patterson calls Maximum Ride: "my favorite story and probably my best." This is book 1 in a series of 3.
Molly M. (freeverse071681) reviewed The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Bk 1) on + 609 more book reviews
Six unforgettable kids - with no families, no homes - are funning for their lives. Max Ride and her best friends are products of an experiment: they were engineered to fly. And that's just the beginning of their amazing powers. Now they've excaped, and they need to know who made them, who's hunting them, and why they were designed to be superior to all other humans.
This book sucks. The plot is lame and the writing is lame. If you need some toilet paper for when you go camping than get this book.
