Book Review of Maximum Ride: Angel Experiment
Readers will think critically and have lots of fun while reading this novel. Teenagares can learn the hardships of being an outcast and trying to fight for what is right. Maximum Ride is an eight book series written by James Patterson. It is a truly special story. The first book in the series is called the Angel Experiment. In the beginning of the book, we are introduced to Max, a human-bird hybrid, who is living in the woods with her other hybrid friends who are practically her family. Their names are Fang, Iggy, Gazzy, Nudge, and Angel. They all grew up in a horrible, detrimental place called The School. At The School, scientists did awful experiments on them and other test subjects. One scientist named Jeb Batchelder ended helping them be freed and took them to a hidden spot in giant forest. During the book, Jeb leaves one day and never comes back. They all assume he is dead. Two years later, Angel wants to go pick strawberries with “the flock”, that is what they call themselves. Erasers are human-werewolf hybrids that come and attack the flock, while they try to take them back to The School. They take Angel, the youngest and smallest of them all. For the rest of the book, they are going on a journey to rescue Angel and find out more about themselves. I liked this book because it made me feel as if I was right there with them. It had great imagery and it was very fun and easy to read for me. It made me grow emotionally attached to them as if they were my actual family. There is also so much symbolism in this novel. One giant symbol can be The School and how it is a metaphor for society trying to “experiment” on teenagers’ feelings and perspectives on life. Another symbol can be their wings. Their wings show freedom and how they have the opportunity to be something special, something different in our same old boring society. Most teenagers would understand a lot of the drama and trials that the flock as to go through. I would suggest this book to readers who have a good attention span because this is a very long book. And also if you love fantasy and sci fi, this is the right book for you. I highly recommend this novel to mature teens who love wonderful adventure series.