The Angel Experiment by James Patterson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment- James Patterson


Where do I begin?
Well to start off, I was a bit skeptical about this book. It looked like it was a book made for boys. The title Maximum Ride gave me the impression that it was going to be the sci-fi type of book. I'm not the sci-fi genre type of person. I didn't like reading about fairies and wizards and out-of this-world creatures. I didn't want to hear about the Dogergenes from the planet Xenorson-Galactica and how they fought off a bunch of Muffenauts. I didn't like to read about wizards and witches who train in a school and get caught by dark, scary creatures and use the spell "Expeleeeeamus!" to fight them away. I absolutely hated them. But then, more and more people read it. More and more girls started reading it. I wondered and debated with myself if I should waste my time on this book. The next day I went to my school's library, picked out the book, checked it out, and then left.

The Beginning.
After reading the first chapter, I was like "Wow that was a short chapter!" It really was literally a 3 page chapter. I was beginning to like this book. The beginning immediately caught my attention. There was already a fight scene going on and I'm just soaking it all in. Max who was actually a GIRL(yay!), is the sole protector of her family after being abandoned by their guardian. They were actually human-avian; meaning they had wings. They were created by scientists in a lab in Cali. I still thought it was dull.

My Favorite Part!
After reading about all the details, things started picking up. The bad guys were introduced, kidnappings, the plotting of revenge. But my favorite part was when Max was actually battled the Erasers (bad guys) with sheer strength. I also loved the parts where Max and Fang started to find their true feelings for each other.

Quotes
"In the dictionary, next to the word stress, there is a picture of a mid-size mutant stuck inside a dog crate, wondering if her destiny is to be killed or to save the world. Okay, not really. But there should be."
Max says this when her and the flock get caught by the scientists, whom they call the "Whitecoats", who had created them in the first place. They wanted Max and the rest of them to be experimented on because they had never had an experiment where it was successful. I love this quote because this shows how really comical this book is. This also brings out Max's witty character.

"I couldn’t leave Total behind.”
“Total?” Iggy asked.
“That’s what his card said,” Angel explained.
“Totally a mutant dog who will probably turn on us and kill us in our sleep,” Fang said.
This whole section of the book reveals where they are basically. This was when they were trying to look for their biological records, and to also find about their parents back at the lab where they were created from. They were just leaving when they found Total the talking dog. This was very significant because they added Total to the team.

Review/Rate Part
I absolutely adore this book. I haven't found a single book that got me as addicted as this one. I think that this book was perfect in every way. I love the comedy in it, the action it brought, the twists, the witty remarks, and all the adventures they embarked. The text was a little easy for me to read, so there wasn't really a challenge in reading it. I would give this book a 5 out of 5. I'd recommend this book for young adult



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