The Final Warning (Maximum Ride, Book 4) | James Patterson | Pretty Good but not as good as the...

The Final Warning (Maximum Ride, Book 4) | James Patterson | It Just Keeps Going On and On

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	The Final Warning (Maximum Ride, Book 4) James Patterson Little, Brown and Company, 2008 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 112 reviews view larger image
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Pretty Good but not as good as the other "Maximum Ride" books

If youre reading this you probably have read the other "Maximum Ride" books, (If not read them first). I thought the first three "Maximum Ride" books were amazing, so I read this one. I wasnt as good. First off it was too short, and, I dont know, it just didnt leave as great a feeling in me as when i read the other three. It was still entertaining, and kind of sucked me in, but, again, wasnt as good as the other three. I actually give this a 3.5 star, but thats not an option here. Its still a fun read though.

It Just Keeps Going On and On

Max and the flock are back again in another wild adventure. Unknown enemies are still trying to kill and/or capture them to use the flying mutants to gain power, and other influential people want to control them. But lately things have been calmer. Max and the flock join up with a team of scientists in Antarctica studying the effects of global warming. But even from the remotest place on earth, Max and her flock are still targets - because whoever controls the flock controls the world.

I was hesitant to read the fourth book in the Maximum Ride series because of mixed reviews that I read and also because I had thought the story was over after the third book. For me, The Final Warning was pretty disappointing. The plot was just not as exciting as in the previous books and sadly, Max's snarkiness got a bit annoying. I also felt that the rest of the flock wasn't as important an element in this novel as in the previous ones. Everything was too centered on "saving the world" and global warming, which although it is a good cause, it didn't make for a fantastic story. I really thought the series should've ended with Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, the third book, because by the fourth, everything just started to get too repetitive.

Dedicated fans of James Patterson and the Maximum Ride series may want to check out this fourth installment, but I would not recommend it. I think if you stick with the first three, you're all good.

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Good but confusing.

James Patterson gives a good read but I would really love for authors that decide to do series to not change in mid stream. The Maximum Ride series is an example that does that. I'm sitting with a copy of "The Final Warning" in my hand that says it's the 4th in the Maximum Ride series and I have a copy of a newly printed version of "The Angel Experiment" that says "The Final Warning" is the 1st title in "The Protector" set. As a librarian, I'd like to sit Mr. Patterson down and have a good talk with him about not reorganizing series.

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