Maximum Ride

I'm currently reading the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson.  I've read most of his Alex Cross series and the Witch and Wizard series.  Witch and Wizard was really weird but I got through it.  I like the fact that his books have really short chapters and are written in 1st person for the most part.  I don't know why but I like 1st person.

I am on the 6th book in the series Fang.  The first three books I flew through.  In fact when I was on vacation I only took books one and two and finished reading them like five days before I was supposed to come home so my mom bought me the third book.  For those unfamiliar with the series, it's about six kids ranging from 14 to six years of age, that have 2% avian DNA graphed into their human DNA.  The gist of the whole series is that Max, the main character has to save the world.  It got kind of weird with global warming and stuff being said to cause the end coming.  I scoff at the idea of global warming so it turned me off that particular book, I think it was the 4th one.

One of my students from my first year at CMS begged me to read this series so I decided that summer was the best time to do so.  I am glad she suggested it.  Patterson's writing is good and the speed of the story telling is good, constant action!

So my thoughts on this book...if you haven't read it there this is a spoiler alert, don't say I didn't warn you.  I'm glad Max and Fang are together but I get the sick feeling that Angel's prediction at the beginning of the book that Fang is going to die is going to come to pass by the end of the book.  Angel is one little bird kid that I'd like to punch sometimes.  She's sweet sometimes but I think she is on the wrong side of the saving the world situation.  She basically forces Max out of the flock so she can take over, and she's only 7 at this point.  I don't know what to think about Dylan.  I feel bad for Iggy.  I love Nudge and Gazzy...those are my thoughts so far.  I have two more books after this one to finish the series, but I don't think the last book is out yet even though in the back of this book it said Feb. 2012 was the release date.