Maximum Ride: School's Out - Forever - Book Review

Maximum Ride: School's Out - Forever by James Patterson picks up where Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment left off. Patterson has written these young adult novels with short chapters and a fast pace. Each Maximum Ride book does not work well on its own--there isn't much conclusion in the endings or much explanation at the beginning of Maximum Ride: School's Out - Forever. They are easy, suspenseful reads that leave you hanging and make you want to find out what happens in the next novel.

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment was James Patterson's first foray into young adult literature. Not only did Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment top the bestsellers lists for months, it also left readers with a lot of questions about what would happen to Max and her human-bird gang. The second book in the series, Maximum Ride: School's Out - Forever, answers some of those questions, but not many.

Maximum Ride: School's Out - Forever gives the next chapter in Max and friends' lives as they search for their parents and run from Jeb and Erasers. There are some good fight scenes, some new skills are discovered, and the gang even experiences some normal teenage things, like dating.

Patterson writes a fast-paced novel that is easy to read. Maximum Ride: School's Out - Forever will entertain readers; however, some may be frustrated by the lack of depth and development. After 400+ pages, readers may wish they were a little further into the plot and that more of their questions had been answered.

The Maximum Ride books will not provide the meat and potatoes of a young adult's reading diet; however, they will keep teens interested in reading. They are a lot of fluff, but at least the premise is creative and will cause readers to use their imaginations. Parents will be happy to no there is no real cursing or sex in the books; however, teens won't feel like they are being forced to read something wholesome.