Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the "flock"--Fang, Ig...
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Feb 09, 2009
Robbie
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I have to review this both in relation to the original, and by its own. Tough!
Anyway, the story is still amazing and captivating, so points there.
It's an American original manga that they hired a Korean to write. It is definitely MANGA and not GRAPHIC NOVEL, especially considering it was serialized first in Yen Magazine. However, it does read left to right.
I feel like a little bit of the internal feelings/thinking is lost in this version over the original, w More...
Anyway, the story is still amazing and captivating, so points there.
It's an American original manga that they hired a Korean to write. It is definitely MANGA and not GRAPHIC NOVEL, especially considering it was serialized first in Yen Magazine. However, it does read left to right.
I feel like a little bit of the internal feelings/thinking is lost in this version over the original, w More...
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Mar 30, 2009
Jennifer
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Reviewed by Jaglvr for TeensReadToo.com
With beautiful illustrations by NaRae Lee, this adaptation of James Patterson's characters takes on a new and exciting life.
Fans of the Patterson series featuring Maximum Ride, the genetically manipulated bird girl and her family, are in for a treat with this Manga edition. Taking the adventures from the pages of his books, NaRae Lee brings the story alive with action and adventure.
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With beautiful illustrations by NaRae Lee, this adaptation of James Patterson's characters takes on a new and exciting life.
Fans of the Patterson series featuring Maximum Ride, the genetically manipulated bird girl and her family, are in for a treat with this Manga edition. Taking the adventures from the pages of his books, NaRae Lee brings the story alive with action and adventure.
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Feb 04, 2012
Anzuai
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Ok, let me first say something: I picked up this book knowing nothing about it, and because I was desperate to read something new. And I absolutely loved it!
This is the manga version of the original book for Young Adults (mainly) by James Patterson, and it's very skillfully transformed into the new format. Excellent art, brilliant dialogue and characters so real you feel they might just jump off the page!
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This is the manga version of the original book for Young Adults (mainly) by James Patterson, and it's very skillfully transformed into the new format. Excellent art, brilliant dialogue and characters so real you feel they might just jump off the page!
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Jan 03, 2012
Kimberly
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The graphic novel of Maximum Ride really helps readers visualize the action in the book series by James Patterson. The first time I read Maximum Ride, The Angel Experiment I really wanted to see pencil drawings of the Erasers, characters, and the action scenes in this book. So the day I saw this book I knew I couldn't go wrong with buying it.
And I don't stand corrected. The Maximum Ride, Vol. 1 of the graphic novels have beautiful artwork that intrigued me from the start. The graphi More...
And I don't stand corrected. The Maximum Ride, Vol. 1 of the graphic novels have beautiful artwork that intrigued me from the start. The graphi More...
Oct 09, 2011
Talyn
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I don't know why, but Maximum Ride and its author, James Patterson, never really appealed to me. My classmates devoured the series in 6th grade but I just had a problem with the idea, the prose, everything. I am adamant for this stance. I have only read one book by J.P. and it was Swimsuit. But that was only because I needed my psycho-sexual-maniac fix.
But introducing Maximum Ride to me in a way I can understand.. in manga , or American-fused manga style, is what made me say "al More...
But introducing Maximum Ride to me in a way I can understand.. in manga , or American-fused manga style, is what made me say "al More...
Dec 20, 2010
Librarysteph
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Maximum Ride by James Patterson was adapted into manga format by Narae Lee. The series was recommended to me when I was looking for books about playing with genetics. I've been trying to familiarize myself with graphic novels and manga so I read the adaptation rather than the original text.
Maximum Ride is a genetically altered young woman with wings, raising younger teens and children who escaped with her from a facility known as "the school". The youngest and most beloved More...
Maximum Ride is a genetically altered young woman with wings, raising younger teens and children who escaped with her from a facility known as "the school". The youngest and most beloved More...
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Nov 28, 2010
Jessica
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This was a very nice visual/graphic novel of the actual book by James Patterson. Although this was only a graphic novel portrayal of Maximum Ride: Angel Experiment, you could already tell that NaRae Lee really stuck to the story and didn't add much of her own opinions or perceptions into the story except for the brilliant, imaginative, artistic creations of Fang, Iggy, Gazzy(Gasman), Nudge, Max, and Angel. Unlike most graphic novels of series, NaRae Lee paid careful attention to every detail of
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Jun 19, 2010
Sarah
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I really enjoyed the art style in this book although it might read better (though not faster) in the text format. The artist uses a very Japanese style, but with some twists that probably reflect her Korean heritage. I enjoyed the fact that several color pages were included, but the black and white told the story very well. It allowed the characters' faces to show their emotions without needed coloring or text. The other big difference between this and traditional manga is that it reads in the A
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Mar 15, 2010
Donna
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This was my first manga book and it will probably be my last (except for the Labyrinth ones, I'm still seriously considering getting those). First, can someone please tell me how 'manga' is pronounced? I keep saying it like the Italian word for 'eat.' I've also pronounced pilates like pee-lats because I'd never heard it pronounced before. Can someone help me out here?
The thing is, I don't know what's normal for manga and what isn't. It's not like reading a comic book/graphic novel. More...
The thing is, I don't know what's normal for manga and what isn't. It's not like reading a comic book/graphic novel. More...
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Jan 02, 2010
Laura
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Nov 13, 2011
Darreon-de
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As the great author James Patterson said,"Always expect the unexpected."Which is a very fitting quote for this unpredictable master piece. Max and her FAMILY are always there for eachother through thick and thin. Their personalites are always clashing, but they never let that get in the way of their strong family bond. Patterson is also in the Guinness Book Of World Records for selling an estamite of about 220 million copies of books worldwide.Since 2006,one out of every seventee
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Feb 17, 2011
Hayden
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I DID NOT GET MY NICKNAME FROM MAXIMUM RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a great manga adaption of the MAXIMUM RIDE series. I read the first book by James patterson ages ago, and after reading this, I don't remember the manga leaving anything out. The only character that came out as I imagined was Gazzy. And the first thing that struck me when I began reading this was - WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH FANG'S HAIR???!!! HE LOOKS LIKE A GIRL!!!!!!
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This is a great manga adaption of the MAXIMUM RIDE series. I read the first book by James patterson ages ago, and after reading this, I don't remember the manga leaving anything out. The only character that came out as I imagined was Gazzy. And the first thing that struck me when I began reading this was - WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH FANG'S HAIR???!!! HE LOOKS LIKE A GIRL!!!!!!
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Jan 30, 2010
Kate
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I initially did not want to read the manga version of the James Patterson series, simply because I felt the books decreased in quality and I barely forced myself to finish The Final Warning. The artwork of the manga series changed my mind, so I picked up the first volume.
The story follows the events of The Angel Experiment, ending somewhere in the middle of that book's plot. I was surprised at how well the story of Maximum Ride translated into the manga format. Although at first th More...
The story follows the events of The Angel Experiment, ending somewhere in the middle of that book's plot. I was surprised at how well the story of Maximum Ride translated into the manga format. Although at first th More...
Jul 02, 2011
Ashleigh
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One big review for all the Maximum Ride: Manga series! Or at least what I've read thus far.
Where the books, written by James Patterson, are good, they're not good enough to hold my attention much past The Angel Experiment, i.e. book one. It's a terrible thing when you're trying to read a series you think has a strong storyline, but just can't get through it for one reason or another- I think my main beef with Patterson was that the dialogue and writing started to suffer, he was being paid t More...
Where the books, written by James Patterson, are good, they're not good enough to hold my attention much past The Angel Experiment, i.e. book one. It's a terrible thing when you're trying to read a series you think has a strong storyline, but just can't get through it for one reason or another- I think my main beef with Patterson was that the dialogue and writing started to suffer, he was being paid t More...
Jun 30, 2009
Taejas
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Well, the star rating says most of everything about this book. It wasn't knock-me-out-of-my-shoes amazing, but it was adequate. The story in vol. 1 takes you through events up to the flock's first visit to the school, after Max's first encounter with Dr. Martinez. Hopefully that doesn't give too much away for those interested in reading the manga version as their first visit to the story while informing folk who are migrating (get it? get it?? that's a pun, because they're bird... kids... ugh) f
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Dec 29, 2011
Lauren
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K this is what my beef was with this book.
** I just also remembered, one of the only things I liked about this was that the cover pictures were kind of cool**
a) It just kind of messed up my image of the characters. I mean, I should've seen it coming but.... they gave Fang a freaking pony tail. A long one at that! I mean, he had longish hair, not a PONY TAIL! And they made 11-year old Nudge look like a 17 year old.That just seems wrong to me. Goodness.
b) The artist seemed to thi More...
** I just also remembered, one of the only things I liked about this was that the cover pictures were kind of cool**
a) It just kind of messed up my image of the characters. I mean, I should've seen it coming but.... they gave Fang a freaking pony tail. A long one at that! I mean, he had longish hair, not a PONY TAIL! And they made 11-year old Nudge look like a 17 year old.That just seems wrong to me. Goodness.
b) The artist seemed to thi More...
Jan 14, 2012
Izzy
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This is the first manga book I've read, and I think it was pretty good, even if I finished it in about an hour. I still stand by the fact that Max has brown hair (even though JP, what with his, ahem, well crafted [haha] writing, seems to change her hair colour without warning) and I thought that Fang's long hair was a little over the top, and the Erasers looked a bit wrong, and okay this manga did have faults. The first book is my favourite of the trilogy (I've decided to pretend that all the bo
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Aug 09, 2011
Leanne (Magic of Reading)
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Alas, I really wanted to love this but sadly I couldn't.
The story itself is the same as the book, for those who don't know anything about the maximum ride books here's the link to my review of the first novel: http://magicofreading.blogspot.com/2010/...
I didn't have a problem with the story because it wasn't altered at all, but I did have a couple of other issues.
My first niggle was that for quite a long Manga it didn't cover a lot of ground and yes I do get that it is Manga More...
The story itself is the same as the book, for those who don't know anything about the maximum ride books here's the link to my review of the first novel: http://magicofreading.blogspot.com/2010/...
I didn't have a problem with the story because it wasn't altered at all, but I did have a couple of other issues.
My first niggle was that for quite a long Manga it didn't cover a lot of ground and yes I do get that it is Manga More...
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Apr 03, 2010
Amy
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I couldn't get through it. Because of Max being part bird, I never pictured her as looking quite so feminine, so that took me by surprised. And I had never pictured Fang as a long-haired ninja, either :-/ For a popular book series, the characters should really look like the characters.
And the wings...In the books, they had to wear bulky coats to hide their wings. Here, the are way too large to hide and there is no evidence of them. Normal humans may need wings that large, but these k More...
And the wings...In the books, they had to wear bulky coats to hide their wings. Here, the are way too large to hide and there is no evidence of them. Normal humans may need wings that large, but these k More...
Nov 26, 2011
Eleonore Rigby
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Dies ist die Manwah-Umsetzung von James Pattersons "Maximum Ride". Als ich herausfand, das es dazu auch ein Manwah gab, war ich sehr überrascht. Das Buch "Das Pandora Projekt" hat mich derart fasziniert, so dass ich nicht lange überlegen musste, ob ich mir das Manwah nun kaufe oder nicht. Wie das Buch, ist es angenehm zu lesen, und die Figuren sind wirklich sehr hübsch gezeichnet. Ich mag den weichen Zeichenstil von Narae Lee, denn zu den Kindern passt er ganz hervorragend. N
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Aug 20, 2010
Margaryta
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Wow. That's all I can say about this book.
I had put it on hod at the library and went over to pick it up along with the second book, since I couldn't get my hands on the chapter book yet, and man am I happy that I picked it up.
This series has everything - a refreshing cast of characters that are funny and adventurous and all those other things that other characters lack, and for once, they are realistic, not cliche like Bella and Edward and the whole crappy cast from Twilight i More...
I had put it on hod at the library and went over to pick it up along with the second book, since I couldn't get my hands on the chapter book yet, and man am I happy that I picked it up.
This series has everything - a refreshing cast of characters that are funny and adventurous and all those other things that other characters lack, and for once, they are realistic, not cliche like Bella and Edward and the whole crappy cast from Twilight i More...
Mar 30, 2009
Jennifer
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It was interesting to see an adaption of Patterson's book into a Manga format. I can't say I enjoyed the translation. The book is very visual and filled with imagery, however a lot of the story's coherence was lost in the transition from novel to graphic novel. The action feels choppy. I honestly think the cover is the best part of the manga book. Sad but true.
The way the characters are portrayed irked me. Nudge is only 10, however she looks like she's pushing 16 or the world's bustie More...
The way the characters are portrayed irked me. Nudge is only 10, however she looks like she's pushing 16 or the world's bustie More...
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Oct 18, 2011
Emrys
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In all honesty, I think that James Patterson is a terrible author. He goes for quantity over quality and although he truly does have some excellent and often more original ideas (the only reason I swallow him), he simply doesn't have the right wording to make his books a marvel.
As such, it wasn't until I picked up the manhwa that I started to picture something else. One of Patterson's greatest faults is that he explains the wrong things but... with the beautifully drawn manhwa by NaR More...
As such, it wasn't until I picked up the manhwa that I started to picture something else. One of Patterson's greatest faults is that he explains the wrong things but... with the beautifully drawn manhwa by NaR More...
Jan 14, 2012
Micah
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It's not terrible. It's just okay. The amount of teen angst could be toned down by a good 90% and each and every last one of these characters would be more likable. Basically this is the story of a group of kids who were turned into human birds and are hiding out from the organization that did that to them. There's no exposition at all (which I don't consider a negative) it just throws you into the story. The problem is I think it assumes anyone reading the comic is familiar with the franchise a
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Feb 10, 2011
Juliette
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The book Maximum Ride is really good because it is a story about six kids that are half bird and half human.I liked this book because in the book they show teamwork with their family and they have a big accomplishment to do all together because it is not supposed to be done. To me this book rating is a 5 out of 5 becaus i wee once you read it you cant stop that is how good it is. My other friend read this book in less than a day it was amazing because she doesnt like reading that much. I didnt k
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Oct 09, 2011
Elaine
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I absolutely hated the original version of Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. So it took NaRae Lee's beautiful cover art for Maximum Ride, Vol 1 to hook me in.
I'd dismissed the Maximum Ride story as crap, but I was so enthralled with Lee's artwork that I started to read the manga. And I was hooked.
The character designs are unique, smooth, and fitting. (I like Nudge's design the best!) The panels flow well and are composed beautifully. I also came to realize that maybe th More...
I'd dismissed the Maximum Ride story as crap, but I was so enthralled with Lee's artwork that I started to read the manga. And I was hooked.
The character designs are unique, smooth, and fitting. (I like Nudge's design the best!) The panels flow well and are composed beautifully. I also came to realize that maybe th More...
Nov 08, 2010
Ange (MarmaladeLibby of Libby Blog)
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Max is trying the best she knows how to keep her family together and hidden from the world. Since the only father they've ever known, Jeb, disappeared she's been in charge. When they go for a morning stroll to pick strawberries with Angel, the littlest of them all, the worst happens...Erasers! The mutant Erasers have kidnapped her! Now Max, Iggy, Fang and Gasman take off in search of little Angel in the only place they'd like to never go back to again; the evil school & experimental facility the
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Dec 07, 2011
712jannatul
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this book or novel, to more precise, is unlike any other book i have ever read.Its about this group of people who is genetically part birds who is known as the 'flock' and one person is supposed to save the world. That one person is...Maximum Ride or known as Max. Shes just a simple girl...with wings. She and her supposed family are all part birds and are on the run from scientists who created them.And on top of all that,her favorite sister, Angel, was kidnapped by the scientist who helped them
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Dec 24, 2011
Ally
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Maximum Ride Vol. 1 (The Manga) is about a fourteen year-old named Maximum Ride, Max for short. Her, Iggy (a blind fourteen year-old who is exceptional at cooking) Fang (a quiet and moody fourteen year-old) Nudge (a way too talkative twelve year-old) Gasman, Gassy/Gazzy for short (a eight year-old boy who has a little too much gas) and Angel (the youngest of the group at just six years old, who is too adorable for her own good). When you look at this group of teenagers/kids, they seem normal, bu
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Nov 15, 2011
Angela
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