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Jul 19, 2011

Mariel marked it as to-read

There was a metaphorical hole in my heart. A spiritual void and yearning for oblivion. My hands didn't want to turn the pages of the many books I own. Too lazy. What's the point? I'll still be me. Nothing on tv. All of these channels and NOTHING on. It's probably broken. There's no way that the same show is on every channel. I was bored. There was nothing to do. Pretty much the mental equivalent of food in the fridge and there's nothing good (tasty) to eat. I've got nothing! I'm a wasteland. Th More...

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Feb 05, 2008

Nordstrom rated it:

I find one of the great benefits of teaching is being able to buy/read ya lit without having to justify to myself its literary merit (I'm buying it for my classroom library; I'm reading it for research). Much of the YA Lit that I read though, is, in fact, well written, intelligent, thought-provoking pieces of literature. The Maximum Ride series was certainly never that. While I enjoyed the first two Maximum Ride books (The Angel Experiment and School's Out Forever), they are certainly brain c More...

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Aug 13, 2007

Margalit rated it:

HATED IT. I never hate books. This was so poorly written, such a mess of mixed up voice, bad dialog and improbably situations. A total waste of paper.

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Feb 02, 2009

Violet rated it:

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Feb 24, 2008

Bart rated it:

Like the first two books in the series, this is pure escapist reading from James Patterson. Our heroine (the epynonomus, Max Ride) is back with her flock, to find their families, escape the Erasers, find out what the mad scientists are up to, and oh yes. save the world.

Again like the first two books, Max is a feisty, witty and likable guide through their adventures, and yes there is some conclusion at the end, although, Patterson, rather sensibly given the success of the series has More...

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Jan 17, 2010

Bridget rated it:

I'm not sure if James Patterson had a time crunch for writing this book, but it was trash. There were so many improbabilities, pointless scenes, inconsistencies, and it was boring.

While reading "Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports", I had some major "Yeah, right" moments. Max loses the use of one of her arms, then suddenly gets it back? Angel is now powerful enough to hypnotize a crowd? I don't think so!

About that fight with Omega Boy...Max is More...

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Oct 06, 2007

Kathleen rated it:

This is actually the third book in the series. I have not read the first two but When the Wind Blows (of which this series was based on,) is one of my favourite books by James Patterson.

When I heard that Patterson had written a children's novel I was surprised. Knowing what his adult books are like, I couldn't imagine how he could write for children without being to scary. I find his writing style completely different in this book, it is hard for me to think of the books as having th More...

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Apr 01, 2011

e.c.h.a rated it:

Buku terakhir dari petualangan Max Ride..dengan penjahat yang masih tetep sama yaitu ITEX.

Kalo tadi di buku 2, gw sempet info ada sedikit kisah romantis..ya percikan gitu. Nah, kalo di buku 3 ada kisah romantis.

Makin lama, kekuatan Angel buat gw sedikit merinding....banyak keterkejutan juga di buku ini....

Ada kisah sedih yang terselip di buku ini..porsinya nggak banyak...tapi cukup-cukup mengena bangets....tanpa di sadari gw meneteskan air mata, padahal ini bu More...

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Sep 25, 2010

♫ נєηη - ѕσυℓ σƒ ѕσυη∂ ♫ rated it:

Ookay, let me put this in simple terms.

1.) It was... TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2.) ... Max wore a bra this time. Good idea, Max.
3.) They always have the same kind of jeans in all the book covers!... Is it Itex? O.o
4.) Some parts I didn't really understand. Was it a hallucination or not? And where in the world did their cheese go? And if they flew off into the sunset, wouldn't they get burned sooner or later? Oh, whatever.

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Nov 09, 2011

Jessica rated it:

I must say that the more I read this series, the more I love Max. She is sarcastic and witty, loving and caring, and tough and fiesty. Her constant ability to be sarcastic and still admit things to herself has me laughing through most of the book. She has to try to learn things on her own while basically raising 4 kids herself before she reaches age 15. That is a tough spot for anyone. With the recent trials that the group has befallen, throwing in some love triangles and things get even more in More...

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Mar 09, 2011

Reading Vacation's Mom rated it:

Maximum Ride = Marvelous Reading

As leader of her Flock, Max is tough and resilient. This bird girl does not give up on her mission to save the world and protect her Flock. She does it all with flair and a sarcastic edge. Despite endless betrayals and growing up in a lab, Max shows that she can have a soft side too.

The members of Max’s Flock are tight and they each have unique talents. Fang can disappear if he sits still long enough. Iggy sees everything in white. Nudge is magnetic. The Gasman is More...

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Mar 16, 2009

Cooper rated it:

YES! Another Maximum Ride book! As the title suggests, the characters take an interest in saving the world and extreme sports in this book. If flying through the air on your genetically engineered wings is considered extreme sports. Ahh, don't you just love books? You know, I was just looking at the other riveiews about this book? Can you believe it? There are some terrible reviews, claiming this book was terrible. Don't listen to those horrible people! Come to the side of light, the side of the More...

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Feb 06, 2009

Annalisa rated it:

I picked this book off the paperback shelf at the library, which is currently the only shelf I'm allowed to borrow books from seeing as how I have too many overdue fines, and you don't have to check out the cheap paperbacks. Sadly, most of them are genre fiction novels you would find next to the magazines at your local grocery store. But occasionally one grabs my attention (see also The Maiden's Tale) and I decide to give it a go.

I'm glad I picked this one up. Despite some poor narr More...

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Nov 16, 2011

Mary_stephens rated it:

Once again, this book has everything Max. Because I originally thought this was the last book in the series, I think I became specially attached to it. Many of my favorite quotes come from this one.
There's more pop-culture and "normal" references in Book 3, but they just it make it all the funnier. Can we say Paris, Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders, beach bunnies, LA gangs, and Hollywood sign? :D
This is also the first book to rotate perspective more than the previous two, and f More...

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Aug 04, 2011

Amanda rated it:

So far, I've had fun with this series. I was able to put aside its simplicity and just go along for the ride. Sadly, the series has just gone downhill with each subsequent book and I find myself wondering if buying the next book is worth the price.

In Maximum Ride book three, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, Patterson attempts to move toward a climax and resolution that don't really come. I think the biggest reason behind this is due to the fact that the series was originally More...

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May 06, 2011

Lucia rated it:

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Apr 01, 2011

Matty rated it:

Much improved over the second book, I'll give it that. We find out a lot about the flock, the sinister plans, and Itex. Relationships on a romantic and relative level are explored more deeply than before. Fang and Max's relationship is touched on briefly so I hope J Pat continues it. Which I know he will. I also know I can go on Wikipedia and find out everything that happens and not have to read the books.

Again I'll say I wish these kids could catch a break, but I guess it wouldn't be More...

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Apr 01, 2011

∆ Alex Sillsby ∆ rated it:

Maximum Ride and her flock are confused. Where are the erasers? Why is everything so quiet? In the midst of all this confusion, even more springs up when Max discovers that she may have a thing for fang. So when Max and Fang leave the flock alone for a teeny bit of time all by themselves, all hell breaks loose. Instead of the old erasers, the flock is now attacked by what they call "flyboys". So while Max and Fang take time to visit old friends, the rest of the flock has to deal with b More...

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Feb 18, 2011

Sandra rated it:

Not as good as the first two books in my opinion. James Patterson caters to the reader that just picked up the series instead of the ones who have been reading them all in order (which is the majority of the readers) and it's annoying. I don't need to be reminded of everything that happened in the first two books thanks... Ugh, other than that, I enjoyed the plot turns and direction the story is going. I got a chance to get to know some of the characters some more and I already bought the ne More...

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Feb 12, 2011

✿ℎazℯℓ✿ rated it:

From the start of this book, my eyes started popping out. Not because i was tired or anything, its just that i kinda got my wish. Haha! yeah, i got my wish for more Fang-Max scenes. My heart started skipping a bit when the book started showing Fang's point of view. And then there was this kiss! oh yeah, boy was i not expecting that! Fang can realllly talk ohmyyy. Personally, at first.. i wanted to tell the characters, ditch the mission stuff and go on a vacation or something.

I was s More...

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Jan 29, 2011

Tancredi rated it:

"Noi sei siamo sempre in fuga dagli Eliminatori e dai Camici Bianchi.Questa, in breve, è la nostra vita."

... e infatti è sempre la stessa solfa da tre libri ormai. E sembra destinata a continuare ancora a lungo!

Non so perché continuo a leggere questa saga così spaventosamente mediocre. Maledetta la mia curiosità. C'è da dire che Patterson sa rendere la lettura piacevole e coinvolgente: ho letteralmente divorato questo libro. Eppure, rimane un romanzo sciatto, scritt More...

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Oct 12, 2010

JoYee rated it:

Just finished the book last night,well this morning, 12:30am instead of doing my homework, which, you know is something i SHOULD do but i don't, merely so i could wait and do all-nighters before the due date, i'm the best student that way.

I was a bit...well, not ENTIRELY surprised by Iggys' hormones *snicker* and his comment,

*MINI SPOILER ALERT*
~~"And God knows i can't get to know them by touch. Just do me a favour!"~~
*MINI SPOILER ENDED!*

I w More...

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Jul 25, 2010

Barbara rated it:

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Jun 10, 2010

Luong rated it:

This is the 3rd maximum ride book i read. Maximum Ride:Saving the world and Other Extreme Sports is another thrilling book in the ongoing Maximum Ride series by James Patterson. In the third book, Max and the others are still trying to save the world against the Itex corporation and evil director, who wanted to terminate all DNA Life form and tryed to cut population of earch in half, and staying alive against the Flyboys. The Erasers were the first to be destroyed and have been replaced by the n More...

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Mar 23, 2010

Yaliz rated it:

This month I finished reading the third book in the series of Maximum Ride, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson. It’s about six genetically altered, winged kids and one talking dog that have to save the world from mad scientists who want to take over the world by eliminated half of it. It’s a trilling adventure with a bit of romance.
The author shows more romance in this book then in the last two books. Fang and Max are the ones falling in love for each other. Th More...

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Feb 18, 2010

Alex rated it:

This fictional book really grabbed my attention because of the interesting title to be completely honest. After reading the first two, i thought that this would be another one of Patterson's good books. But, i was wrong. The inconsistencies and random scenes made this book the hardest to read in my opinion. While Max and the flock continue their mission to find and destroy the "School" and find their parents, Max and Fang end up arguing and the flock breaks up. This proves as a major s More...

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Dec 30, 2009

Em rated it:

In the third book to the Maximum Ride series, things get very…crazy. So at first they get caught by a new species of Erasers, except all the human ones where dead, and replaced by robots. Soon when they are in a car (only Iggy, Gazzy, and Nudge were in there, Max and Fang were looking around for a good place to rest) they find out that little, six year-old Angel, was a trader. That’s when Max and Fang come, I wish I could say that they saved the day, but by the end of the fight, the flock was al More...

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Nov 06, 2009

Natalie rated it:

I really enjoyed this book and would give it 5 stars except for two things. The first is something I had a hard time with in the last book also. I just can't believe the whole "evil empire/ITex" thing. I just can't accept that the world's evil can be attributed to one neatly bundled organization like that (sadly it's much more complex then that. . . ). The other thing I really didn't like in this book was the "come on kids lets go take our world back" speech. I don't mind the More...

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Sep 19, 2009

lin-lin rated it:

Petualangan Max dan kawanan terus berlanjut, di buku 3 ini Max akan menuntaskan misi utamanya yang selama ini menghantui dirinya yaitu menyelamatkan dunia. Dalam kasusnya Max harus menyelematkan dunia dari sebuah organisasi yang bernama Itex, organisasi yang ingin menciptakan dunia ala mereka sendiri dimana hanya manusia-manusia super ciptaan mereka yang boleh hidup di bumi.

Tapi bagaimana Max dan kawanannya yang hanya terdiri dari anak-anak remaja dan anak-anak kecil sanggup melawan More...

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Aug 04, 2009

Hongbin is currently reading it

I start enjoying this book at last weekend and I really enjoyed it. I was attracted by the 3rd books in Maximum Ride. Thanks to my reading teacher, Mrs. Baum. I'm looking for the 2nd book for my next ER reading for sure.

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What the most impressive to me in first 65 pages in this book are some facts which are existing in our life and what happens with Max and Fang.

I wasn't impressive if James Peterson continue the haft reality haft fantasy story. However, in More...

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