Final Warning

by James Patterson

Series: Maximum Ride (4)

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Fast paced, fun read. The characters are very well developed at this stage so it's great. The ending felt like a cliff hanger, but a very small one. It was obvious there was going to be a 5th one, even though this was supposed to be the last. (

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nicola26 | Mar 30, 2013 |

Audiobook. I have enjoyed the series up until this book. It was boring, stupid and felt like an indoctrination for environmentalism. It will be a long time before I get around to any more of the series, if ever. (

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Barb_H | Mar 30, 2013 |

One of the things I love about the Maximum Ride series is the comic relief.
The wise-cracks these kids (and dog) come up with are hilarious.

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The crack about the habitrail and hamster was outrageously funny. (

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LoftyIslanders | Mar 5, 2013 |

I have enjoyed the snarky, humorous voice of Max in the Maximum Ride series; however, this installment did little to really capture my attention. Thankfully the chapters are short, so I breezed through to the finish. I personally did not like the global warming story line. I teach teens, and they are not concerned with this world issue. I really hoped that Fang and Max would have an intelligent conversation about their relationship, but alas, one still has to wait for this in the next book (I hope). I'll donate this to the media center at my school. (

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lms8esmith | Oct 26, 2012 |

Of the 3 Maximum Ride novels I've read, this one was okay, but it just seems like a continuation of the same - abnormal kids are being chased by villians unknown and though lucky breaks and honed skills manage to thwart the bad guy and his evil machines, and find a safe haven.

I realize Patterson's novels follow a formula - the characters are likeable and very human, but each page just gives you a little bit more of what you've already gotten.

Entertaining for sure, but I'm already burned out on it. On to something by another author and a different kind of adventure.

This book was written for the youth market. (

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scifidave | Aug 15, 2012 |

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For Andrea and Lucy. The flock grows and prospers; all is well, all is good.

Many thanks to Gabrielle Charbonnet, my conspirator, who flies high and cracks wise. And to Mary Jordan, for brave assistance and research at every twist and turn.

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"Three cheers! Max is one of the smartest, strongest, funniest heroines around." - Diane Garrett, Diane's Books

In this breathtaking new story from the astonishing imagination of James Patterson, a girl has to save herself from an army assembled just to capture her-and maybe save the planet while she's at it.

Maximum Ride is a perfectly normal teenager who just happens to be able to fly, the result of an out-of-control government experiment. Max and the other members of the Flock-six kids who share her remarkable ability-have been asked to aid a group of environmental scientists studying the causes of global warming. The expedition seems like a perfect combination of adventure, activism-and escaping government forces who watch the Flock like a hawk.

But even in Antarctica, trapped in the harshest weather on our planet, Maximum Ride is an irresistible target in constant danger. For whoever controls her powers could also control the world . . . Maximum Ride is James Patterson's greatest character, a heroine who manages to be human and fearless at once. THE FINAL WARNING is an unrelenting new adventure from the writer Time magazine has called "The Man Who Can't Miss."

A JAMES PATTERSON FAMILY PAGETURNER

In the spirit of the most enduring hit movies and books, James Patterson has written this story for readers from ten to a hundred and ten. Special care has been taken with the language and content of THE FINAL WARNING.

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While on a mission to Antarctica to save the world from global warming, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--are pursued by their creator, the Uber-Director, who wants to auction them off to the highest bidder.… (more)

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