Review: Max by James Patterson

Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy and Angel, six extraordinary kids who can fly, are back for another wild adventure as they try to save the world . . . and themselves.

Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock have barely recovered from their last arctic adventure, when they are confronted by the most frightening catastrophe yet. Millions of fish are dying off the coast of Hawaii and someone--or something--is destroying hundreds of ships. Unable to discover the cause, the government enlists the Flock to help them get to the bottom of the disaster before it is too late.

While Max and her team are exploring the depths of the ocean, their every move is being carefully tracked by Mr. Chu--a criminal mastermind with his own plans for the Flock. Can they protect themselves from Mr. Chu's army of mercenaries and save the ocean from utter destruction?

**CONTAINS SPOILERS!!**

(this wasn't the book cover of the copy I read, but I couldn't find mine)

This is the fifth book in the Maximum Ride series.  I have read book one, three and four - I enjoyed one (The Angel Experiment) and three (Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports) but was a bit dissapointed with four (The Final Warning), so I was unsure of what to expect from this book.

It was better than the fourth book, but still not as good as the earlier ones.  Not much seemed to happen apart from enemies randomly showing up, which got a little predictable after a while but stopped the book being boring and dragging on.  There didn't seem to be much of a storyline -*spoiler* apart from saving Max's mum *spoiler over*, the main characters didn't seem to acheive much, only finding out about the problems mentioned in the description above, but not stopping or helping them - but maybe that's being saved for the next book.

Another thing that got on my nerves with this book (and also the fourth one) was the whole 'saving the world/stopping pollution' thing.  It didn't seem to fit in well at all, and almost as if something had to be added in to carry on the series.  There was also a bit of romance, which was hardly in the other books and I didn't think suited the character of Max at all.

One thing I did like about this book was that it never got boring!  Despite the lack of things happening, it was still a bit humorous and there weren't long bits of boring conversation.  I also thought the characters were pretty good, partly because I've read other books in the series and have gotten to know them.

Overall this was an ok book for someone who's read the other books in the series, or someone who is interested in books involving saving the world or stopping pollution/climate change.  I wouldn't reccomend reading this book without having read some of the books before it, as it may be a bit confusing.

Rating: 3.3/5