The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #01) -

James Patterson

Little, Brown and Company

2007

464 páginas

15h 28m

ISBN-13: 9780316067959

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, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel--are just like ordinary kids--only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their lives can morph into a living nightmare at any time...like when Angel, the youngest member of the flock, is kidnapped and taken back to the "School" where she and the others were experimented on by a crew of wack jobs.

A group of genetically enhanced kids who can fly and have other unique talents are on the run from part-human, part-wolf predators called Erasers in this exciting SF thriller that's not wholly original but is still a compelling read. Max, 14, and her adopted family–Fang and Iggy, both 13, Nudge, 11, Gazzy, 8, and Angel, 6–were all created as experiments in a lab called the School. Jeb, a sympathetic scientist, helped them escape and, since then, they've been living on their own. The Erasers have orders to kill them so the world will never find out they exist. Max's old childhood friend, Ari, now an Eraser leader, tracks them down, kidnaps Angel, and transports her back to the School to live like a lab rat again. The youngsters are forced to use their special talents to rescue her as they attempt to learn about their pasts and their destinies. The novel ends with the promise that this journey will continue in the sequel.

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Angel Experiment

Já tinha lido outro livro desse James Patterson ("Step on a Crack"). Foi o pior livro que já li em toda minha vida.

Então, só me aventurei a ler esse porque já estava na minha estante. Acabou me surpreendendo um pouco. A idéia é interessante, a história é bem movimentada, vale a distração.

Mas ele ainda tem alguns vícios que eu já havia encontrado no outro livro do autor. Ao invés de ter sido cuidadosamente planejado, estruturado, escrito, revisado, etc, tem-se a impressão de que esse livro foi escarrado e cuspido pelo autor. Tipo, o sujeito, numa bela tarde, resolveu sentar em frente ao PC, escrever tudo que tinha em mente e mandar direto para a gráfica.

E o final fica meio em aberto, com vários buracos na história. Sabe-se lá se eles vão ser explicados nas sequencia da série ou se vai ficar sem resposta mesmo (o que não me surpreenderia).

Mas, de qualquer forma, é uma leitura divertida.