What I think he also thought was that if he just word vomited a terribly written book with a decent plot idea behind it, he'd make a lot of money off young readers. And I think Patterson knew that about his premise. A group of kids who were experimented on and escaped? Experiments that resulted in the kids having bird characteristics, wings included? This book sounded great. I remember the first time I found Maximum Ride, I remember being really enamored with the idea behind it. In my experience, that's almost all that he ever writes. And what's depressing is that this isn't even the only poorly written drivel that Patterson has put out there. It truly feels as though Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment exists basically for Patterson to announce to the world that he thinks teenagers are idiots. Over the years, Maximum Ride has kind of stuck with me as an example of precisely how to eviscerate a genuinely intriguing premise with poor writing, shell characters masquerading as people with depth, and general word-vomit. I always want to scream a little bit in frustration whenever I see James Patterson's name on anything, and it's all because of this stupid book.
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