Twilight (Twilight#1)

Title: Twilight

Author: Stephanie Meyer

My Rating: 2 stars

Twilight was a melancholy and oppressive book. It was also frustrating, depressing, tolerable, amusing and even adequate at times.Edward Cullen was awful to the point of Mt Everest- I mean he freaking stalks Bella! Jeez! And he obviously suffers from severe bipolar, constipation, trauma and much worse... He was just creepiness wearing an armor of yellow eyes and white skin.

And Bella Swan...where do I even begin? Bland, with a self-esteem that sinks to the Earth's core and just plain weird, she made me cry at her sad personality and whatever else that made her so...her. She never created a coherent sentence in 95% of the book; she just 'mumbled' or 'muttered' or 'whispered'. And she feels oh-I'm-so-special-that-he-cannot-stay-away-from-me in all the scenarios where Edward expresses that he wishes to kill her or confesses to stalk her.

The rest of the book- which was like 0.5% of it, actually had some sense in it, and I mean the part where she talks about the contents of her closet.

The plot was ridiculously plain and it dragged on and on and on. I mean all that ACTUALLY happen is-

1. Girl meets boy
2. Boy indirectly humiliates girl
3. Boy and girl become besties and make plans to go shopping
4. Girl finds about the oh-so-predictable secret of boy being vampire
5. Conflictions (boy is pretty and girl is plain), (boy wants to devour girl because her blood smells yummy)
6. Bad vamp tries to kill girl.
7. Boy saves girl and kills bad vamp.
8. Boy and girl go to prom.

Anyways, I still don't really know how I feel about twilight so my rating keeps changing.

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment

Title: The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1)
Author: James Patterson
My Rating: 5 Stars






I absolutely loved The Angel Experiment. I devoured it as quickly as I could but I do wish I had read it sooner, since it was on my to-read shelf for ages.

14 yr old Maximum Ride (she's a girl, which my genius mind figured out in chapter 3) is a mutant, experimented on by a lab full of mad scientists. She is 98% human and 2% avian and is able to fly, burn thousand of calories without having to blink and kick Eraser(the evil mutants- half human & half wolf) butt. And yes, I envy her. 

Living in America with her 'Flock' consisting of 14 yr old stoic Fang, 14 yr old Iggy (who is blinded after being experimented with the Whitecoats), 11 yr old talkative Nudge, 8 yr old um, well... explosive Gazzy and sweet, mind-controlling Angel, aged 6, they live a cautious life, educating themselves from television and the internet and eating gourmet-like food made by a blind kid. Yup, I envy them all.

When Angel is kidnapped by the Erasers, Max and the Flock must rescue her from the dreaded 'School'- the lab where they grew up- in dog kennels. Little do they know of the betrayals, surprises and hardships awaiting them on their journey. 

The thing I loved in this book was the relationship between the kids, how in sync they were with each other in battles and the way they were all friends and family. I loved how they would do anything for each other and always had each other's back. It was also hilarious and amusing to read the book from the perspective of an Avian American as they described life. I also liked the fact that Max frequently used the word 'like' because I do that too ;-)!

I believe that anybody with a love for kick-ass books should read this. I also think that James Patterson is a marvellous author and I can't wait to read his other books. There is lots of action and humor making this a great and refreshing break from the other romances, I've recently been reading.

Plot 
(Beware of spoilers)
The Angel Experiment is the first book in the Maximum Ride series and gives an overview of the Flock: Max (the leader), Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman, and Angel. These children, ages 6 through 14, and are far from normal. They are only 98% human, while the other 2% is avian, giving them wings. This book covers some of the back story of the flock, explaining how they ended up, on their own in their remote mountain home. It also covered the antagonistic half-wolf, half-human creatures known as Erasers. The youngest flock member, Angel, is abducted by these wolf men and taken back to "The School", the lab where they were genetically altered and raised in cages. Max and the remaining Flock leave their home in an attempt to rescue Angel, but are also captured and placed in dog crates similar to the ones they were raised in. While captured, Angel learns about "The Institute", a place in New York City that may hold some secrets to their past. After the flock escapes to New York, Max begins hearing a voice inside her head. Unsure of whether the voice is a friend or foe, Max decides to follow its cryptic instruction. The voice leads Max and the flock to The Institute, where they find a lab similar to The School and information on their unknown parents. The book ends with the flock beginning their journey to Washington D.C., in search of their parents.