Max vs. Max

ha ha ha...

In the very beginning of every Maximum Ride book, James Patterson has a note talking about how the original concept for Maximum Ride came from his previous books, When the Wind Blows and The Lake House, which are both adult novels. So recently I read When the Wind Blows, and it was pretty good

First Thought: I like this Max better.

Second Thought: This book is pretty good.

Third Thought: Why are the Maximum Ride books so bad then?

...

Fourth Thought: Does he think young adults are idiots or something?

I'm serious. There was a major difference between When the Wind Blows and Maximum Ride. Well besides the fact that it was definitely an adult novel (he he he *looks away*) the writing was considerably better. There was more development in the characters and whatnot, and the setting was a lot more... real.

There was still the random annoying spontaneity in the plot, what with Gillian, Adam and Micheal, Kit's boss, etc, but it wasn't as bad as Maximum Ride, what with their mutations and whatnot.

Maximum Ride
-14 years old
-just has wings
-headstrong
-leader of the flock

Maximum (from When the Wind Blows)
- 11 years old
- ...shares lots of characteristics of birds
- suspicious, jumpy
- older sister

to name a few differences...

blearg. There's a lot of differences, but when it comes to character development, I like Max (WTWB) better, but I like Max's (MR) personality a little better.

Bleh.

Comparing them makes my head hurt. Comparing the writing was especially bad. It was insulting. I'm rather offended that he's writing Maximum Ride with such a horrible quality. *shudder* Does he really think the writing has to be dumbed down for us? hellooo. We're young adults. We're not little kids. bleh.

His Daniel X series sucked, too...