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thedukeofpuke_'s review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
seventyeight_sundays's review
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
btpbookclub's review
4.0
I absolutely love this series and their world, I hope it never ends. City of the Dead is book two in the Hawk series a spin off from the maximum ride series. All best read in order to make yourself familiar with the characters and their lives etc. An easy read, short chapters.
Again we are back with Hawk (Maximum rides daughter) but this time there is a plaque ongoing and her and her hybrid creatures are being blamed for bringing the virus to humans when that is not the case. (I do wonder where this idea came from hmmm. Maybe covid? As its his newest release? Anyway…) this soon leads to war human VS hybrids. With the help of her parents and others surely they’ll survive? Fix it? Reveal the truth? You’ll have to read it to find out. Fast paced. Page turner. War. Survival.
There’s one character in this book who started the rumour that hybrids where at fault for the virus and she is evil, nasty and wants to control the city. Did not like her at all. But with Hawk, her orphans and her parents flock coming to help surely they can beat anyone and anything together. Another brilliant read. Highly recommend. A well deserved four stars from me.
Again we are back with Hawk (Maximum rides daughter) but this time there is a plaque ongoing and her and her hybrid creatures are being blamed for bringing the virus to humans when that is not the case. (I do wonder where this idea came from hmmm. Maybe covid? As its his newest release? Anyway…) this soon leads to war human VS hybrids. With the help of her parents and others surely they’ll survive? Fix it? Reveal the truth? You’ll have to read it to find out. Fast paced. Page turner. War. Survival.
There’s one character in this book who started the rumour that hybrids where at fault for the virus and she is evil, nasty and wants to control the city. Did not like her at all. But with Hawk, her orphans and her parents flock coming to help surely they can beat anyone and anything together. Another brilliant read. Highly recommend. A well deserved four stars from me.
z_bookfluencer's review against another edition
3.0
City of the Dead is the epitome of a Maximum Ride novel, whether Max's or Hawk's story, there's snarky attitude, high stakes, action, deplorable villains, ect. There was a theme, not unlike one that Maximum Ride went through (I don't want to ruined the story, but you can probably guess if you are familiar with The Flock's story-particularly the book Fang and the books right before and after...), which made me uncomfortable, so I docked some stars for that. Overall, with it being an Maximum Ride story, featuring the next generation through her daughter's Hawk's eyes, it was an engrossing read.
floongi's review
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
abbystroh's review against another edition
5.0
I devoured this book in a few days.
No spoilers!
I loved the first book but I loved this book even more. James Patterson has done it for me once again. I love that these books are apart of the maximum ride series and are yet so different from that series which is nice. I hope their will be more of the Hawk books. I never wanted the Maxium ride books to end and now here I am again hoping that this series will continue and not end any time soon. I highly recommend this book!
No spoilers!
I loved the first book but I loved this book even more. James Patterson has done it for me once again. I love that these books are apart of the maximum ride series and are yet so different from that series which is nice. I hope their will be more of the Hawk books. I never wanted the Maxium ride books to end and now here I am again hoping that this series will continue and not end any time soon. I highly recommend this book!
pinguisiconic's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
"crap turds" -Hawk
ehem. i'm actually writing a whole review cause this book was so trash, my list of grievances is probably a mile long but let's start simple.
this book was obviously a cash grab definitely trying to be nostalgia bait which it was but failed in execution. there's a literal banner on the book that says maximum ride fly's again or something when they literally don't show up till like page 200 and they do ✨nothing✨ don't get me wrong I loved the original series it had me in a chokehold when i was like 13, however now? well i actually enjoyed the hawk book (scandalous I know) i thought james paterson's writing had actually improved and we got a nice little plot with *GASP* MAXIMUM RIDE ACTUALLY IN THE BOOK??? -i have my own grievances with that book but that's a different story- the point is that one actually had some sense and a semi well thought out plot with actual nostalgia in the form of sections with max's POV
Now city of dead, here's a list of grievances
1. the entire set up. your telling me the overprotective mom who would literally do anything for her daughter that she spent 10 years trying to find again after losing her ditched her and her whole crew for a side quest in fixing up some random prison?
2. plot? what plot? i had whiplash with all the random directions it went and nothing made sense
3. as was a complaint with the og books all the characters are just randomly getting powers? (ok it's not as bad as iggy only being able to see when there's nothing to see or total randomly growing wings) why was there no mention of any of this stuff in the first book? oh it's cause your coming up with it on the fly for some interest in a book that shouldn't exist? ok i see
4. why show don't tell when you can tell your reader exactly what to think? -james paterson probably. the amount of times hawk would say "cause i need action " or "just cause im stubborn" or describe exactly what was happening JAMES I KNOW BASIC READING COMPREHENSION
5. STOP REEXPLAINING STUFF- im gonna be so honest and tell you i skimmed the entire second half of the book but DUDE ok so mr tannings explains his entire plan to hawk for no reason after she got kidnapped for like the 8th time this book -so how should hawk tell the 3 different groups of people she meets afterward? oh she should explain the entire plot of the book to them? taking like 3 pages each time? only for everyone to have the same reaction? wow that sounds like fun
6. this was a total cringe fest "crap turds" hawk no. go sit in the corner and think about what you've done
7. maximum ride was hardly in this book and the rest of the flock was hardly mentioned minus a name drop of gazzy and fang just hanging around this didn't even work as nostalgia bait
there's probably a million more things i could say but i'll stop here
overall this book has no need to be written, this series had its time it overstayed its welcome even then and has been milked so dry the cow died 15 years ago when 16 year old max had a teen pregnancy after the world ended for the third time.
ehem. i'm actually writing a whole review cause this book was so trash, my list of grievances is probably a mile long but let's start simple.
this book was obviously a cash grab definitely trying to be nostalgia bait which it was but failed in execution. there's a literal banner on the book that says maximum ride fly's again or something when they literally don't show up till like page 200 and they do ✨nothing✨ don't get me wrong I loved the original series it had me in a chokehold when i was like 13, however now? well i actually enjoyed the hawk book (scandalous I know) i thought james paterson's writing had actually improved and we got a nice little plot with *GASP* MAXIMUM RIDE ACTUALLY IN THE BOOK??? -i have my own grievances with that book but that's a different story- the point is that one actually had some sense and a semi well thought out plot with actual nostalgia in the form of sections with max's POV
Now city of dead, here's a list of grievances
1. the entire set up. your telling me the overprotective mom who would literally do anything for her daughter that she spent 10 years trying to find again after losing her ditched her and her whole crew for a side quest in fixing up some random prison?
2. plot? what plot? i had whiplash with all the random directions it went and nothing made sense
3. as was a complaint with the og books all the characters are just randomly getting powers? (ok it's not as bad as iggy only being able to see when there's nothing to see or total randomly growing wings) why was there no mention of any of this stuff in the first book? oh it's cause your coming up with it on the fly for some interest in a book that shouldn't exist? ok i see
4. why show don't tell when you can tell your reader exactly what to think? -james paterson probably. the amount of times hawk would say "cause i need action " or "just cause im stubborn" or describe exactly what was happening JAMES I KNOW BASIC READING COMPREHENSION
5. STOP REEXPLAINING STUFF- im gonna be so honest and tell you i skimmed the entire second half of the book but DUDE ok so mr tannings explains his entire plan to hawk for no reason after she got kidnapped for like the 8th time this book -so how should hawk tell the 3 different groups of people she meets afterward? oh she should explain the entire plot of the book to them? taking like 3 pages each time? only for everyone to have the same reaction? wow that sounds like fun
6. this was a total cringe fest "crap turds" hawk no. go sit in the corner and think about what you've done
7. maximum ride was hardly in this book and the rest of the flock was hardly mentioned minus a name drop of gazzy and fang just hanging around this didn't even work as nostalgia bait
there's probably a million more things i could say but i'll stop here
overall this book has no need to be written, this series had its time it overstayed its welcome even then and has been milked so dry the cow died 15 years ago when 16 year old max had a teen pregnancy after the world ended for the third time.
briley328's review
2.0
I'm convinced whoever wrote the bulk of this book didn't even bother reading the first in the series. So many continuity errors. Plus lazy pacing and a tired, used plot. Overall, a disappointment.