History Headscratchers / MaximumRide

* The thing you should be bugged about is that this book won't exist. The next and last book is "The End of Maximum Ride"

* The writing. JUST HOLY CRAP the writing. It wouldn't be so bad with the books being rather episodic if they had started out episodic, but the first three books seemed to be following a grand plotline about the kids' origins and finding their parents and getting rid of the School... which is promptly dumped for episodic environment saving in ''The Final Warning''. And piled on top of that is the erratic character development, the random picking up and dumping of various plot threads, the sudden revelations that have effects for only a few chapters, the random skills and powers gained that see one or two uses for plot convenience and then never appear again. And just about every character being a caricature/stereotype, random viewpoints, dropped characters, several WhatHappenedToTheMouse moments... This series is an extreme WallBanger if you stop to think about anything that's happening in it. It's like James Patterson thought that he could just write crap down and as long as it was fast-paced and kind of actiony, people would eat it up (which unfortunately they have). As an amateur writer who actually gives a crap about things like continuity and intelligence and consistent writing to make a good story, this series is entirely INFURIATING.

** It was somewhat refreshing that in ANGEL, when the reader is literally surrounded by [[CharacterDerailment severely derailed]] [[JerkAss jerkasses]] like [[TroubledButCute Fang]] and [[BitchInSheepsClothing Angel]], Dylan was the only one who remained consistently mild-tempered and kind, despite his extreme blandness. Well, something tells me [[PairTheSpares he'll be gotten rid of by the end of the series,]] [[MurderTheHypoteneuse if the fandom has anything to say about it.]]

* This is more rhetorical than anything, but seriously, what is with Ella lately? In ANGEL, [[spoiler:she runs off for the most trivial reason ever into the arms of the unknown- [[TooDumbToLive who by the way have given]] ''[[TooDumbToLive her half-sister, the flock, her own MOTHER and indirectly HER]]'' [[TooDumbToLive hell for the past 15 years- just to get some]] ''[[WhatAnIdiot freaking wings?]]'']] Really, Ella? It really upsets me because it's one thing when a physically useless but likeable character gets trouble brought to them (ie., the Doomsday brainwashing in ANGEL). But it is another thing entirely to deliberately run off and go looking for trouble. Not to mention some fans (though not me, I love Eggy) were already unhappy with her new relationship with Iggy. I hope she comes back safe and does something useful in the last book.

* ThisTroper is selling off all my books, even the manga incarnations (with the pretty sweet art), and repressing as much of the series from my brain as I possibly can. Thanks largely in part to ''Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel'' which might as well have been called ''Angel: Now there's no hope or happiness for '''anyone.''''' It's like, even with the funny moments and the occasional cute or cool moments, this book is almost exclusively a gigantic F-You to anyone not wanting to become suicidally depressed and hopeless about the series getting an EarnYourHappyEnding. I mean, Jesus Christ, Patterson! WTH? [[spoiler: Max and Fang will probably never get back together and be happy? The solution to saving the world is "kill all humans"? [[SarcasmMode Oh, GREAT message to give to your young, impressionable readers]]/ And what? MarySue BitchInSheepsClothing Angel has, like, multiple-personality-disorder and just ''suddenly'' turns good and helpful and sweet again? Yeah, that's it. I hate you.]]

* The Gen. 77 kids from Angel. I thought the overpowering the flock was annoying, but apparently the best way to keep things interesting when [[ThirtySuePileup the flock]] is irritating readers is to introduce a new, [[BeyondTheImpossible ''more irritating'']] group of superhumans! I'm seriously doubting that the by the last book the teenagers in Fang's flock can be made remotely likeable.

* This Book also has F-15s chasing the flock. And they run away. [[WallBanger From Supersonic Jets.]]

* [[WallBanger when Max and Fang go to Vegas.]] I mean, Vegas? You know there's supposed to be a plot to these, right?

* I hate how the characters are so over-powered. When the [[WallBanger blind character can practically see]], you know things are getting ridiculous.

** This troper could have stood the power-ups if they were justified, like if there was a set number and they came out under the right conditions, and it was exactly the things they needed to save the world, but it was up to them to figure out how to manage the powers. Come book four, it's basically "Opps, you're going to start getting powers randomly. Sorry!" And they are hardly bothered by that!