The Final Warning

The Final Warning

James Patterson

First published 2008Original language ENYoung adult

7.37.3 / 10
Score out of 10109 ratingsConfidence 43%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
292
Pages
about 5 h
Reading time

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Our view

“The Final Warning”, the fourth “Maximum Ride” novel, is a compact young-adult adventure about genetic engineering, wild places and friendship. Some readers find that it presses its message too hard and are irritated by the lecturing. It runs to fewer than three hundred pages and stands fourth in a series of nine.

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About the book

The Final Warning is the fourth novel in the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson. It was released in the US and in the UK on March 17, 2008.

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Reading order · Maximum Ride

Full order & progress →
Score per volume9 volumes on a timeline, 2005 to 2015 · Best-rated volume: School's Out Forever
  1. The Angel Experiment
    The Angel Experiment2005 · 341 ratingsStart here
    7.47.4 / 10
  2. School's Out Forever
    School's Out Forever2006 · 183 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  3. Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
    Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports2007 · 152 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  4. The Final Warning
    The Final Warning2008 · 109 ratingsThis book
    7.37.3 / 10
  5. MAX
    MAX2009 · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  6. Fang
    Fang2010 · 92 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  7. Angel
    Angel2011 · 59 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  8. Nevermore
    Nevermore2012 · 68 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  9. Maximum Ride Forever
    Maximum Ride Forever2015 · 29 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet

Where the score comes from

The sources average 6.6 across 109 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 43% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 7.3 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover6.6109 100%

Frequently asked

What age is The Final Warning for?

The Final Warning sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 292 pages — shorter than 88% of the ranked books in Young adult.

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