I tried to the Maximum to get into "School's Out Forever," but to no avail

8/18 - School's Out--Forever by James Patterson

I just took this book off of my reading list. I know how popular these books are, but I just could not get into it at all. Maybe because I was listening to it, and not reading it? I really do try to give "boy" books a chance, but this was just boring and had no character development. Maybe I should have started with the first in the series?