Private Games Audiobook

" This book is satisfactory in terms of suspense, story line, descriptions, very good in general. I enjoyed reading this book and I enjoyed the links to the ancient olympics that are explained in the book. one part i was very disappointed with was the motive for the killings...while the murderer got his just deserts at the end, his motive was not well developed. Yes he had an obsession with the ancient olympics and was psycho in the fact that he thought he was doing what was right in the eyes of the gods by committing these murders. Oh did i mention that the way the murders were carried out were very cool? The book mentioned a lot about a certain haunting flute music but that was not explained in the end. Why did a woman in the story have migraines when she heard the music? That was totally not explained. Neither was the "stoning" that the murderer had experienced in his early years...how did that come about? What was the effects of that? When i first read about that i thought that would be a very strong motive for the murders...revenge? making them experience what he experienced in the past? in a twisted way, i feel that that would be a more reasonable motive for the murders. I am not an olympic fan so i cannot relate to the strong feelings the murderer has regarding the evolving olympic games. I imagine not many people can relate to that either, personally i thought it was a bit stupid. I feel that character development for the murderer and the main character, Knight was good, but Pope's character was a bit disappointing. I imagined more team work between Knight and Pope but she seemed to fade a bit at the end. High level of suspense towards the end but the beginning was a bit slow. Good read overall. "

" Every time I read a novel by James Patterson I hope for the best and I'm always disappointed. I wish these authors that write with him would just go out on their own. I will not read anymore books by James Patterson. "

" What a great book to read whilst the Olympic Games are on. I was absolutely engrossed in the plot.The Olympic games are due to start in London and Private are the security team. There are a lot of differences to the Private games as to what happened in the Olympics but nevertheless some coincidences were there. The Mary Poppins connection in the opening ceremony being one. The plot does have some really clever twists but some of them are blindingley obvious but are they meant to be ??. I thoroughy enjoyed this book. A good read and I would recommend you pick it up. "

" Good read, current event, edge of my proverbial seat. Thanks again James. "

" Definitely not my favorite of the Private series "

" Glad I kept listening to this one. Started out feeling indifferent, but didn't hate the ending. "

" As an avid fan of James Patterson's books - it is so repetitive to say this is a great book but it was a GREAT book. Non stop action - Thriller to the very end. I love i when the major crime is not solved until the very end. I highly recommend this book. I loved every page of it. "

" Another quick read from James Patterson & whoever really wrote the book. It wasn't the worst thing I read recently, saving that for E. L. James, but won't recommend it to anyone. I've been reading the Private books, but this has been the worst of the series. "

" It was fun to read all about the olympics and locations as I was there and able to attend some of it. "

" Another spell binding book from James Patterson. He really keeps you reading, it seems you just can't put the book down. "

" Fast paced; kept my attention; thought the ending was a bit weird "

" When I first started this book I didn't think I would like it as well as the first two based in Los Angeles. As it turned out, I enjoyed it more. Very exciting finish. "

" Very disappointed in this one. Not as engaging as JP novels typically are. "

" Not bad. Did not grip me. "

" The plot was 5 star, but the ending was 2 star. I like things to be a little bit realistic. "

" Another of the Patterson competent thrillers. Not his best but setting it around the London Olympics makes it interesting and stand out. "

" Light, romance pleasant characters "

" Read this because it centered around the 2012 summer Olympics, but it wasn't worth it. Very by-the-numbers murder mystery. Fortunately, it only took two hours to read. "

" Started off a bit slow. "

" Patterson has disappointed me lately, this however was worth reading. I started it late in the evening so I had to finish it the next morning. The usual assortment of good vs bad, and you are never sure who is who. This one takes place in London during the 2012 Olympics. "

" Not saying this was not a good read, but it was not as riveting as other Patterson books. I was able to put it down and go and do other things. This just filled time. It was not one of those "cannot put it down books". Not nearly as good as the previous 'Private" stories. "

" I love James Patterson but I did not like his choice of co-author on this one. I ended up "skimming" through the last quarter of the book. Some things about this book were like repeats of other books he's co-written. "

" This story might have been a good one. I didn't guess the villian, but I thought his motives were a bit hard to believe and the ending ruined everything for me, it was so over-the-top ridiculous. "

" brilliant book from start to finish "

" Easy read. Plenty of action and suspense. "

" LOVED this book! Great twist in this book :) "

" As usual, an entertaining read by the prolific Mr. Patterson; at least until the very end, which is contrived, unbelievable, and just plain horrible. "