Private Games

I gave this 5 stars, because I have not been disappointed in this series. I have been a fan of James Patterson for alot of years, starting with ” Along came a Spider” and ” Kiss the Girls”.
And have been hooked since, the library couldn’t get his books fast enough for me to read them.
Private’ s PI’ s do alot of different security work and BOY OH do they get in predictaments. I have read this in 4 1/2 days I wanted to find out what was next and find myself up almost all night trying to find a place to stop. Then I find myself during the picking it up trying to watch a program on TV and read and the reading wins.
Jack the owner of Private is something, but PETER KNIGHT in London has a lot going on but dang he did a excellent job and the team he had to work with Outstanding! The one that got on my last nerve is the reporter POPE! I was surprised she didn’t get her reckless butt hurt in this book. Although she did help with clues. You won’t be disappointed

I truly have enjoyed all the Private novels by James Patterson. I love the Australian accent, and the reader had a great one! I love books on CD, as I work from home, so after work, I got to the lake, and listen to my books as I watch the beauty around me. I suggest all his books to anyone. The man can write, and takes you right in to the action!

I picked up Private Games after reading most of Patterson’s other books and in fact enjoying the Private series. What I quickly found is that the original Private book was by far the best and the rest have been sort of ok but not great knock-offs of the original.

This book is not surprisingly about a man who attempts and is succesful in creating havoc at the upcoming London Olympic games. Without giving away too much of the plot I will say that he does have a lot of help in the form of some bad individuals he had met in a previous NATO protection life. Peter Knight–who is employed by Private in London–is engaged to help bring down this man who calls himiself by an obscure Greek god’s name–Cronus. In addition to Knight’s problems stopping further death at the games, he has young twins who keep him on his toes and are in fact an interesting sub-plot addition to the story. A young newspaper reproter named Karen Pope is brought into the story by no doing of her own as Cronus continues to send her warnings of impending death and doom at the games. The book ends in what I would call very typical fashion with a duel to the end and a victor. I thought the book was ok but not great. It was not as fast paced as most Patterson thrillers and lacked a certain bite found in most of his other books.

The worst written of the series. Tracks a new protagonist, Peter Knight, who is an oblivious and uncaring father, as well as a bad detective. The villain is always ahead of him, Jack Morgan is barely functional, and in a major sequence the day is saved by a bolt of lightning. Really a dog of a book.

I was ready to give up on James Patterson as the last few books I read of his have been paltry. This offering was better but was hardly an edge-of-the-seat read. The pace was good but there was no real suspense or anything that kept me guessing. I was disappointed in the ending, the villain seemed like a cop-out and a last minute ditch attempt at a twist in the tail. Unfortunately it didn’t work out as intended. Also the final take-down of the villain was ridiculous and made no sense. Understandably it was meant to build suspense and allow the main character to be the ultimate hero, but it really was unrealistic. The book does make for a nice relaxing read with its short chapters and easy to read prose. The plot is also easy to keep track of if you break off for a few days. I doubt that I will read another book in the Private series though. If I could I would give this 2.5 stars but since I can’t, 3 it is.

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