Private Berlin

Private Berlin is the fifth novel in the Private series by James Patterson, Mark Sullivan. This is Patterson’s best-selling novel of extraordinary speed and international flair. Chris Schneider is a superstar agent at the Private Berlin, Germany headquarters of the most powerful company in the world. He keeps his secret while solving Private’s most high profile cases.

Here are the top 3 reviews and comments that readers love about this fascinating book.

Review 1: Private Berlin audiobook by Stephen

Not Up To Standard

I have loved the previous “Private” books, this one, not so much. I should have read it rather than listen to it. The writing is very poor, for a Patterson Novel. And yes, I know Patterson didn’t write a word of it. His ‘co-author’ is the true author of these books, but he did put his name on it, and the Patterson name carries certain expectations. Those were not met this time out.

There were a number of disconnects: one of the investigators wondering if a soccer player, theretofore not mentioned in connection with the victim, could have been responsible for the situation. Another disconnect was the description of the investigator’s son as being ‘intuitive about his mother’s moods–when all he did was make a logical connection due to the presence of a cat in the house. And his happiness ran counter to her sad mood. How is THAT intuitive? A third disconnect concerns a list the investigator found at the victim’s house, which she hadn’t read until later, yet she already knew that the victim was supposed to be seeing the soccer player–before she read the list! I am trying not to give away too much, but I have to point out the victim had been ‘missing’ for quite sometime, and the last time the investigator saw him was weeks ago, in the timeline of the book. So… how is it possible that she makes these undocumented connections? I’ll tell you how… High School level writing and plot development.

As for the performance, even though there is a man (Ari Filakos) and a woman (January Lavoy) AND Ari DOES voice a man in the same segment that January is voicing the women, for some inexplicable reason, January gives voice to Jack Morgan, who comes off sounding like a female bobybuilder with a headcold. She also voices her partner who sounds as you would expect “Moose” to have sounded in the old Archie comic books.

I am too far into this story to stop now, I want to see how this is resolved, but this is NOT Private’s finest hour. Though the storyline is compelling…

Review 2: Private Berlin audiobook by Roland C. Hiltscher

James Patterson wrote this???????

Absolutely the worst book I have read since joining Audible 5 years ago. I have purchased and listened to 24 of Patterson’s books and enjoyed them all until this wretched attempt of literary garbage. The narrator was the worst of any I’ve heard of the hundreds of books I’ve listened to from Audible. Also the characters were ghastly and the story line was disgustingly vulgar. I enjoy colorful romance and murders with some gore, but this was over the top nauseatingly. Please tell Mr. Patterson to return to his former plot and story types and to use some of his former narrators that sounded at least somewhat masculine..

Review 3: Private Berlin audiobook by Larry

Even as pulp fiction, really a bad book

Even as pulp fiction, this book is not worth the time. The characters, how the characters act in the story, and the action is just not internally consistent. Each problem is a small one in itself; in total the careless writing kills the story. There are lots of examples, but here are a couple. 1) Two characters rush to another city in an attempt for stop a murder (although calling ahead might have been simpler and more effective). They take a private jet for its speed and efficiency. But when they arrive they don’t have a private car waiting to rush them to the site of the action, but instead take a cab! 2) One of the characters is put in situations by others to investigate the loss of her former fiancee. It didn’t ring true that she, rather than someone not emotionally involved, would be sent.

This book is about torture, past and present, which seems to be a theme these days. In the Dragon tattoo books, it was a necessary part of the tapestry of the story. Here it is just gratuitous and tedious. In fact, this entire book was tedious.

(The only positive note was that January LaVoy was a terrific reader.)

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