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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
I like this series. lots of stories gong on and action.
Suspend a lot of belief when reading. Aside from the mini bombshell ending to every short chapter and the "I'm so witty" one liners, it's ridiculous the product placement and showing off of tech, like "I'd say these are the top Apple and Samsung pieces but Apple won't have this for a year" or the ability to take multiple security camera footage and create a 3D projection. Please...
A fast-paced thriller that had me anticipating each page and wondering who was it? What was the plot? What was going on?
Plot
A young Hannah is kidnapped with her mother by two amateur kidnappers which results in her mother being raped and killed. Fast-forward to Hannah’s adulthood and she is ready to go to university (Chancellors University, London) to study psychology which brings in our protagonist Dan Carter whose job at the prestigious Private is to make sure she completes her degree and doesn’t come to any harm. Like many thrillers there is a fast chance of that happening!
Fast paced thriller that had me guessing at every page/chapter.
Characters
Dan Carter- the protagonist usually either makes it or breaks it for me. This one made it for me. Yes, he has his flaws and yes he is a bit arrogant but come on he leads Private HQ in London- give the guy a break. I always love a good, strong male protagonist, one that will be able to comfort you and fight his way through a lengthy battle. I do feel it is a bit of a mirror to Jack Morgan (Private #1) with the life affected by the army but then again I think James Patterson (and whoever is helping him on this one) was trying to reflect the type of person who needs to run Private. They need to be strong and there is definitely no doubt for that but they need to be brave and caring. These are characteristics that both Dan Carter and Jack Morgan possess.
Hannah- I don’t like to spoil this book but my opinions of this character changed the most. I thought it was such a transformation on how you have little insight on somebody’s life and how experiences that have affected them.
Kirsty- I assumed she was just the ex-wife to Dan Carter but she is something so much more than that. I found she was witty and strong, I understood Dan’s attraction but I also get why she was a kick ass police officer. She just wasn’t as good as Private. Nothing could be as good as Private, it was Private.
I can barely remember the other characters because there wasn’t a direct focus on it but it referenced some of the characters from Private #1 which was refreshing.
A good thriller but the only criticism with this and the other James Patterson novel of Private #1 is the short chapters. They were only two or three pages a chapter. Now I understand the concept of creating short chapters for pace and excitement in a thriller but the briefness of these were ridiculous. I like to read a chapter before I sleep but that was impossible with this book. It barely took me five minutes to read a chapter. Yes it works with quick perspectives of other people but for some it would have been easier to start another chapter. Ridiculous.
Anyway, that shouldn’t spoil away from the plot.
3.5*- not as good as Private #1, like many sequels these days.
Plot
A young Hannah is kidnapped with her mother by two amateur kidnappers which results in her mother being raped and killed. Fast-forward to Hannah’s adulthood and she is ready to go to university (Chancellors University, London) to study psychology which brings in our protagonist Dan Carter whose job at the prestigious Private is to make sure she completes her degree and doesn’t come to any harm. Like many thrillers there is a fast chance of that happening!
Fast paced thriller that had me guessing at every page/chapter.
Characters
Dan Carter- the protagonist usually either makes it or breaks it for me. This one made it for me. Yes, he has his flaws and yes he is a bit arrogant but come on he leads Private HQ in London- give the guy a break. I always love a good, strong male protagonist, one that will be able to comfort you and fight his way through a lengthy battle. I do feel it is a bit of a mirror to Jack Morgan (Private #1) with the life affected by the army but then again I think James Patterson (and whoever is helping him on this one) was trying to reflect the type of person who needs to run Private. They need to be strong and there is definitely no doubt for that but they need to be brave and caring. These are characteristics that both Dan Carter and Jack Morgan possess.
Hannah- I don’t like to spoil this book but my opinions of this character changed the most. I thought it was such a transformation on how you have little insight on somebody’s life and how experiences that have affected them.
Kirsty- I assumed she was just the ex-wife to Dan Carter but she is something so much more than that. I found she was witty and strong, I understood Dan’s attraction but I also get why she was a kick ass police officer. She just wasn’t as good as Private. Nothing could be as good as Private, it was Private.
I can barely remember the other characters because there wasn’t a direct focus on it but it referenced some of the characters from Private #1 which was refreshing.
A good thriller but the only criticism with this and the other James Patterson novel of Private #1 is the short chapters. They were only two or three pages a chapter. Now I understand the concept of creating short chapters for pace and excitement in a thriller but the briefness of these were ridiculous. I like to read a chapter before I sleep but that was impossible with this book. It barely took me five minutes to read a chapter. Yes it works with quick perspectives of other people but for some it would have been easier to start another chapter. Ridiculous.
Anyway, that shouldn’t spoil away from the plot.
3.5*- not as good as Private #1, like many sequels these days.
BLUF: Not amazing, but not bad - this book is somewhere in the middle. It can be read as a standalone.
Private London follows two detectives: Kirsty Webb, who works for the police, and Dan Carter, who works for Private‰ЫЄs London branch. Kirsty Webb is working to find a serial killer who preys on young women. Dan Carter‰ЫЄs current assignments is to watch over and protect the daughter of a wealthy businessman ‰ЫТ but when she is abducted, he is in a race against time to save her before she becomes the next victim.
There is not much to say about Dan Carter‰ЫЄs case. Everything went smoothly. The reader is able to figure out the obvious parts, but there is a tangent that very few readers would have guessed.
It was nice to see Kirsty‰ЫЄs world, but the case that she was working on was half-baked and had an unsatisfying ending. She had a few emotional moments, but seemed otherwise apathetic. How else could you be satisfied, as a policeman, letting the killer run free and avoiding justice?
Private London has a slow start, but it grew on me. Like the first book in the series, there are an excessive amount of arbitrary chapters. (One conversation spanned over two chapters despite there being no break in conversation!) Unlike the first book, there is not an overwhelming amount of characters. In the end, I found the book amusing and a very quick read.
Private London follows two detectives: Kirsty Webb, who works for the police, and Dan Carter, who works for Private‰ЫЄs London branch. Kirsty Webb is working to find a serial killer who preys on young women. Dan Carter‰ЫЄs current assignments is to watch over and protect the daughter of a wealthy businessman ‰ЫТ but when she is abducted, he is in a race against time to save her before she becomes the next victim.
Spoiler
The synopsis wants you to believe that Hannah‰ЫЄs abduction could be related to the serial killer, but we are brought into the book so quickly that any notion that these events are connected only lasts briefly. Instead of intertwined cases, these cases are pretty separate. The only work mixture between the two ex-lovers is that the police are working the abduction case at the same time as Dan Carter and consider him to be a suspect. This is a shame as the main characters could be better explored against each other in a connected case more than they were explored working the separate cases. (Come to think of it, Kirsty did not have much interaction with anyone anyways.)There is not much to say about Dan Carter‰ЫЄs case. Everything went smoothly. The reader is able to figure out the obvious parts, but there is a tangent that very few readers would have guessed.
It was nice to see Kirsty‰ЫЄs world, but the case that she was working on was half-baked and had an unsatisfying ending. She had a few emotional moments, but seemed otherwise apathetic. How else could you be satisfied, as a policeman, letting the killer run free and avoiding justice?
Private London has a slow start, but it grew on me. Like the first book in the series, there are an excessive amount of arbitrary chapters. (One conversation spanned over two chapters despite there being no break in conversation!) Unlike the first book, there is not an overwhelming amount of characters. In the end, I found the book amusing and a very quick read.
A great book, I'm loving this 'Private' series - the characters, storylines, drama and twists.
adventurous
mysterious
Interesting in parts but the ending is way too obvious. Not sure what percentage of this book Patterson wrote but it's not up to his usual level. Nice that it's set in London but not sure if I will bother with any more in this series.
A great fast paced story. Once you start reading it you will not be able to put it down.
Great book. A little slow starting but then just takes off.