Mistress

By: James Patterson, David Ellis

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

James Patterson's scariest, sexiest stand-alone thriller since The Quickie.

Ben isn't like most people. Unable to control his racing thoughts, he's a man consumed by his obsessions: movies, motorcycles, presidential trivia - and Diana Hotchkiss, a beautiful woman Ben knows he can never have.

When Diana is found dead outside her apartment, Ben's infatuation drives him on a hunt to find out what happened to the love of his life.

Ben soon discovers that the woman he pined for was hiding a shocking double life. And now someone is out to stop Ben from uncovering the truth about Diana's illicit affairs.

In his most heart-pumping thriller yet, James Patterson plunges us into the depths of a mind tortured by paranoia and obsession, on an action-packed chase through a world of danger and deceit.

©2013 James Patterson (P)2013 Hachette Audio

Skip it

Not worth your time. Both story and performance are weak. Narration was annoying, felt like I was being yelled at most of the time. Story line was so improbable and just plain silly most of the time.

Mistress; too much going on!

I stayed with this book just to hear the ending. It was as bizarre as the rest of the book.
Too many unbelievable plot twists to keep track of.

Keep it simple takes on new meaning!

What the ????

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

This is by far the worse Patterson book I've listened to....or tried to listen to. The character is so all over the place that it takes you a second or so to remember what he's originally talking about. I'm forcing myself to finish only to see if there's some redeeming quality in the book.

Would you ever listen to anything by James Patterson and David Ellis again?

Maybe, if this character isn't a part of the story.

What aspect of Kevin T. Collins’s performance would you have changed?

A little to monotone for me. Not bad given the character he had to portray but not good either.

What character would you cut from Mistress?

All of them!

Any additional comments?

I wish Mr. Patterson would write on his own again and not collaborate with other authors.

Bad.

Any additional comments?

The book and story was really bad. I could not even finish the first part. Very disappointed in James Patterson. I am a big fan of his but not this book.

Utter Complete GARBAGE !

What would have made Mistress better?

Churned out garbage by a washed up has-been. Ugh.

Patterson should be ashamed of such drivel.

I seriously consider this to be the WORST book I have ever read, not the worst by James Patterson, who clearly gave up writing a decade ago to cash checks and vomit on paper, but the worst book in the history of written word.

Everything about this book is awful, from the lame and horrid plot, to the truly stupid story, to the transparent and amateurish writing. I don't know who the second writer credit is, but I must assume he is a barely literate third grader.

Nothing, not one single paragraph, of this horrendously stupid, boring , drivel is entertaining. It is trash. It is garbage. It is pure unadulterated feces on paper.

And in what must be considered almost inconcievable - the horrid writing is actually overshadowed by the horrendous, mind-blowlingly awful narrator. The "reader" tries to sound ( I guess) worried or concerned, and it only comes across like the pathetic whining of a little girl. It is unbelievable how awful, in every aspect, this book is. I serioulsy considered crashing my car into a tree so the narration would end! The only thing that kept me going, was i wanted live long enought to warn others! So now, I will shout from the mountaintop - THIS BOOK SUCKS!

James Patterson, RETIRE! You were good once, sadly that was long ago. You should apologize to everyone you ripped off with the book. ugh. Thumbs down.

What do you think your next listen will be?

nothing ever again by James Patterson. nope. never.

What didn’t you like about Kevin T. Collins’s performance?

the narration was the most horrendous miserable thing I have ever heard. Absolutely awful beyond description.

Any additional comments?

dont buy this book. Read the phone book outloud. You will be more entertained.

Don't bother

What disappointed you about Mistress?

First of all, the narrator had a whiny adolescent voice. That, along with the narrative that was overloaded with referrals to movie and presidential trivia, drove me nuts. I almost turned off the audiobook after five minutes, but kept listening and hoping that it would get better. The story is not too bad, but it certainly would have been better without the annoying verbal tangents.

What could James Patterson and David Ellis have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Leave out most of the trivia.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Whiny voice. I found him hard to listen to.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

The story was alright. Could have been shorter.

Not good

What would have made Mistress better?

One of the worst books by Patterson I have read

Would you recommend Mistress to your friends? Why or why not?

I would say to stay away from this one not worth the money or the time

Would you be willing to try another one of Kevin T. Collins’s performances?

Yes

What character would you cut from Mistress?

None of the characters were interesting

Awful book

Only made it a couple of chapters and it was a history book not a Patterson story
AWFUL

Not good

I have been getting into Patterson's novels in recent weeks, and gave this one a try. A few chapters in, and I am not happy. The first person narrative by "Ben" is tedious and annoying. I keep hoping it will get better, or maybe move on to another character, but probably not. I am not an expert on psychology, but whatever Ben's psychoses might be, they do not make for a pleasant narrative. Manic depressive, bipolar, paranoid schizophrenic, OCD... He seems to have many psychological problems. And perhaps that is an interesting study. But it is very difficult to listen to the audio narrative while sitting in traffic.

And then...he rides his motorcycle to Potomac Airfield, hops into HIS Cessna, taxis out while holding his internal mental debate, nearly hits another plane on the runway, before finally taking off and happily flying off to Wisconsin. I'm a pilot and have some expertise in this regard. There's at least one major problem here. Back to the psychoses, combined with whatever cocktail of medications he talks about needing to get through the day. No way on earth this guy would ever pass a medical and get his FAA ticket. I hate when novels present situations that are just plain wrong. From the way its written, the authors seem to understand aviation ("just fly the plane..."). I don't know why they would have the main character be a pilot when he clearly can't qualify. He could just as easily have hopped on a commercial flight, chartered a plane with some of his trust fund dollars, or just ridden his motorcycle worst case.

Just can't recommend this one at all.

Worst Patterson book ever!

Would you try another book from James Patterson and David Ellis and/or Kevin T. Collins?

I would preview it first.

What was most disappointing about James Patterson and David Ellis ’s story?

Lack of storyline.

What didn’t you like about Kevin T. Collins’s performance?

It was an annoying performance.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

I kept hoping!