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

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.

Horrible book, horrible story.

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Do not bother with this book; it is not what you think. Not a bit "sexy". Thoroughly boring; had to skip to back of the book to read the finish. Did not identify and did not care about the characters or what happened to thing. I read most things by Patterson, but this is really not for me......

Give me my money!!

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

A different story

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

Written a good book. The adhd was annoying as hell.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The narrator did a good job but didn't have much to work with.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Mistress?

ALL

Any additional comments?

I threw my ipod across the room in frustration from listening to this book. If this would have been my first JP book, it would have been my last. Maybe Patterson should try writing his own books again instead of using others.

P U

Whinny bla, bla, bla. Just terrible. You just want, and will, put it down ... way down !

Worst book ever by James Patterson.

What disappointed you about Mistress?

Very poor main Character. Totally all over the place. The plot was poor and not even discernible from the rantings of the main character. I gave up after 3 chapters.

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

No. It was terrible!!

How could the performance have been better?

The person narrating the book was terrible. As soon as he started reading he put me on edge. No acting abity to bring out the characters, although the main character was so bad that the best actor in the world could not have salvaged it.

What character would you cut from Mistress?

All!!

Any additional comments?

Never buy another James Patterson book base don this rubbish.

Don't Waste the Money

What would have made Mistress better?

I'm a huge fan of JP and blindly bought this book without sampling. It's annoying and awful! I'm really disappointed. In fact, this is the first time I've reviewed a book this negatively. I've tried and tried to get into it, but I just can't.

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

The main character is intolerable.

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

I don't think the narrator was the problem. I would probably give him another shot.

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

No.

If you enjoy JP don't waste time with this one

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Remove the references to every movie that was every made in the last 50 years. I really don't care about what a president said or did or were he went or what his wife did. I have not checked but I think they mentioned every us president.

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

I am half through the first download and the only thing I have gotten out of the story is a girl was killed and he planted a camera in her room. Give me a break and just shoot me in the head.

Any additional comments?

This is just not what I expect from a JP story. They spent too much time talking about how to remove airplane stops and explaining the controls of a air plane just to start a plane. And this justs goes on and on and on until you want to throw your iPod just to make him shut up.