Search - Hide & Seek

I have always been reluctant to buy anything by James Patterson or any author that publishes more then once a year. I'm even reluctant when an author publishes once a year and I think I know why.
During the last days I've listened to the audiobook "Hide and Seek" in the unabridged version. I can't say I didn't like it but I can't say it is good at all. It is predictable to the core. Rarely surprised I listened to the voice of Kimberly Schraf reading a story, good enough to listen to during chores. I actually began liking her voice but it is a bit monotone, lacking the passion needed to express for example anger or fear.

The story begins with Maggie Bradford, sitting in a prison cell. She sort of begins reading her own story from the begining of how she got there. She killed her first husband in self-defense. Her boyfriend died of an heart attack and her second husband's a psychopath and murderer. Now she awaits her trial.
During her reading a lifetime of fear, insecurity and mistrust unfolds around her personality which makes her likeable because it is fully understandable.

The (audio)book clearly missed deepness and gives the impression it would have been ok to publish it as a series in a newspaper but doesn't deserve any hype at all.

Will have you guessing to the very end is she quilty of murdering three men? you'll rip through the pages til the very end to find out!!

Very typical James Patterson, a good story, had some thrills, lacked reality but worth reading. Good beach read.

Buddy read in my online reading group, The Reading Cove. I never really cared about the main characters, Maggie or Will. It has short chapters, but the story still manage to drag; seemed needlessly drawn, but never going anywhere. Seemed pretty pointless overall. Blah. Finished because it was TBR Potluck buddy read.

Another bad job by Patterson? How many more can there be before we stop buying them?

Great read!