Audiobook Review: Hunted by James Patterson and Andrew Holmes @HachetteAudio


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Release date: September 6, 2016

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Genre: Mystery/Thriller

Narrator: Graeme Malcolm

Goodreads blurb: 

Evil has a new game …Someone is luring men from the streets to play a mysterious, high stakes game in the English countryside. Former Special Forces officer David Shelley will go undercover to shut it down–but this might be a game he can’t win.

Review: 

These BookShots are quite addicting, there’s something really fun about being able to read/listen to a book in a really short timeframe. This one came in at just under three hours which seems to be the typical run time for these books. Once again, that short and sweet blurb still managed to catch my attention and I knew it would be an action packed and thrilling read.

David Shelley learns that his friend, Cookie has been killed as part of a strange  game that wealthy men are playing. They’re contacting homeless men and convincing them to play a hunting game, but they are the prey. He decides to go in undercover with the help of Simon Claridge who is a MI5 agent. But when David’s real identity is revealed to the awful men in charge of this game, all bets are off. 

Malcolm was a good narrator, his voice was the right blend of melodic and captivating that audiobook narrators should be. The story was good, even if the whole humans as prey bit is a little overdone. It’s short and frantic pace doesn’t allow character development as there is simply not enough time, but that doesn’t seem to be an issue. This was slightly different from the usual Patterson book, I’m guessing that’s because of his co author. It had a real covert, spy mission feeling to it with plenty of thrilling scenes and dangerous action scenes.

Overall rating: 3/5

Thanks to Hachette Audio for my review copy.

12 thoughts on “Audiobook Review: Hunted by James Patterson and Andrew Holmes @HachetteAudio”

  2. rantandraveaboutbooks says:
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    Awesome review! 🙂 Patterson co-writes so many books that I’ve always wondered if it’s better to read the ones written just by him because I’ve read some books with co-authors, and I thought the author I liked did well and didn’t enjoy the co-authors chapters all that much. I didn’t even know you could ask for an audiobook from a publisher. That’s good to know. I have yet to buy one.

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    • novelgossip says:
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      Thanks Jill! Yeah, I like several of his books that have co authors but I admit the ones where it’s just him I seem to enjoy the most. This all kind of happened by chance, last summer I reviewed Babydoll and was contacted by the publisher to see if I wanted an audio copy. After I reviewed that, I was added to Hachettes audiobook list! It’s been really fun, I’m super grateful.

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