Jane doe by victoria helen stone6/30/2023 I’ve been a big fan of Victoria Dahl and am now following her under this pseudonym. This was a Traveling Friends group selection and I’m really glad it was chosen. If I were you, I’d grab some popcorn, find a comfy spot and enjoy the ride. I inhaled this book, not wanting to stop until I figured out what Jane had in store for Steven. She blends in well, unremarkably pretty in her floral-print dresses and extra efficient at her low-level job. Jane’s days at a Midwest insurance company are perfectly ordinary. It’s a credit to the writing that this character enthralls the reader so overwhelmingly and having a talented narrator made Jane three dimensional. A double life with a single purpose: revenge. I felt guilty rooting for her but when you hear the story, it’s impossible to do otherwise. Jane’s obviously bright but she’s also witty, pretty funny and wickedly pragmatic. She doesn’t do anything but be her authentic self in seducing the reader into feeling some affinity for her. One thing you always know is true is that she will exact revenge on Steven and it will be epic. I chose to listen to this story and was that ever the right decision! The narrator completely captured Jane, a woman you’re never quite sure if she’s a sociopath or just plain cleverly diabolical. Why? You’ll need to read or listen to the book to find out. She’s taken 50 days of leave from her real job in Kuala Lumpur as an import-export attorney to exact revenge on middle manager Steven Hepsworth. Jane is working at an insurance company in Minneapolis as a low level clerk.
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