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🧠🛋️AUDIOBOOK REVIEW🛋️🧠(#partner@prhaudio)

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🥰Thank you so much to @prhaudio and @randomhouse for the gifted audiobook and book!

📖Title: The Strange Case of Jane O.
✍️Author: Karen Thompson Walker
📅Pub Date: February 25, 2025
⏳Audiobook Length: 8hrs, 15mins
🗣️Audiobook Narrators: Jay Myers & Alex Sarrigeorgiou

🛋️If you’re looking for a TRIPPY read that you won’t be able to put down after the first minute (and I’m so serious about this, the very first minute), then you need to start this one as soon as it comes out on Tuesday, February 25th!

🧠The writing style was instantly addictive. It was told first from the perspective of a psychiatrist sharing the story of one of the strangest cases he’s ever encountered, and second from Jane herself in the form of letters written to her young son.

🛋️Dr. Henry Byrd’s perspective read like a memoir, as if a real psychiatrist was simply telling his story. It felt like I was listening to a true-crime podcast during his sections. The writing felt deeply personal as if I was just listening in on his innermost thoughts.

🧠 Things get crazy when Jane is found unconscious in a NYC park. She failed to pick up her young son from daycare, and has no memory of the last day or how she ended up in the park. Dr. Byrd takes it upon himself to get the bottom of what happened to Jane during the time when her memory lapsed. As he becomes more invested in the mystery, he also becomes invested in Jane herself.

🛋️The layers of this story are deep, and profound, and it truly felt like a mind exercise at certain points. I mean that only as a compliment. I have never read anything quite like this before!

🎧I’d absolutely recommend the audio version! Like I said, it felt like I was listening to a podcast or documentary! Both the narrators had the perfect voices for their characters, too. They sounded mysterious (even a little creepy at times) and really helped me lock in to the story!

🧠I’ll be recommending this one for a long time!

❓What’s a book you’ve read that stands out to you for it’s uniqueness?