'Jane Doe' by Victoria Helen Stone follows the story of Jane, a self-diagnosed sociopath seeking revenge on the man who caused her best friend's death. The plot revolves around Jane's calculated plan to infiltrate Steven Hepsworth's life, all while maintaining a facade of vulnerability and innocence. Through the eyes of Jane, readers are taken on a dark and suspenseful journey as she navigates her twisted path of vengeance, showcasing a unique writing style that delves into the mind of a sociopathic protagonist.
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The book contains high content warnings due to themes like suicide, gaslighting, emotional abuse, and manipulation.
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A double life with a single purpose: revenge.
Jane's days at a Midwest insurance company are perfectly ordinary. She blends in well, unremarkably pretty in her floral-print dresses and extra efficient at her low-level job. She's just the kind of woman middle manager Steven Hepsworth likes-meek, insecure, and willing to defer to a man. No one has any idea who Jane really is. Least of all Steven.
But plain Jane is hiding something. And Steven's bringing out the worst in her.
Nothing can distract Jane from going straight for his heart: allowing herself to be seduced into Steven's bed, to insinuate herself into his career and his family, and to expose all his dirty secrets. It's time for Jane to dig out everything that matters to Steven. So she can take it all away.
Just as he did to her.
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Kind of a watered down version of [b:The Female of the Species|25812109|The Female of the Species|Mindy McGinnis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1455917180s/25812109.jpg|45668311]. The writing was decent and the suspense was good - there were some pretty good quotes in there about sexuality and gender and life but something was missing to take it to the next level. Jane was interesting. She was strong and fierce and flawed and somewhat messed up but she had her own code of morals that was admirable. The humour was funny - Jane was highly amusing. It was fun to watch her screw with Steven. He clearly deserved it.
On the other hand the whole story was building up to this amazing revenge plot and it just fell apart. The ending was funny (I liked the neatly tied up revenge) but the story had built up to a very different conclusion. I felt like I was anticipating something much gorier and got a milder censored plot.
A good beach read. Solid three stars. 3.5 for the first three quarters of the book, losing half a star for the ending.
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