Different, but I really enjoyed it! It’s heartwarming and intriguing. 

 

Energy: Disgruntled. Industrious. Quick-witted. 

Scene: 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Hell’s Kitchen and Harlem districts of NYC. Essex and Portsmouth, UK.

Perspectives (3): A loner PI with a traumatic past investigating a case of 16 year old twins returning from summer with their dad, but changed. A seeker of life-saving measures. An influencer infiltrating a unique family. We get multiple timelines including current, 38 years ago, 12 years ago, and 8 years ago. 

 

🐕 Howls: The beginning, especially Jessica Jones’ character arc and life probs (until 30%ish)

🐩 Tail Wags: Writing style. How the story is told. Supernatural realism. Intriguing sci-fi-ish vibes. The mysteries and investigation. Nuanced lore/backgrounds. Steady pacing instead of hits of high-stakes action/fight scenes. Nuanced good vs evil. 

 

🤔 Random Thoughts: 

I'm not super familiar with the Marvel stories and characters, so I can’t speak to how accurate or appealing this will be to Marvel fans in general. I suspect any reference to the Marvel universe was nuanced and I may have missed some of it. Rarely was a superhero mentioned directly and when they were I was struck a bit until I remembered what I was reading, because the super-heroism isn't the focus of this. 

 

^That’s Perfect 😉 for me, so if you’re hesitating to read this because you aren’t into superheroes, I’d say give it a go. Especially if you like hints of magical/supernatural realism. 

I'm not a big action movie and comic book consumer, so this is a great way to share the Marvel universe and its stories with others like me. 

Recommend on audio, I think I would have been frustrated at the start if I was reading this as text. The narration is excellent and sounded natural. It kept me in the story when I was losing interest. 

 

🤓 Reader Role: Narrator telling us the story and character thoughts as we’re watching things unfold. We don’t always know their motivation but can infer. 

🗺️ World-Building: Atmospheric with key details given to allow imaginations to run wild without disruption. 

🔥 Fuel: What is up with the twins? Why are they so zen? Will Jessica manage to find what caused their personality change? How will an influencer get her product to her followers? Will she succeed in her utopian mission? 

📖 Cred: Supernatural realism

 

Distant thunder. Burned coffee. Flawless skin. Hissing cats. Pub fare. Cozy beds. Hidden rooms. Beauty cream. Tingling. 

 

Content Heads-Up: Early pregnancy. Racism (mention, reminder). Trauma, flashbacks. Hallucinations. Brainwashing. Body shaming (overall beauty standards/perfection). Kidnapping, confinement, drugging. 

 

Rep: Ambiguous, Black, and White Americans. White and ambiguous British. Cisgender. Gay peripheral characters. Heterosexual.

 

📚 Format: Audible