This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Best friends Benny and Joy like to say they’ve been saving each other’s lives since the moment they met. Until the day Joy disappears and Benny is suspected of murder . . .
The above-line from the Publisher’s Synopsis is all you need to know about this book going in. That and the fact that the audiobook is an incredible way to take in this story.
If you need more however, here are other details. The story follows BFFS, Benny & Joy. You get a past perspective going through how they met and their relationship development through flashback chapters from Joy.
The present we get through Benny. Also, they have a hugely popular podcast, so we get fun excerpts from that as well. The podcast, This Story Might Save Your Life, started out as a quirky idea, but blew up into something much, much more.
Her chapters, think more Romance, his chapters, think Thriller. The overriding narrative spans a decade in time, and becomes an all-encompassing study of this relationship. It feels like a perfect blend of these two popular genres.
I did end up really enjoying this overall genre-blend. Joy’s disappearance, the mystery surrounding that was intense and well-written. You could feel the desperation of her loved ones trying to find her, and the additional complications added by their public popularity.
As mentioned above, the audiobook is great. I would highly recommend that format. The dual narrators, mixed media elements, and the way they handled the podcast sections truly brought life to this story.
I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz for this one, and I definitely think it’s worthy of that, particularly if you’re looking for a fun audiobook experience. It’s worth the credit, trust me.
Thank you to the publisher, Macmillan Audio, for providing me with a copy to read and review. This has certainly put Tiffany Crum on my radar!