Exposed

The Secret Life of Jodi Arias

By: Jane Velez-Mitchell

Narrated by: Elizabeth White

On June 9, 2008, the butchered body of Travis Alexander was found in his Mesa, Arizona home. The grisly nature of his death made instant headlines: with twenty-nine knife wounds, his throat slit, and a gunshot to the head, Travis was left to die. The prime suspect in the case was Alexander’s ex-girlfriend, the attractive and soft-spoken Jodi Arias. Though Arias initially said that she was nowhere near the scene of crime, little about this case was as it seemed, and before long she had been caught lying to police. As the investigation progressed, her lies evolved multiple times before finally resting on an appalling claim: she had killed Travis in self-defense. Along the way, startling details emerged about the Mormon couple’s relationship, and soon graphic stories of their lurid sexual encounters and jealousy-driven blowouts revealed a dark side to their life together. These revelations launched a trial filled with sex and deception but also raised substantial questions about Arias’s deceit, as people from across the country struggled to understand the bizarre world of Jodi Arias.

Now, award-winning broadcast journalist and bestselling author Jane Velez-Mitchell, a veteran of some of the most storied court cases in recent memory, goes behind the scenes of the trial and into the mind of a killer. Using insider accounts from friends who knew Travis and Jodi, Velez-Mitchell turns her sharply-focused lens on Arias and offers her seasoned perspective on the case’s most pressing questions. Separating fact from fiction, she reports on the bizarre and explicit stories that have both shocked and fascinated the American public—from Jodi’s romantic history before meeting Travis, to their torrid sex life together, to the complicated role their Mormon faith played in the relationship’s demise. With unbridled access to the evidence and the case’s key players, Velez-Mitchell unearths Jodi’s contentious life with those closest to her, examining the paranoid and erratic behavior behind each relationship and illustrating the disturbing pattern of a murderer in the making.

Complete with photos from the case and Jane Velez-Mitchell’s fresh insights on the crime, Exposed takes readers behind closed bedroom doors to uncover the truth behind the secret and sordid life of Jodi Arias.

The Robotic Narration here can be a little Annoying..

As Stated in the title, it’s almost like I can’t make out if it’s a real human, or an; “Elizabeth White Voice-Bot Emulator” doing the narration.. lol
not too bad, but slightly annoying..

And about the Author,
Alot I can say about her,
but I’ll just focus on this aspect,..
Jane Velez Mitchell’s Tone IS somewhat Venomous against Jodi Arias,..
thus obviously a Negatively Biased Hue Throughout the Book..

But So What?!!
Who Isn’t?!!

Especially against a Cold-Blooded Murderer like That?!!
{Ef Her!! ..Arias, that is..lol}
That Monster did a Very Horrible Thing..
and Her Smug-ness about everything afterwords, was nothing less than ‘Flabbergasting’ to Many.
So It’s Very Hard NOT to show ‘Negative Bias’ against such a Horrible person..
so Unlike some Reviews here, That Aspect Didn’t Bother me At All..

But Again, the Narration should’ve been a little more “Human”

I really enjoyed this book.

I also really liked the reader's voice. I thought she did a great job speaking as Jodi.

Excellent Jane Velez-Mitchell !!!

I think the telling of this horrible, crime is very well written. If everyone whom had problems as the defendant had, or didn't, have, is so bizarre....to act like somehow that mattered in so far as her insidious crime. I've been through much as many people have ! That to me is ridiculous to say that somehow that could ever justify one, if, not the most horrible and grizzly and terrifying , cruel crimes against another human being Get real-!!!! she had the presence of mind to choose to leave. Abused what a Insult ! I still as of this time July 17 2018, do not know what her sentence is or if she's yet to be sentenced..... Moving on.... the Narrator was fantastic 5 stars to you.. from, Laura Nelson the audible reader and fan . As for Jane Velez-Mitchell, I wish you would write more true crime. I miss all the people back when you all we're on HLN TV......

Fascinating subject but I have complaints.

I wanted to hear Jodi’s voice. And I did not like hearing some parts twice.

This is an audiobook. And I really wanted to hear Jodi’s voice for at least some of the quotes. She was recorded during police interviews. She was recorded in TV and reporter interviews. And most of the trial was broadcast live on TV. She was on the stand for many days. I wanted to hear her tone of voice, emotions, and sarcasm. Instead I got the nice sounding narrator. Hearing Jodi’s voice would have made this “the best” for an audiobook.

In the physical book there are pictures. There are none for the audiobook. Other audiobooks have pdf files that can be downloaded for pictures. Not here. So that is a mark against it. I went to Google Images to see pictures. One of them was Jodi giving the finger to someone in the courtroom. I kept waiting to hear about that in the book, but it wasn’t mentioned. Bummer.

The title is misleading. Other reviewers who watched the trial and news coverage say there is nothing in this book that they did not already know. So the words “secret life” is not accurate for many people.

In this book, the author jumps back and forth between the past and the time starting after the crime and during the trial. That was ok except for some repetitive parts. I did not like hearing things twice, the past story and then later the same thing in the trial. It needed editing.

As to subject matter: Jodi’s story would make any book good (unusual, different, fantastical). She’s a stalker. She tells lies that are outrageous and unbelievable. Graphic details of sex acts are described during the trial causing courtroom watchers to squirm and be uncomfortable. I felt sorry for some witnesses who had to discuss their sex life in detail on the stand. One event was hearing a sexually explicit taped phone call between Jodi and her victim. That should have been in the audiobook, not the narrator’s voice.

One thought I took from this: people who seem normal can turn into something scary. Ugh.

Genre: nonfiction crime

Jodie arias

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

The narration was great in this book. I liked the storyline but it dragged on and seemed to repeat itself when going over the trials.

Would you be willing to try another book from Jane Velez-Mitchell? Why or why not?

Jane velez is very knowledgeable and has accurate and up to date information from her work on HLN.