Blink | Jake Haendel's Story
4.0/5
Critic Rating
Jacob Haendel has been handed a death sentence. He has a terminal progressive disease that's eating away at the white matter of his brain. In six months, he'll be dead. As the months progress, Jake slips into a coma, laying there in total darkness. But something odd has happened... Jake is fully conscious. Nobody knows that he can hear them. They’re certain he's no longer in there. With the promise that Jake will never recover, friends and family visit less and less. Until there is just one person left. A person who begins to whisper strange admissions in his ea...
Critic Reviews
Score: 4.9
Chloe Walker • PodcastReview.org • May 12, 2025
"The story needed to be treated patiently and diligently, in a way that connected the many moving parts clearly. For the most part, Vien succeeds.With all the twists and turns so far, it’s nearly impossible to guess how Blink will all wrap up – and the fact that the wait for the end is proving so frustrating is, perhaps more than anything else, a real testament to Vien and Haendel’s storytelling prowess."
Score: 3
Rebecca Lavoie, Kevin Flynn, Lara Bricker & Toby Ball • Crime Writers On • Apr 10, 2025
"Everyone thought "Blink" was a fantastic medical story, but under delivered on its promise of true crime. That makes it confusing and unsatisfying to listeners going into the story expecting one thing but getting another."
