Newtonsoft.Json's JsonConvert TryParse extension method - as per Stack Overflow article https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23906220/deserialize-json-in-a-tryparse-way

JsonConvertExtension.cs

using Newtonsoft.Json;

public static class JsonConvertHelper
{
    public static bool TryParseJson<T>(this string @this, out T result)
    {
        bool success = true;
        var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
        {
            Error = (sender, args) => { success = false; args.ErrorContext.Handled = true; },
            MissingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Error
        };
        result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(@this, settings);

        return success;
    }
}

Test.cs

if(value.TryParseJson(out MyType result))
{ 
    // Do something with result…
}