Converting a JToken (or string) to a given Type

Question

TL;DR Version

I have a object of type JToken (but can also be a string) and I need to convert it into a Type contained in

Answer 1

var i2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(obj["id"].ToString(), type);

throws a parsing exception due to missing quotes around the first argument (I think). I got it to work by adding the quotes:

var i2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject("\"" + obj["id"].ToString() + "\"", type);