C# - Json.Decode - Non MVC - The length of the string exceeds the value set on the maxJsonLength property

Question

I understand there are a ton of solutions to Encoding a large JSON string from an MVC point of view, and returning this from a controller.

What I cannot find, is a situation where I am decoding a large JSON string to an object in a non-MVC class library. I reach a certain size where I get the error:

Error during serialization or deserialization using the JSON JavaScriptSerializer. The length of the string exceeds the value set on the maxJsonLength property

This is using Json.Decode found in System.Web.Helpers

Example:

Say I have a class:

public class MyClass
{
     public string id {get;set;}
     public string name {get;set;}
}

And getting a rather large result from an external API request , I decode like so:

    var result = Json.Decode<MyClass[]>(reponse);

Now, I have the ability to limit the number of returned records from the API request, but this doesn't help to show all the results available.

I have looked at all the solution on Stackoverflow I could find in regards to this error, but they all seem to involve serialization in an MVC environment.

(One example: Can I set an unlimited length for maxJsonLength in web.config?, tried all solutions)

Any thoughts?