With Malice by Eileen Cook

With Malice

by Eileen Cook

Wish you weren't here . . .

When Jill wakes up in a hospital bed with her leg in a cast, the last six weeks of her life are a complete blank. All she has been told is that she was involved in a fatal accident while on a school trip in Italy and had to be jetted home to receive intensive care. Care that involves a lawyer. And a press team. Because maybe the accident . . . wasn't just an accident.

With no memory of what happened or what she did, can Jill prove her innocence? And can she really be sure that she isn't the one to blame?

Reviewed by Renee on

1 of 5 stars

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It feels like the author wanted to give her biased, negative opinion about foreigners by using stereotypes and making all the foreigners in this book do something bad or dumb. The main character who knows so much about history and cultural things, seems to be oblivious to anything outside of the USA or art in Europe.
I would not be surprised to find out that the author used Amanda Knox her story to come up with an idea for her book. There are just too many similarities to be a coincidence. Which makes it unoriginal, repetitive, and the mystery disappears.

The book is an easy read, but the main character is annoying, her thoughts are repetitive and start really childish, only to end very mature. Throughout the whole book, we are reminded of this amazing friendship that Simone had with the main character, every single page. The police transcripts are a nice addition, the texting however seems to have happened in 2005.

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  • 18 December, 2018: Reviewed