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With Malice by Eileen Cook
5.0

A rollercoaster I struggled to put down

To be honest, I wasn't sure what I expected going into this book, but I loved every second of it. It was a rollercoaster of emotions and was a thrilling mystery. I enjoyed it because I went through a similar experience (an incident where I ended up in hospital that I couldn't remember) so it felt pretty familiar (apart from the death part) I meant that I resonated with Jill and her struggling to remember, and her experiences in memory. I liked that parts of the story were told through online articles and police interveiws. It added an interesting perspective (like we, as the reader, were getting closer to what happened while the narrator was struggling. It reminded me slightly of Stephen Kings Carrie. All in all it was a fantastic novel and I devoured it in a few hours, only putting it down to run some errands and cook dinner. I recommend it to anyone. The characters and story pull you in, in a way that you really feel for what is going on. It made me anxious, nervous and made me want to cry. for someone who usually reads supernatural and paranormal books, this novel makes me want to read more books like this. 11/10