The first section of this book is really strong and full of insights that reminded me a lot of when I worked in a jail library. I was impressed by the introspection and the wisdom in the framing of finding inner-freedom in incredibly difficult circumstances. Narratively, it really loses steam as it progresses, but it was an interesting read overall. With thanks to the publisher for an e-ARC.

I really wanted to enjoy this book because I would love to see an Amanda Knox redemption arc but this wasn’t very well written, it didn’t flow, and I felt like Amanda came off as very snobbish. I don’t know why I got this impression but it’s just my takeaway.

I really enjoyed this memoir. I lt was nice to finally hear Amandas version of the event thats lead up to and followed Merediths death. The media coverage of this was incredibly biased and all the documentaries and shows they made imitated the media. This was easy to read with lots of information.

After reading Amanda Knox memoir, I feel so angry that she was accused of a crime she didn’t commit. Movies have scenes where someone becomes so fatigued by hours of interrogation that they sign anything to make it stop. How much worse it must be in a foreign country when you barely understand the language. There is hope for innocent victims of the legal system, but the general public still remembers the biased story printed by the media. I’m so glad Amanda Knox has been able to overcome and live a happy life.

**Thank you to Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for providing me with a review copy!*

What Amanda Knox went through was torture, and it is incredibly important that her experience in the Italian justice system is continued to be discussed. She discusses the injustices she faced by the government, the guards, and even the other inmates. She went through hell and I am glad she is able to tell her story.

All that being said, I am not very impressed with the memoir and dnf @ 30%. The stories seem disjointed, making it hard to pull together a mental timeline. The writing is also very rudimentary. It has the tone of a Common App essay, following a basic cause-and-effect sentence structure for most of the essays. Each essay is tied up with a nice Aesop-ian soundbite. Some are more impactful than others.

While the memoir as a whole falls flat for me, there are still some great insights that I enjoyed reading, and it was very eye-opening and scary to learn about her story. I would've expected this to have taken place in the 1980s not the 2010s :/

Hear what Amanda Knox has to say about her captivity. In Free, we learn more about her trials and tribulations.

I found this very similar to her 2013 memoir and decided about 1/3 of the way through that I would wait for the audiobook version at publication. The chapters read more like individual short stories and kept my attention for the 1/3 that I read.