Reviews - The Death I Gave Him

656 reviews for:

The Death I Gave Him

Em X. Liu

3.54 AVERAGE

hicolleen's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mikahmarie's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

databuffer's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

autumnnovels's review against another edition

2.75

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thejennafiles's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

serenedancer's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

While I liked the book overall, I don't think I really got the ending. But it was written very well and I especially liked how the relationship between Hamlet and Horatio was portrayed.

lizziet97's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

alethea_kuiper_belt's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Wow. SciFi twist on Hamlet with a fast pace, all the murders in one night. It's not beat for beat - we know from the beginning that Hayden and Felicia will survive. But there's a ghost and a murderous uncle and an accidental killing, among other themes. The point of view narrative from Hayden's "neuromap" paired with AI Horatio is some of the most exceptional embodied physical detail I've ever read. Visceral, intelligent and gripping.

Content Warnings

lauraxjaynee's review against another edition

4.0

A modern retelling of hamlet yet with so much more: twists, sci-fi and amazing and unique layout etc. I really enjoyed reading this, especially because of how this was layed out almost like an essay was so intriguing to me, I just love that style. Honestly I have nothing bad to say about this, it hooks you in straight away with amazing writing, a great mystery/thriller leaving you not knowing who to trust. The Death I Gave Him is just a really great read, I highly recommend even if you haven’t read Hamlet it is just *chefs kiss*

vonrxyes's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

my top read of the year so far. i have no words.

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