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The Death I Gave Him

Em X. Liu

3.54 AVERAGE


This 3 stars is being very nice. I don't see why it was called a Hamlet retelling but hey maybe I am slow. But I do know that reading footnotes takes me away from the story. If they didn't do that and do interludes then maybe I would like it a little more. Maybe I should have re-read Hamlet before I read this one.
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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firstly the romantic relationship between the main character and the ai living inside his brain made me very uncomfortable. didn’t enjoy the book or story. the only reason i finished it was because the different and unique povs kept it somewhat interesting. 

i can’t even put into words how this made me feel one of my favorite books of all time now. i love hayden i love felicia i love horatio mwah mwah mwah
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I think the concept of this story was really interesting and the way the story goes from excerpts from the future and what's happening in the present was great I just think the dialog between the characters wasn't very interesting even though the plot was.
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DID NOT FINISH: 54%

Cannot be made to care about anyone in this book.