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A review by amyotheramy
Please Undo This Hurt by Seth Dickinson
4.0
Isn’t it a little like cartography? Meeting lovely people, mapping them, racing to find their hurts before they can find yours—getting use from them, squeezing them dry, and then striking first, unilaterally and with awful effect, because the alternative is waiting for them to do the same to you. These are the rules, you didn’t make them, they’re not your fault. So you might as well play to win.
Is there a balance a person can ever find wherein life can be lived unselfishly? Is love ever unselfish? What about death?
In less skillful hands, this would have been very maudlin, or very ugly. But it isn't in less skillful hands. These voices ring true. These conversations are conversations I feel I've had. With just a touch of the fantastic as it comes to a close. Those last lines pack a nice punch. I loved this.
The author has also written [b:The Traitor Baru Cormorant|23444482|The Traitor Baru Cormorant|Seth Dickinson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1422463936s/23444482.jpg|43007917], which I think I should bump up my list quite a bit, based on this little story.
Available free from Tor.com: http://www.tor.com/2015/09/16/please-undo-this-hurt-seth-dickinson/
And I can't help it; covers from Tor for these shorts are always amazing, but this one just knocked me over. Cover enlargement:
Is there a balance a person can ever find wherein life can be lived unselfishly? Is love ever unselfish? What about death?
In less skillful hands, this would have been very maudlin, or very ugly. But it isn't in less skillful hands. These voices ring true. These conversations are conversations I feel I've had. With just a touch of the fantastic as it comes to a close. Those last lines pack a nice punch. I loved this.
The author has also written [b:The Traitor Baru Cormorant|23444482|The Traitor Baru Cormorant|Seth Dickinson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1422463936s/23444482.jpg|43007917], which I think I should bump up my list quite a bit, based on this little story.
Available free from Tor.com: http://www.tor.com/2015/09/16/please-undo-this-hurt-seth-dickinson/
And I can't help it; covers from Tor for these shorts are always amazing, but this one just knocked me over. Cover enlargement: