sjsreads 's review for:

The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu

4.5

dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

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This retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet is so good. Life and death, murder and suicide, what it means to live forever, what is the cost.... all interwoven together brilliantly. Liu takes the foundation of the play and puts their own spin on it for this technological age.