bforcs 's review for:

The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu

3.0

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Liu is a talented and very descriptive writer! I didn’t get overly attached to the characters, and felt like what they say and what they do is often at odds with the tone of the story- but they were caught up in quite a tangled mess so what do I know? You don’t need to be familiar with Hamlet to enjoy this book but I suspect it helps. Overall ‘The Death I Gave Him’ is intelligent and poetic- 3 stars for me because I thought it was put together and written well, but a bit tough to stay engaged with.