A review by maybeams
The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

guy just wanted to get his rocks off and then commit murder suicide is that so wrong


loved the form and how this was structured. cool multi-layered mixed media POV and such visceral writing. I feel like it lost that momentum and its decisiveness by the conclusion and I wish it had carried that through to the end. 

maybe it just feels weird for hamlet to live at the end. maybe thats the point of it. the sick feeling of something living, coming back, when you’ve seen it die—the wrongness.


just realized I was imagining charles as tywin lannister the whole time . . .