Review by tilla - The Death I Gave Him

You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.

tilla 's review for:

The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu

4.25

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A group of unwell people making very poor decisions. I just want Hayden to make better choices, but it is a Hamlet retelling, so of course it could never happen.
Liu was very good at capturing the tense atmosphere in this locked lab.
I also enjoyed the visceral discriptions of the violence done to other and (Hayden) themselves, but distantly - through a scientific lens.
Also Horatio is amazing - I did enjoy the relationship to Hayden.

also many found the fates of the characters interesting - it was somewhat flipped who lived and died (poor Horation, you deserve better). And though it was not a happy ending, it was not, unlike Hamlet, an endning without some hope. I don’t really like when retold tragedies change the endings but I didn’t mind this, because it was still a tragic tale with consequences and the end was certainly not happy.(

Content Warnings