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vampirelestats 's review for:
The Death I Gave Him
by Em X. Liu
this is what modern retellings should be all about.
for the setting i think the sterile, vigilant environment really enhances the emotion of the story.
i also really loved that the project was about immortality because isn't that what kings and succession lines also seek? i just thought it was particularly poetic and smart.
em x. liu manages to take you through the known beats of the story in a way that builds tension successfully even when you know they're coming (and in the specific instance of felicia's father, BECAUSE you know it's coming) but i imagine it's just as successful for those who don't.
my only mixed feeling is that i don't know if metaphorical deaths serve the ending as well as actual deaths, but i think that's just me personally.
for the setting i think the sterile, vigilant environment really enhances the emotion of the story.
i also really loved that the project was about immortality because isn't that what kings and succession lines also seek? i just thought it was particularly poetic and smart.
em x. liu manages to take you through the known beats of the story in a way that builds tension successfully even when you know they're coming (and in the specific instance of felicia's father, BECAUSE you know it's coming) but i imagine it's just as successful for those who don't.
my only mixed feeling is that i don't know if metaphorical deaths serve the ending as well as actual deaths, but i think that's just me personally.