The Death I Gave Him, Em X. Liu
“I will take you afraid and alive over anything else.”
I am incapable of rereading The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu yet. Yes I read it a few months ago, but it is a story that cuts me to the bone even as I love it. Such a profoundly impactful book, which I will cradle in my heart forever.
You want to read this book. Look up content warnings before doing so to keep yourself safe.
couldn't stop thinking about The Death I Gave Him and decided to write a little drabble about it.
I discovered I don't like writing drabbles very much. But goddamn did I love The Death I Gave Him SO much.
- Adult science fiction retelling of Hamlet
- When Hayden Lichfield finds his father murdered in his lab one night, he knows the killer can only be after one thing: the Sisyphus Formula, a possible cure for death
- Hoping to lure the killer into the open and avenge his father, Hayden steals their research and sends the lab into lockdown
- With Hayden's uncle, a lab assistant, the head of security, and his daughter, Felicia, trapped inside and with only the lab's AI security system as his ally, Hayden must navigate the lab's secrets, uncover his father's lies, and push the boundaries of sanity in search of revenge
- Epistolary forms (video transcripts, interviews, footnotes, etc.)
- Bi (?) main character with depression; Chinese Canadian main character
STOP CENSORING YOURSELF ON THIS WEBSITE. FUCK SHIT SEX MURDER ALCOHOL DRUGS FAGGOT DYKE QUEER TRANS BITCH SLUT WHORE SEX SEX SEX SEX!!!!!!!!!!!
OK OK. UH UHHHH..... KILL?
CUNT
Now that cyle IS our product engineering team, I can finally put my feet up, and relax.
yup, it’s all me now, folks. all of you can retire early. 👍
seven years
eight years
nine years
my reign as product engineering ended today, one month shy of 10 years.
My feet are down, and I am no longer relaxing.
guy types out a rage filled response on the internet. but before posting it goes on a long walk to calm down. during his walk he gains a new appreciation for life and his role in it. he comes home, rereads his pending response, and clicks post.
lets settle this properly
I have a theory
i still can believe silver got abandoned because he was not powerful enough. Like. look at him interacting with sleepy???? he's so sweet??
i found him outside like this with sleepy. Sleepy has had problems after getting abandoned by their past trainer because it didnt want to evolve, especially with making friends, But silver seems to think that this little goop is his best friend. Its honestly so cute, i cant believe it.