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libraryleopard · 27 days ago

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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

#this was so interesting and stylish and cool #listen i am and will always be a Hamlet Bitch so i LOVEDDDD seeing how this retold the play #great adaptations of the play's the thing and polonius's death #also the most FASCINATING take on hamlet and horatio's relationship #just super interesting and imaginative and lyrical #also super addictive read i tore through it in a single day #the death i gave him #em x liu #lulu reads the death i gave him #books #2025 reads #lulu speaks #lulu reads #oh also loved that the ophelia has her own pov #i think it did a good job of giving her agency and such without feeling girlboss and shallow

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