To Die Upon a Kiss

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To Die Upon a Kiss

A modern retelling of Othello


 Written by: Debra Chapoton
To Die Upon a Kiss tells the story of tragedy and informs against the ill-fated trends of jealousy and revenge. Olivia and Devon have a love strong enough to fight the unjust system they live in but not strong enough to withstand the rumors of cheating and unfaithfulness. Olivia's minion, Cat, manipulates all those underneath Olivia to enact her revenge on Olivia for perceived errors of the past. Cassandra and Whitney, other underlings, are all influenced by the jealousy Cat encourages. Each of these characters play their part well in the story of Othello.

 This retelling of Othello has great ideas but struggled with implementation. Chapoton stuck close to the Shakespeare tragedy while pulling the story into the future dystopian America. The story goes back and forth between 4 or 5 different time periods and several different character perspectives. While the author created a world worthy of the Othello story, the changes in perspectives and time periods made the story disjointed and hard to follow.

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