Misunderstood Villain: Heroines Mourn My Death

i'm just going to copy and paste my comment here:

this novel takes a knife and stabs your heart, and twists it the more you read.

but you can't stop reading because you need to know, you need to learn of malik's tragedy.

his suffering.

his truth.

sure, watching other character's having their misunderstandings cleared up is satisfying

but the real hook is the tragedy itself.