I haven't read Maurier's Trillby and didn't recall the story when I started this, but I wanted to see what I could get from it going in blind. It was a little confusing at first, but that was on me and I was able to get the gist. Looking it up afterward helped, though.
The music is lovely and the art works well overall. I think that putting the shadow in the box nearest to the stage would help, since it's hard to notice in its current position near the text box.
I appreciated that the narrator doesn't understand what he saw so he can only give a vague description. (I'm calling the narrator "he" but gender isn't established in this VN.) The moment is all the spookier for it, with vaguely sexual undertones and the sense that something very wrong happened. I also enjoyed the shift in the narrator from shock and concern to obsession. The connection that's severed comes off as nearly supernatural.
I liked the choices offered and think it's neat to play through options that weren't chosen in Trillby. As an English major with a Master's in lit, I love seeing things like this.
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