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Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

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lizzym126's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This book was very creative and unique, as well as well written. It takes on a lot of important subjects like racism and lgbtq rights while being fantastical and mysterious. The world building in folklore that was created. Here was really intriguing. Love a good Old Hollywood story, and, adding in the magical elements just made it shine.

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apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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nisaak's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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honeyvoiced's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I love Luli so much. Honestly I think it kind of sped through the ending and I could have had another 100 pages watching her earn her triumph and reconnect with loved ones

(including Jane???)

But whatever structural issues there are are overwrought by the extreme awesomeness of the vibes. Old Hollywood and the fae, what else could I want?

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amandadevoursbooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Sometimes, I have to write a review to know how to rate it. Siren Queen is one of these books. Luli Wei is a Chinese American. She's the daughter of an immigrant and a second generation Chinese American. She loves the magic of movies, and she is determined to become a star. Almost no cost is too high.

This book reads like a memoir. Luli is looking back on her life telling stories about her path and career. Like most lives, it meanders. There's no clear beginning, middle, and end. It's vignettes around Luli's relationships: romantic, platonic, and business.

The language is gorgeous. The blending of magic and metaphor disorienting. It feels dream like. I found myself immersed.

I loved Luli, Greta, and the rest of the characters. The studio's slime ballz are monsters and monsterous humans.

In the author's note, Vo thanked the editors for helping her make a story out of three novellas in a trenchcoat pretending to be a book. At times, this felt true.

Overall, I liked the book. I wished the movie magic and themes of immortality carried through book 2 better than they did.

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