Reviews with content warning for Xenophobia - Siren Queen

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lizzym126's review

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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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nisaak's review

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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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amandadevoursbooks's review

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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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brianneh's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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4.5

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hendrixpants's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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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entityj's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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shinypurplepants's review against another edition

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dark

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

5.0

Fantastic! A weirdly horrific look at what Hollywood does to those (but especially queer women of color) that seek its approval. Magical and thrilling.

Recommended for fans of magical realism, feminist re-imaginings of monsters, and those that love the otherworldly nature you get from tales of the world behind the Silver Screen.

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