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A review by peelspls
Monstress by Lysley Tenorio
4.0
The plots of each story in this anthology are so delicately constructed. I love the layers of symbolic detail that went into describing the story. Almost all of the stories touch on the experience of immigration in a way, and there seems to be a sense of loss in almost all of them. The story about This was a wonderful read of the Filipino lifestyle. Some of my favorite stories were:
- Superassassin (the narrative of Green Lantern overlaid over the protagonist's difficult circumstances)
- The Brothers (a story of a family grappling with an estranged transgendered son).
- Help (a man grapples with his loyalty to the First Lady by launching an attack on The Beatles in retaliation for a flirtatious comment)
- Felix Starro (a man struggles to find a new life through the performative act of healing)
- Superassassin (the narrative of Green Lantern overlaid over the protagonist's difficult circumstances)
- The Brothers (a story of a family grappling with an estranged transgendered son).
- Help (a man grapples with his loyalty to the First Lady by launching an attack on The Beatles in retaliation for a flirtatious comment)
- Felix Starro (a man struggles to find a new life through the performative act of healing)