![]() Siren Queen - 288 pages - $18.99 (Paperback) - Tordotcom What’s different this time? In Vo’s attempt to create the next profound metaphorical comparison, she has shifted her readers’ focus away from a storyline with all the riveting elements of a great read as the novel becomes needlessly paranormal in its execution. ![]() It is not the first time that exploitative Hollywood studio executives (such as the infamous Harvey Weinstein) have been depicted in the way of monsters. The themes of magical realism in Siren Queen feel hardly original or hard-hitting. Magical realism is meant to provide sharp criticism of reality using fantastical elements. Vo’s decision to employ magical realism in Siren Queen seems unnecessary. Before that, Vo published The Empress of Salt and Fortune (2020), a novella that won the Hugo Award for Best Novella and the 2021 IAFA Crawford Award. Much like her debut novel, The Chosen and the Beautiful (2021), a reinvention of The Great Gatsby (1925), Vo weaves her signature themes of magical realism into Siren Queen (2022), encapsulating modern challenges of race, gender, and xenophobia. ![]() Nghi Vo is an award-winning Vietnamese American author. However, stardom comes with its challenges - especially for a girl of Chinese descent in a world where big wig studios are run by literal reptilian monsters. Wei discovers the allure of the silver screen after an unplanned visit to the theatre and has been dreaming of celebrity status ever since. Translated into English, Siren Queen (2022) by Nghi Vo chronicles Luli Wei – a girl born and raised in a stereotypical traditional Chinese laundromat family in the pre-Code Hollywood era (an era marked by the arrival of motion pictures with audio). GABY RUSLI WRITES- Do you have what it takes to become the next big thing? If so, would you do anything to have your shot at stardom?
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