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Siren Queen af Nghi Vo
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Siren Queen (original 2022; udgave 2022)

af Nghi Vo (Auteur)

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́No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers. ́ Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood, she knows how dangerous the movie business is and how limited the roles are for a Chinese American girl from Hungarian Hill ́but she doesn ́t care. She ́d rather play a monster than a maid. But in Luli ́s world, the worst monsters in Hollywood are not the ones on screen. The studios want to own everything from her face to her name to the women she loves, and they run on a system of bargains made in blood and ancient magic, powered by the endless sacrifice of unlucky starlets like her. For those who do survive to earn their fame, success comes with a steep price. Luli is willing to do whatever it takes ́even if that means becoming the monster herself. Siren Queen offers up an enthralling exploration of an outsider achieving stardom on her own terms, in a fantastical Hollywood where the monsters are real and the magic of the silver screen illuminates every page. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.… (mere)
Medlem:bradleyjrowen
Titel:Siren Queen
Forfattere:Nghi Vo (Auteur)
Info:Tordotcom (2022), 288 pages
Samlinger:Dit bibliotek
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Siren Queen af Nghi Vo (2022)

  1. 30
    The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick af Mallory O'Meara (jmiserak)
  2. 10
    Borderline af Mishell Baker (jmiserak)
    jmiserak: Supernatural Hollywood.
  3. 00
    Ruby af Nina Allan (jmiserak)
  4. 00
    War for the Oaks af Emma Bull (bjappleg8)
    bjappleg8: Both works portray artists (musicians, actors) as having some claim to magic and the power to transport others into the realm of Faery.
  5. 00
    Even Though I Knew the End af C. L. Polk (Aquila)
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    Bride of the Rat God af Barbara Hambly (bjappleg8)
    bjappleg8: both are fantasies set in the early days of Hollywood, with Asian characters.
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In the unseelie court of a Hollywood studio the unnamed American born Chinese girl becomes Lili Wei, and having contracted not to be a maid or a cast off lover is cast as the monstrous siren from a lost Atlantis. At the intersection of race and gender where the stakes are literally souls, she struggles not to be a monster. The read is a slow climb up a bleakly intriguing slope with a surprise slide at the climax. ( )
  quondame | Aug 14, 2023 |
The most interesting bits were the least fleshed out. Picked up toward the end, but there were massive time skips that were jarring. Love the author and will read them again, but this was not it. ( )
  ellek38 | Jan 24, 2023 |
This is the story of a Chinese-American girl making a film career in a fantasy version of 1930s Hollywood. She has to navigate racism, sexism, and homophobia to follow her dream of being a movie star.

Vo is a good writer, so her books are always enjoyable, but aside from that, this book fell pretty flat for me. The addition of magic wasn't particularly interesting, and I didn't find the plot compelling. ( )
  Gwendydd | Dec 18, 2022 |
A Chinese-American girl wants to be a star in 1930s Hollywood (plus magic), but the opportunities for a nonwhite star are limited, even for those willing to make deals with dark powers. Even when she embraces the opportunity to play a monster, there are risks, especially given her taste for other women. I never really got into the magical worldbuilding but fans of magic-ized historical settings might enjoy it. ( )
  rivkat | Nov 7, 2022 |
came to this from her Singing Hills Cycle series, which i really like but which is more recent. this one, as it turns out, is very early work, and it shows. and i'm not sure the generic early-Hollywood setting fits very well with the tacked-on urban fantasy style. or anyway, didn't work for me. and in spite of the attempt at a grand background, the characters and plot remained rather wooden and random. ( )
  macha | Oct 18, 2022 |
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́No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers. ́ Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood, she knows how dangerous the movie business is and how limited the roles are for a Chinese American girl from Hungarian Hill ́but she doesn ́t care. She ́d rather play a monster than a maid. But in Luli ́s world, the worst monsters in Hollywood are not the ones on screen. The studios want to own everything from her face to her name to the women she loves, and they run on a system of bargains made in blood and ancient magic, powered by the endless sacrifice of unlucky starlets like her. For those who do survive to earn their fame, success comes with a steep price. Luli is willing to do whatever it takes ́even if that means becoming the monster herself. Siren Queen offers up an enthralling exploration of an outsider achieving stardom on her own terms, in a fantastical Hollywood where the monsters are real and the magic of the silver screen illuminates every page. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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