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The Queen of the Night, by Alexander Chee

The Queen of the Night - Alexander Chee

A voice is a fragile thing. In the larger sense, voices can be drowned out by the majority, written off, diminished. When voices are silenced, we lose a bit of the richness of the world. More specifically, an singer’s voice can be ruined by drinking and drugs (Marianne Faithfull), smoking (Joni Mitchell), or just singing too hard (Édith Piaf). Alexander Chee’s astounding novel, The Queen of the Night, had me thinking about voices—in the larger sense and in the specific. The Queen of the Night isn’t just about the power of voice; it’s also about love, fate, revenge, and tragedy. The book is an opera itself and I was utterly captivated by it...

 

Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this ebook from NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.