The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder by Elizabeth Bear

The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder by Elizabeth Bear
Publisher: Tor Books
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Contemporary
Length: Short Story (22 pages)
Rating: 3 Stars
Reviewed by Astilbe

In art as in life, you’ve got to change in order to live. Even when your audience—and maybe your friends—thinks it would be great if you stayed the same forever. In some cases, literally forever.

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One of the things that surprised me the most about this tale was how long it took for any of the science fiction elements of it to be revealed in even the smallest way. That isn’t generally how this genre works, so I truly wondered what was going on for a while there. All of that questioning paid off beautifully at a certain part of the plot, though, and I liked the way the author tied everything together. It made a lot of sense once all of the pieces began to fall into place.

I would have liked to see more attention paid to the character development. Emma had a fascinating backstory as an aging rock star who had been out of the limelight for many years. With that being said, I never felt like I got to know her well as an individual. Her musical talent was obvious, but I’d struggle to describe what her personality was like in general.

Fame is a complicated topic. The scenes that showed how being famous had affected Emma’s life in both positive and negative ways were among my favorite ones in this story. She had many conflicting feelings about her experiences as a member of a well-known band that had eventually broken up for reasons that were beyond her control. This isn’t a topic I’ve seen explored very often in science fiction, and it made for an interesting peek at types of conflicts that can exist among musicians that I’d never thought about before.

The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder should be read by anyone who has ever wished their favorite musician or band would never stop making music.