I loved this book so much. It's so weird and beautiful. The science fiction felt more like magic realism, I wasn't expecting it to be such a deep and poetic story.
I loved the character of Katrina, it was beautiful to see her learning to feel safe, to feel at home and to find family again. Big trigger warning at the beginning for abuse and sexual assault though, that was tough to read and also probably very true to the experience of many trans women of color. I loved how she is seen by Shizuka immediately for who she is. And also the building sisterhood between Katrina and the sentient IA / Lan's daughter was gorgeous, how they somehow relate in their identity quests.
To me it's a story about being seen, learning to listen to another person's soul, another person's song with the whole music metaphor. The descriptions of the emotions of music and the stories that it bring up for each person are so unique and beautiful.
I also loved the doghnut shop starship family shenanigans, discovering this mixed asian neighbourhood, all the delicious food. And the whole queen of hell storyline was amazing, with the demon who is basically every cis white man with power capitalizing on the villainization of a powerful asian woman.
There's so much in this book, I can't believe it and somehow it works perfectly.