Enthusiastic Reader’s Reviews > Kween: A Queer Cambodian American YA Novel – Slam Poetry, Family, and Finding Your Voice > Status Update

There is suspense in the story when Soma's best friend repeatedly encourages / pushes her to sign up for the poetry competition. Soma isn't certain she wants to do it, as she's only shared one poem that she has written. It's gotten mostly positive comments, but some critique. This creates uncertainty for the reader as it seems like she'll enter the contest, but since she's a beginner, you don't know how she'll do.

There is suspense in the story when Soma's best friend repeatedly encourages / pushes her to sign up for the poetry competition. Soma isn't certain she wants to do it, as she's only shared one poem that she has written. It's gotten mostly positive comments, but some critique. This creates uncertainty for the reader as it seems like she'll enter the contest, but since she's a beginner, you don't know how she'll do.

A conflict that Soma faces is that someone has posted a comment on her video that says that her poem isn't very good; the commenter asks "what is it even about?" Soma becomes uncertain about the quality of her work and her ability as a poet, even though all of the other comments up to this point have been positive. Her conflict is internal because she isn't sure whether she should continue posting her work.

Soma is the main character. She is very stubborn. I can tell this because her sister tries to help her and give her advice, and she refuses to accept it.

THIS is a new update

Soma posted a video that went viral. Her father was recently deported and her older sister has been left in charge.