A review by chirson
Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee

3.0

It was fascinating to see the evolution of the themes that recur in Lee's writing, and to see their earliest iterations. Nonetheless, I found some of the stories difficult to get into, perhaps because of how much they expected me to fill in the blanks at times, or perhaps because of the intricate worldbuilding drawing on sciences I have little knowledge about - music, physics, mathematics. Once the narrative dove into explanations of these, I'd re-read sentences and emerge still uncertain what the words meant. I did enjoy a lot of the language and detail, but I don't think I liked them as much as I'd expected to. Still, well worth the time, and my favourite stories were quite amazing.