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If there had been another way—”
“As they used to say at Shuos Academy, ‘Counterfactuals never feed the children’.”

Cover of Raven Stratagem.

Raven Stratagem

by Yoon Ha Lee · published 2017 · read 2024-01-05

★★★☆☆

Kinda like the first book in the series – a lot of very cool worldbuilding, but … kinda too much coolness and not enough substance. If you look behind the window dressing, it's kinda just Omelas, yet again. Don't get me wrong: It's pretty. The writing is alright, the people are at least somewhat compelling, and I enjoy puzzling out the overly in-depth worldbuilding. But it also feels so very hollow (and why on earth is there a third part?).