A review by burnoutbooks
The Maze of Transparencies by Karen An-hwei Lee

challenging reflective slow-paced
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

what a fascinating little book - i think dissertations will be written on this
i think i loved it but i also don’t know that i’ve achieved a full Understanding of the text so will have to reread for sure
honestly it reminded me of reading the sound and the fury, where you just have to let the prose happen to you
written in 2019 and almost disturbingly prophetic in a few ways when read in 2025 - there’s so much to think about and the story invites meditation on the questions rather than proselytizing on the answer… much to consider
shares themes with eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, among others
also - i know A Lot of polysyllabic words and i had to look up, like, a couple of new ones when reading this