Anyone read the Invisible Library series by Genevieve Cogman? https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/119888.Genevieve_Cogman
I started the series a few years back and have since found TRP about March '18. Seeking discussion on the themes of the books.
In a nutshell: There is an interdimentional library that exists between parallel worlds, they collect rare books from different worlds to bind them together and encourage stability, agents are sent out to 'collect' books however they can, there is The Language that can be used by librarians to temporarily dostort reality to aid them, main character woman and apprentice male dragon. It has a magical twist to the stories and has a Sherlock Holmes element and they're generally light hearted to read.
The part that I find interesting is the Fae / Dragon element of the stories and how they interact. It seemed so familiar but I couldn't put my finger on it - I thought for a long time what these aspects could be metaphors for: Creative/artistic and logical? Gay and straight? Dreamlike and lucid? It is since I've found TRP and ventured down this path that I find more and more that feminine and masculine would fit best. My reading and reflections of what the gender roles could truly mean have led me to this conclusion.
The Fae: fictional creatures that sweep you up into their narratives and you can potentially become a 'trope' part in one of their dramatic stories. Fae worlds tending to be more erratic and dreamlike. Extreme Fae power leads to extreme chaos and a breakdown of reality. The Dragons: firmly rooted in logic and reasoning. Dragons have overwhelming presence and the dragon words tend to be extremely ordered.
Any thoughts?
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