What I'm reading
Jun. 8th, 2019 10:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
readerjaneFinished The Lost Plot, Genevieve Cogman's fourth Invisible Library book, just this morning.
I'm enjoying this series more and more as I go along. The multiverse aspect plays out well, I think, as Irene visits the alternate Earths in search of rare books, trying to stabilize that temperate zone between order and chaos where human beings can flourish. In addition to the fun of "Now it's Imperial Russia! Now it's the roaring twenties!", we get to see the distinct dangers of worlds where either order or chaos is ascendant.
There are both worlds where women are discounted, and ones where a woman with absolute power is unremarkable.
Near the end of TLP, there's an extended scene where Irene must navigate the three-dimensional chess of a trial before a dragon queen, avoiding giving offense in a culture she's not familiar with, while maintaining the Library's neutrality. The push/pull of that delicate, dangerous conversation was marvelous.
I'm enjoying this series more and more as I go along. The multiverse aspect plays out well, I think, as Irene visits the alternate Earths in search of rare books, trying to stabilize that temperate zone between order and chaos where human beings can flourish. In addition to the fun of "Now it's Imperial Russia! Now it's the roaring twenties!", we get to see the distinct dangers of worlds where either order or chaos is ascendant.
There are both worlds where women are discounted, and ones where a woman with absolute power is unremarkable.
Near the end of TLP, there's an extended scene where Irene must navigate the three-dimensional chess of a trial before a dragon queen, avoiding giving offense in a culture she's not familiar with, while maintaining the Library's neutrality. The push/pull of that delicate, dangerous conversation was marvelous.
