vivdunstan

That would have been a fun choice! Cogman should take you on as her plot whisperer.

I'd wondered if Cogman was going to make Sir Percy et al more problematic than she did in the end. Not necessarily outright evil, but either more deeply wedded to aristocratic values and social hierarchy or more obviously just into it for the excitement and without any real humanitarianism.

I listened to the Invisible Library series during location, mostly via German audiobook which tends to make me respond to fiction in a different way. (Largely: OMG! I understand this!! Yay!!) I think over time I became more attuned to the humour and less bothered by the absence of emotional engagement that may be a common symptom of any writing set in a very artificial, meta universe. Plus, the lack of danger suited my mood at the time.