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About halfway through this and it is much better than expected. It reminds me of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell which I guess is an obvious thing because of the fairies but even more specifically how creepy they are and the nightmare scenario of them basically driving a bunch of people out of their minds on what seems like a total whim.
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Rand Brittain posted:That seems backwards, given that the moral seems to be that you have to indulge your fantasy to remain mentally healthy. I think the fairy lands especially are synonymous with death, and the "Silent Folk" in general are described more like spirits roaming the earth. If there is any death analogy I would say it has to do with coming to terms with your own mortality maybe? Fairy stuff is considered highly taboo and the message seems to be that it is not necessarily evil or good but just a natural part of life that you have to accept. Finished this today, really liked the ending but don't really have anything more insightful to say about it at the moment.
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Jul 16, 2016 08:03
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:I thought Neil Gaiman was pretty precise in saying it's about reconciling the mundane and the fantastic. I feel like this is pretty surface level. Like, it's accurate but I feel like the super strong taboo about even mentioning anything to do with faery culture has to be about something more significant than just mundane vs fantastic. I am not smart enough to figure out or argue what else it might be.
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