Lit On Fiction

Lit On Fiction

The podcast where Eve and Sam peel back the layers of popular fiction then put it all back together season by season. They dive into the social commentary, the literary devices and the tricks we notice that authors employ to create stories that have captured the hearts and imaginations of readers everywhere, while having a great time together talking about the books we love and characters we all love to hate.

  1. 07/27/2024

    Ch 22-25: Busting Cliffs and Smashing Ceilings

    Welcome to the World of Crescent City!  Eve and Sam discuss Chapters 22, 23, 24 and 25 of Sarah J Maas’ Urban Fantasy series.  Spoilers abound so listener beware!  Have things to say?  Tell us by email at info@litonfiction.com In this episode we discuss funeral rites and grieving in the Maasiverse, Matriarchial societies, shattering the glass ceiling, the glass cliff, gender roles and power dynamics within the mate bonds across the works of Sarah J Maas, as well as the role of empathy in manipulation as it pertains to power. Further links discussed in this episode: On power and empathy: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/power-causes-brain-damage/528711/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/neuroscience-in-everyday-life/202006/the-brain-under-the-influence-power The Statue in the Cathedral of St. Paul https://theophanesavery.com/adventures-in-gender-f*****y/2019/05/17/you-sexy-devil-the-story-of-the-genie-du-maal/ On Matriarchy https://www.amazon.ca/Matriarchal-Societies-Studies-Indigenous-Cultures/dp/1433125129 Not Past it Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/0TQyhslv1MVP31OJZToIFs?si=008ba55be9984009 Books and shows mentioned: Political Animals (TV series) A Primate’s Memoir by Robert Sapolsky Books we are reading: Warbreaker Brandon Sanderson Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey Lit On Fiction https://www.tiktok.com/@litonfiction Eve:  https://www.tiktok.com/@eves_reads Sam: https://www.tiktok.com/@creativelbd

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The podcast where Eve and Sam peel back the layers of popular fiction then put it all back together season by season. They dive into the social commentary, the literary devices and the tricks we notice that authors employ to create stories that have captured the hearts and imaginations of readers everywhere, while having a great time together talking about the books we love and characters we all love to hate.