I’m exploring some “branes” that might cleanly filter in emotional space.
The point is, the OP suggested that emotions are just a feature of language. I argue that text is one of the worst transmission channels for emotion. But I don't argue that it's not possible at all to do so, if you suggest that. That would be just silly.
Ok, I argued myself in, out, and back into that one again. It depends on the writer and the book, but a lot of writers can invoke emotion in their writing.
Fun experiment: Take a piece of creative writing (a short story); [not one of the obviously ambiguous ones, d'oh ... or do! ] and decide how it makes you feel. Ask an LLM the same question. See how far you diverge. Some LLMs give answers pretty similar to humans! If you picked an ambiguous story, see what happens if you ask for multiple readings.