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Tress of the Emerald Sea
by Brandon Sanderson
This is such a difficult book for me to rate. On the one hand, there were some great things but there were also elements I really disliked.
The first few chapters were brill but the 100 pages felt like hard work and I thought this was going to be my first Sanderson DNF. BUT from about chapter 22 I was more into it. I'm not sure what happened but something piqued my interest from part 4 onwards.
I really struggled with the writing style, it felt like the book was being dumbsplained to me and I wasn't a fan. Whenever I was having things explained to me by the narrator it was really jarring and kept pulling me out of the story. I get that it is Hoid telling the story and this is his character but he's appeared throughout numerous cosmere books and never come across this arrogant to the reader.
I liked Tress, I liked the magic system and I don't think my heart has never gone out to a rat so much.
This was a really up and down read. Some parts felt really convenient
The first few chapters were brill but the 100 pages felt like hard work and I thought this was going to be my first Sanderson DNF. BUT from about chapter 22 I was more into it. I'm not sure what happened but something piqued my interest from part 4 onwards.
I really struggled with the writing style, it felt like the book was being dumbsplained to me and I wasn't a fan. Whenever I was having things explained to me by the narrator it was really jarring and kept pulling me out of the story. I get that it is Hoid telling the story and this is his character but he's appeared throughout numerous cosmere books and never come across this arrogant to the reader.
I liked Tress, I liked the magic system and I don't think my heart has never gone out to a rat so much.
This was a really up and down read. Some parts felt really convenient
- Tress is an innocent cup-loving girl from a remote island who somehow has Navani Kholin levels of knowledge about spores and is carrying out experiments and creating genius weapons and implements
- that dragon just agreed to take a less appealing option as a slave and now Tress is basically commanding this ship's crew with zero sailing experience
- that dragon...don't get me started
- Huck belonging to the sorceress was absolutely predictable