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A review by elissapoletti
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐จ๐ญ๐บ, ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ...
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญโ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต. ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐น๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข.
Sanderson himself said he was inspired by The Princess Bride when writing this, asking the question what would have happened if Buttercup had actually gone after Westley when he went missing. Tress definitely has a whimsical feel throughout itโs entirety, particularly due to its narration by Hoid, whose character is a mystery right up to the last few pages, all we know is he was cursed by the same sorceress who has taken Charlie, Tressโs love, captive. Hoid is extremely amusing and his little interjections throughout the story make for a humorous read. I found Tress a beautiful and traditional fairytale, about a girl discovering her identity and developing from her trials. I also LOVED Sandersonโs dig at the way too common โIโm not like other girlsโ 21st century YA trope, in making Tress just like every other girl. I loved that Tress had a cup collection, as itโs something I hold in common with her, and something that endeared her to me. Sandersonโs world building expertise comes through with his invention of the spore seas and he creates an amazing visual describing the different seas and the danger each spore colour contains. I wish this book had a map in it of the spore seas and Tressโs island. I have a feeling that Sanderson isnโt finished with this setting and hopefully we will see more of it in books to come.
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญโ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต. ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐น๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข.
Sanderson himself said he was inspired by The Princess Bride when writing this, asking the question what would have happened if Buttercup had actually gone after Westley when he went missing. Tress definitely has a whimsical feel throughout itโs entirety, particularly due to its narration by Hoid, whose character is a mystery right up to the last few pages, all we know is he was cursed by the same sorceress who has taken Charlie, Tressโs love, captive. Hoid is extremely amusing and his little interjections throughout the story make for a humorous read. I found Tress a beautiful and traditional fairytale, about a girl discovering her identity and developing from her trials. I also LOVED Sandersonโs dig at the way too common โIโm not like other girlsโ 21st century YA trope, in making Tress just like every other girl. I loved that Tress had a cup collection, as itโs something I hold in common with her, and something that endeared her to me. Sandersonโs world building expertise comes through with his invention of the spore seas and he creates an amazing visual describing the different seas and the danger each spore colour contains. I wish this book had a map in it of the spore seas and Tressโs island. I have a feeling that Sanderson isnโt finished with this setting and hopefully we will see more of it in books to come.