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A review by daumari
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson
5.0
I really, really liked this (with the slight caveat of occasional Cosmere references that I think might confuse new readers, or at least those who haven't read ). Yumi and the Nightmare Painter is a dreamy, Your Nameesque fantasy tale of body switching and musing on what exactly is art, where in one world machines threaten to take over traditional spirit calling and in the other, our titular Painter finds himself falling into a rut.
Late act twists were pretty surprising, and it works itself out in the end. I can't wait for the physical version of this- the illustrations were gorgeous zooming in on ebook, but in print is going to be beautiful.
The narrator here seemed a bit more obtrusive than in [b:Tress of the Emerald Sea|60531406|Tress of the Emerald Sea (The Cosmere)|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1672574587l/60531406._SY75_.jpg|95396305], but I think that's because he's a little more involved there than here.
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Stormlight ArchiveLate act twists were pretty surprising, and it works itself out in the end. I can't wait for the physical version of this- the illustrations were gorgeous zooming in on ebook, but in print is going to be beautiful.
The narrator here seemed a bit more obtrusive than in [b:Tress of the Emerald Sea|60531406|Tress of the Emerald Sea (The Cosmere)|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1672574587l/60531406._SY75_.jpg|95396305], but I think that's because he's a little more involved there than here.