When I started reading I saw the jerk narrator and I go “Okay, that’s a cheap gimmick, I could see doing it for the fun of it if you’re writing for the drawer, but I wouldn’t want to do it for publication.” Then a couple chapters in I’m thinking “Yeah, this is getting old” until the narrator casually mentioned that he was named Hoid. You have to be pretty deeply invested in the cosmere to follow a great number of the things that make this book interesting. I enjoyed the book, but I didn’t think it one of his stronger works. Right, the Kindle situation took longer to sort out than expected, and then I was reading other things until last week, where I was cramped into the back seat of an overpacked sedan on a long road trip. You may disagree, but I think he is genuinely unsurpassed. and Lewis and so many others of the Epic fantasy greats. Yes, many reviewers think it is a lighter romp.īut read more closely. If you are a fan and have yet to read it, the time is now. Through the narrator, Brandon cannot help but reveal himself behind the character, for it is the character that most IS Brandon in so many ways. For fans of his Cosmere, it’s because of the narrator. Why wisdom, rather than informed opinion or knowledge? Not because of Tress, although she is a marvelous character. Tress of the Emerald Sea is Brandon’s most profound novel, for a very simple reason: Page after page, chapter after chapter, it displays Brandon’s wisdom, all within a deceptively simply story that reads like a light and humorous fairy tale. Fans of Brandon Sanderson know about his incredible Kickstarter campaign last year that became the biggest of all time, doubling the previous high, for his Four Secret Novels project. The first of those novels has been released and is now available on Amazon.Ĭontributors to the campaign received their electronic and audio copies at the beginning of January.

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