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booking_along 's review for:
Tress of the Emerald Sea
by Brandon Sanderson
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
If you try this book and the first few pages/chapters are not to you liking? don’t continue!
the writing style, the way the characters behave and how the story is told -in all its whimsical strangeness with a honest if slight sarcastic fun tone- goes through the entire book.
i personally enjoyed this book a lot.
honestly the biggest struggle for me was around 150-200 pages into the book somewhere (my ebook copy didn’t show page numbers so i can’t be completely sure but around there) where it felt a bit like the story dragged a bit too long at the same space and could have been edited down a bit especially since the ending than happens very quickly with slight time jumps and rapid story telling and overall wrapping up of it all.
the dragging part for me was when tress becomes part of the ship and it’s just this big bad captain for and her evil plans over and over again. i got stuck on that part for a while and put the book aside for months and just picked it back up because i didn’t want to have it linger on into a new year.
and i am very happy that k made it through those around maybe 50-80 pages that just felt very repetitive in what was happening because the rest of the book was good!
is this Sandersons best work? i don’t think so -neither was „the frugal wizard….“ the other if the projects i read so far- but they are fun.
they have a bit lighter tone, a bit less drama and a bit more wit overall. at least to me.
they don’t work for everyone because of that specific style but they are fun books to read between other stuff.
i haven’t read the entire Cosmere world yet so i can’t say if this book plays a huge important role in the overall world building and understanding of it - BUT to me it felt very much like a fun filler project (both i read of the secret books did) that are good and entertaining but overall fun.
they feel lighter and easier and i am sure where fun to write from the typically more heavy and bigger fantasy stuff Sanderson weaves and writes.
they read that way to me at least -as if he wanted to have some fun, take a bit of a dramatic fantasy story break, and so this is what came from it.
might be what happened or might not be the case it all, i don’t know!
i would recommend this and i would also say you dont need any previous knowledge of the Cosmere to enjoy this.
do with what i wrote here what you want!
the writing style, the way the characters behave and how the story is told -in all its whimsical strangeness with a honest if slight sarcastic fun tone- goes through the entire book.
i personally enjoyed this book a lot.
honestly the biggest struggle for me was around 150-200 pages into the book somewhere (my ebook copy didn’t show page numbers so i can’t be completely sure but around there) where it felt a bit like the story dragged a bit too long at the same space and could have been edited down a bit especially since the ending than happens very quickly with slight time jumps and rapid story telling and overall wrapping up of it all.
the dragging part for me was when tress becomes part of the ship and it’s just this big bad captain for and her evil plans over and over again. i got stuck on that part for a while and put the book aside for months and just picked it back up because i didn’t want to have it linger on into a new year.
and i am very happy that k made it through those around maybe 50-80 pages that just felt very repetitive in what was happening because the rest of the book was good!
is this Sandersons best work? i don’t think so -neither was „the frugal wizard….“ the other if the projects i read so far- but they are fun.
they have a bit lighter tone, a bit less drama and a bit more wit overall. at least to me.
they don’t work for everyone because of that specific style but they are fun books to read between other stuff.
i haven’t read the entire Cosmere world yet so i can’t say if this book plays a huge important role in the overall world building and understanding of it - BUT to me it felt very much like a fun filler project (both i read of the secret books did) that are good and entertaining but overall fun.
they feel lighter and easier and i am sure where fun to write from the typically more heavy and bigger fantasy stuff Sanderson weaves and writes.
they read that way to me at least -as if he wanted to have some fun, take a bit of a dramatic fantasy story break, and so this is what came from it.
might be what happened or might not be the case it all, i don’t know!
i would recommend this and i would also say you dont need any previous knowledge of the Cosmere to enjoy this.
do with what i wrote here what you want!