Tress of the Emerald Sea | 
pickThis was my first Sanderson. The takeaway? WHAT A NERD. 😅 Fortunately, I don‘t think that‘s necessarily a bad thing…
Sometimes, he takes too many doofy risks for humor‘s sake, like when he writes, “The more she learned, the less afraid she had become. It is that way with most topics…👇🏻
monalyisha 1/5: …”Certain individual humans, like certain sausages break this convention. While neither group is collectively terrifying, they contain remarkable individuals that absolutely *should* frighten you.” 1d
monalyisha 2/5: And then not even three pages later, he pens, “Tress was able, with effort, to appreciate Huck‘s sentiment. And fortunately — like the girl who asked the suddenly quiet room of people if they wanted to see her tattoo — he realized there was no turning back now.” Brandon. Sanderson. With all due respect, WHAT are you nattering on about??? 🙈 1d
monalyisha 3/5: Here‘s the thing, though: sometimes a risk pays off and he ends up making me laugh. Sometimes, the characters are so sweet to one another (amidst such hopelessness and heartache), that it makes me cry. Sometimes, he hits on a particular turn of phrase that really does get at a certain truth. And sometimes, there‘s a twist I didn‘t see coming! 1d
monalyisha 4/5: I realized (and I‘m certainly not the first) that his writing falls on a Neil Gaiman—Terry Pratchett continuum, leaning towards the latter, which wouldn‘t be my preference, stylistically, but it‘s nice that he doesn‘t come with all of the (recent & heavy) Neil Gaiman baggage. 1d
monalyisha 5/5: I don‘t see myself running out to buy his books…but I‘d probably check another one out from the library. Especially if my friend‘s very endearing husband enthusiastically begs me to, which is why our whole book club read this one in the first place. 😅 1d
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