Secret Project #1 - Tress of the Emerald Sea (Spoiler Free Review)
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2023
- My spoiler free review of Tress of the Emerald Sea (Secret Book #1) by Brandon Sanderson.
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YES! So happy you enjoyed this! This book was such a great whimsical, unique, charming, and cozy adventure. I loved everything about it. Easy 5 stars for me.
So glad you loved it too!
Thanks Matt. You're quickly becoming one of my favorite reviewers. You convey the experience you had so succinctly and give us reasons to either read or not read the book based on our preferences. Thanks! I loved your thirty second 2022 book ranking a ton, too.
Thanks so much Danny - you are far too kind! :)
I really loved this book, the light fairytale tone worked for me and I fell in love with these characters, while the magic was super unique. 5 out of 5 and probably my favourite standalone Cosmere novel, if I put my biased nostalgia for Warbreaker aside (after finishing the Mistborn trilogy, the first Cosmere novel I read new was when Sanderson was releasing Warbreaker chapter by chapter on his website!)
Yeah I feel exactly the same, especially with regards to trying to put the Warbreaker bias aside. I read it after Mistborn as well.
Glad to hear you enjoyed! Excited to read it soon!
Thank you - I hope you love it!
So glad to hear this as I had the same misgivings about Sanderson's work going forward being too much Cosmere tie-ins and less about telling great stories. I'm now looking forward to reading this one!
Yeah it's so fun, and a breath of fresh air from Sanderson.
I look forward to reading this. I absolutely agree about twists. The best twists are the ones that surprise you, but in hindsight make you go "Of course!" and Sanderson is the master of subtly planting the seeds.
I hope you love it!
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LOL! Yes indeed!
So, it seems that Mr Sanderson is back on track. Good to know. The story sound like a nice refresher after Cosmervalanche last years.
Yeah it really is very refreshing, and I'm glad to know Sanderson still has it in him to write a book like this that is back to cosmere easter eggs instead of cosmere-in-your-face.
Glad to hear your review regarding the first secret novel. Gonna wait for my copy in the mail but a great review. I just found your channel and I see you have a review for Lonesome Dove! Outstanding!!! That is my probably my favorite read all time. I look forward to checking that out next.
Thanks so much! And love that you also enjoyed Lonesome Dove! I'm reading Dead Man's Walk right now and it's not QUITE as good as Lonesome Dove but not that far off - it's an incredible book.
I can't wait for the book to come in! Should be soon! I know I could read the ebooks, but I want to read the real book.
I think the physical book is going to be great too because there is some beautiful artwork in the book, that only comes in black&white on ebook.
Wow glad you enjoyed this book man!!! I’ve been waiting for the reviews to come out so I’m glad to see your positive reaction!!!
Yeah I'm excited too! I hope you enjoy it!
Glad to see that your faith in Brandon Sanderson is restored, even if I like the last Mistborn book enough I was kinda worried too
Yeah you and me both!
Hi 👋 thank you for a great review! Happy reading to you!! 🎥🌿🍀
Thank you! You too!
I'm pumped you loved it! It should have been obvious to us all when we knew it was a seafaring book haha 😂
LOL. Yeah I didn't know it took place on sea, and when Tress gets on a boat I'm like "awwwww shit here we go!"
@@MattsFantasyBookReviews haha this comment killed me. Despite your best efforts you can't help but enjoy it haha😂
I enjoyed the books writing style if only because I think Sanderson has a extremally utilitarian writting style most of the time, and seeing a cosmer novel step out of it was gratifying, a lot of hoids 4th wall breaks were kinda annoying to be fair.
Yeah fully agreed.
Awesome review
Thank you!
41 million. 48 million if you count post commitments.
That's absolutely insane!
Wow! I’m quite shocked after you said you weren’t enjoying it the other day, glad it turned around though :))
Yeah I was shocked as well!
Agree with Sanderson's writing quality. I love his stories but the fact that all his characters nod and shrug all the time is weird
Yes very offputting.
Glad you enjoyed it. I found the Jokes to be too much and bit too weak. The book felt very conversational (how many times does he use the word well... or extreme explosion) plot twist was very predictable and I did not feel there was any sense of danger or loss happening. It's a fun story if we cut half the jokes that are often not about context but added randomly to be funny.
Yeah you aren't wrong about the jokes - they are very cringeworthy most of the time.
Because the book is written from the voice of Witt not Sanderson. I'm. Pleb and I don't get how you fantasy nerds missed that. Don't get me wrong it's lame jokes etc.. but I think it smore metta as you have wit telling the story and he's talking about himself as himself as a less clever hoid due to curse. Then it comes back around that he entire story is bad jokes vs previous wit stories as it's most likely on purpose
Have you read the “Blackwood & Virtue” series by Bennett R. Coles? I think you’d like them both! I love them almost don’t with book 2. They are based on a galactic sailing ship!😊
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Never heard of them, but thanks for the suggestion I will be sure to check them out!
Hey I appeared in the beginning of the video!
YEAHHHH you are! :)
Hi Matt, you said it has some cosmere connections with what books does it? Thanks for the video!
A pretty clear cosmere connection to Mistborn, a connection to Elantris, and perhaps others I missed.
I just started reading it and I believe there is one with Stormlight
@@madeline5072 Could these be spoilerish or not even close?
@@kostisth1436 not a spoiler, but it definitely leaves you wondering... Some won't even notice it tho 😅
Without getting spoilery, I would say Elantris and Secret History are the most relevant.
I wonder, are there certain books that I should read before thisone? I still haven't read mistborn ERA 2 and the 4rth Stormlight book.
No need. The cosmere connections are very light. Totally able to read and enjoy this as a first Sanderson book even.
You'll get the most important connection from Mistborn Era 1
Don't need to read anything first but it would be nice I think to know who Hoid is and to have read Elantris. Maybe Mistborn Secret History as well
I want to read that book too. But there are too many books in my BTR!!!!
Yeah I feel your pain!
I'm wondering if this book is as large of a hardcover as Edgedancer (as tall as a mass market paperbacks)? If anyone has it from the kickstarter, please let me know.
It's 2x as long as Edgedanger, so I'm guessing it's taller/bigger as well.
@@MattsFantasyBookReviews I hope it's just as tall, just wider for the longer story. I'll probably just wait until I see it in a retailer.
Definitely the hardest part to read of this book was the humor
Yeah, luckily it got less "in your face" as the book went on.
Nice review. I gave this book four stars. I found it delightful and charming, but like you I prefer more serious fantasy. I also couldn't suspend my disbelief enough on the magic system and it took me out of the story. There are too many plot holes regarding the interaction with water (e.g. spores spewed by the moons would react while moving through clouds, water vapor in the atmosphere, etc.). While I agree Sanderson's prose isn't lyrical like Robin Hobb or GGK, I think his writing is still very effective. I always feel like his books are easy to understand and follow. Other authors I sometimes trip over the words and have to reread passages. I never have that problem with Sanderson which makes me think his writing is very good, if not pretty. As long as the writing is clear and not cliche, I'm good with it. But it is a treat to get a Robin Hobb level of writing when you come across it.
Yeah I hear you on suspending disbelief, it's tough sometimes in fantasy books that have such a hard magic system to not have enormous plot holes!
$41.7 Million raised in the kickstarter haha
That's insane!
@@MattsFantasyBookReviews Right?!?!
There is a common criticism of sanderson that you play into a little that i feel misses the point a bit.
People often say that he is weak at prose, or that his prose isn't good, and then they start compsring him to Hobb or Rothfuss. But he isn't attempting to do that, he doesn't want his word choice to draw attention away from his story.
So his prose is chosen to be unobtrusive clear and concise, this is a skill in prose that he is very good at.
Saying that his prose is bad fundamentally missed the point. It is not literary or writerly it is very clear though.
And if you pay attention to his in world artifacts you will see that brandon is capable of writing in a much more writerly way, he just chooses not to.
I do agree that he intentionally does this, and I do agree it's clear.
But that doesn't necessitate me give a glowing review to his prose just because this is a conscious choice of the writer. Intent doesn't play into it at all, it's all about execution in the eyes of the reader in my opinion.
@@MattsFantasyBookReviews where I'm pushing back is, that while you may have a preference for ornate text, describing clear prose as lacking or bad is missing the point.
He is clearly not bad at prose, if he were he wouldn't be anywhere near as successful as he is, people love his ability to convey interesting, complex set pieces in unique settings and his direct clear prose is pivotal in his ability to convey this easily.
You just have a preference for a different style. That is fine and something that you can absolutely mention in a review, what I'm saying is that characterising this as bad just because it isn't ornate is not good criticism. However if you feel that there is something about his prose that is bad please describe that thing.
Wow, I don't understand how I can agree with your rating but disagree with every word that comes out of your mouth
Lol, give me an example of what we disagreed on. I'm curious now!
@Matt's Fantasy Book Reviews 😳 the one time I write a mean comment and I get called out right away on my shit lol, alright I'll take it back, I do agree a lot with you, but here's what I disagree with:
I actually liked the comedy.
Hoid is supposed to sound stupid because he's in cursed state.
I love the "gloves off" on the cosmere.
And I watched your video twice, I like your videos, keep it up.
@@asherxtn LOL no worries! Yeah I wish so badly the comedy worked for me and am jealous with the people who it works for. In general I just don't usually care for Sanderson humor (outside of Lightsong, who I love).
I also wish I liked the more gloves off cosmere, and maybe I eventually will as I really did like Rhythm of War, but I didn't love the suddenness that Mistborn Era 2 took it kind of out of nowhere and without any leadup.
@Matt's Fantasy Book Reviews lightsong was deliciously cynical indeed, yeah it was kind of a mixed bag with the lost metal, I saw your review on that, I was hung up on the unresolved plots, but I really did like what he did with wane throughout the book.
Brandon is slowly letting wokeness bs into his works and boy it shows, the decline in quality is huge
Lol this book was written from the voice of hoid or how he thougt how hoid woukd have told a story.
Its funny how im a no fiction person and SA is my first time fantasy. I blew through the cosmere and i dinf this okay and you all are most critical is wild.