jemini's reviews
349 reviews

a bit slow in the beginning as sanderson builds this new world set 300 years after mistborn era 1. it’s a western setting that follows wax, wayne, and marasi as they confront a series of thefts and kidnappings. it’s very fun and silly! and the ending with crumbs of era 1 was enticing. 

slow start and very reflective. it’s kinda just the rambles of an old man on his life and career. the contradictory nature of Ono made for interesting contemplation on guilt, memory, and the perception of mistakes. it’s subtle but very vivid. specifically really enjoyed the meditations on being an “artist of the floating world” aka an artist confined to their own hedonistic bubble rather than an artist that attempts work of importance. 

last of the cosmere secret projects! i found out that the frugal wizard’s handbook isn’t part of the cosmere but i think ill stay read it eventually. 

sunlitman was good, but i liked tress and yumi much more. it definitely has the most cosmere lore but the story felt choppy and the ending wasn’t as final as the other two. there’s still more to explore with this story, with what happened before the story even begins, and so i’m looking forward to read that. 

really liked this one! 2/4 secret projects down. i liked the overall vibe of this one more than tress of the emerald sea but it wasn’t done as well. i guess that all of the secret projects are narrated by hoid (or if you know him as Wit) and it really worked for tress’s whimsy fairytale-esque structure but not as great for this story. i found that it didn’t flow as seamless as in tress. 

i just found it so incredibly endearing that Yumi was a stone stacker and Painter was…a painter (but like traditional Asian ink painter!) 

whimsically depressing but very stunning. 

really took my time reading this as the epistolary? diary? structure was important. i really wanted to get the same experience as Ruth as she slowly reads through Nao’s washed up journal. 

it’s atmospherically rich and lately i’ve been so fascinated with presence of time, and the coincidental interweaving of life and memory. 

tension is held taught throughout the whole story from anticipation of Nao’s story, Ruth and Oliver’s relationship with each other and the island, and the convergence of all the stories. 

ive started this book in the past but quickly registered that it was a book that i wouldn’t have appreciated in that time. but nowww it really resonated and i am grateful to have found it again. 

like i get the carnal, obsessive, desperate, and humiliating exploration of desire (and love) but idk if it was executed to my liking. i was not expecting to read literal jesus smut. it’s a very vulgar story but the story concept and prose will appeal to many—just not me.

soo whimsy with classic fairytale vibes. interestingly told as a retelling from Hoid, a recurring character in all of sanderson’s cosmere works. i think it was paced a bit weird as a reading format but the audiobook would be amazing since it’s really written as if someone is telling you a little tale.