I really liked the book, Hoid narration was fun and very different from Tress, and we got some time with Design!
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Design was an absolute delight!
Agreed, Design is great so far!
It's a new world, but it is in the cosmere. Hoid and Pattern are there.
The only non-cosmere novel from the secret projects is #2: The Frugal Wizard's Guide to Surviving Medieval England.
Hoid and ~Pattern~ Design are there.
FTFY. Design is Hoid’s Cryptic.
Gah! You're right, my bad.
Pretty sure it's a new world! Not somewhere we've seen before.
What's really intriguing me is the narration - a lot of the comparisons are Rosharan centric. Is the narrator native to Roshar?
I don’t know why I assumed the narrator was Hoid. There’s kind of a jokey nature to parts of it but I don’t think it was ever explicitly stated.
It's 100% Hoid. There's a few lines in Chapter 5 where
SP3 Chapter 5 and Epilogue
the narator is talking about how they did the lightweaving to make Design look human, and how they're frozen in time and used as the coat rack. Hoid unfreezes at the end in the second epilogue before he and Design leave the planet.
I haven't downloaded the files yet. Wondering if it'll be a lighter tone like Tress, or heavier. I really liked Hoid telling Tress's story, and look forward to learning more about her world & its shard(s).
Avoid other messages in the thread because of spoilers. I’ll avoid them - it’s fantastic. One or two chapters left and I love the story so much. Probably one of my top 3 cosmere books. Was not expecting it.
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Definitely not as light as Tress. Much heavier moments/concepts but with a lot of humor throughout the early parts.