Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

If I could ask for one of Brandon Sanderson's books to become a movie, it would be this one.

Elements of 'Your Name' and 'The Matrix', in ancient Korean / futuristic Japanese settings.

Brandon Sanderson is incredible when it comes to fantasy, plot, and characters, but one of his weakest points has always been romance. In this book it was good! Not great mind you, but good! 4 stars. 5 or 6 stars for everything else omg.

But... the excessive amounts of info dumping at critical points lost it another star. Really though. Read it! This book is genius.

As usual in Sanderson's books, the start is slow, invested into world building and a new “magic system”. The setup has charisma, and we can see how the characters are so different yet so similar, both trapped in their own duties, loneliness, and trauma.