The Sunlit Man

I'm a bit worried that the interconnectedness of the Cosmere may have jumped the shark with this book.

Spoilers:

A few things that may be popping up in upcoming sci-fi cosmere books had me a bit worried, like dead ancestor 3D printers and Sig having an Iron Man suit-like voice in his ear telling him how much battery power he has left. An enormous amount of time of the book was spent figuring out how to fly up over a mountain, and felt a bit like a poorly planned out chapter from The Martian.I feel like I've heard Sanderson talk before about "yes, and" and "no, but" as devices to propel a story forward, and the entire middle third was "no, but" over and over and over again. They solve one problem to have an unintended consequence from it pop up and have to deal with that, and that's 15 chapters worth of material.

I've been a bit worried that the Cosmere crossovers are going to become too impactful on individual story plots since The Lost Metal, and I think we're approaching a Marvel situation where you're actively missing out on understanding individual stories if you haven't read all the other material. I trust Sanderson could pull this off better than any other author, and I'll still gladly get books of his as soon as they come out, but I'm definitely starting to get wary.