39.5k reviews for:

The Final Empire

Brandon Sanderson

4.47 AVERAGE

bigdad's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ssaleem1988's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

oknazareth's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 24%

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The magic system was very interesting but I could not stand the main character. 
Vin or whatever her name was, ruined the book for me. 

madifblack's review against another edition

5.0

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This book seriously lives up to the hype and I wish I started it sooner. I loved every single character, with Vin becoming my new favorite FMC. I could not put this book down… could potentially be one of my favorites the entire year. (Also I didn’t think the magic was too confusing thank heavens)

xabicarras's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

jaybirdieee's review against another edition

3.0

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loved how everything came together esp with the couple of Big Reveals at the end but so much of the lead up was such a pain to go through

another Sanderson book where the prose actually irked me

rschira's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bela_0's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jmdewitt's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

coolreader218's review against another edition

4.0

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Plot, characters, and worldbuilding were all easy 5/5. What fell apart a little bit for me was that the writing style was a bit…bland and simplistic? I’m not really sure. There wasn’t much of an attempt to play with language or the structure of a novel here. Not that every author NEEDS to do that in every book, but this one just felt formulaic from that perspective.

I’m thoroughly hooked on the story, and have a feeling that I’ll be reading a lot of Sanderson this year.