3.79k reviews for:

Steelheart

Brandon Sanderson

4.01 AVERAGE

arijitnag's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

visiorex's review against another edition

4.0

fast-paced

cataa_t's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

bytereader's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous fast-paced

izzywayout's review against another edition

3.0

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i might come back and change this rating later bc i'm really unsure about how i feel

kath_hancock's review against another edition

5.0

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This book was so much fun! :) Would totally work for YA, the alternate reality isn't too tricky. FUN FUN FUN!

miduhadi's review against another edition

3.0

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While reading this book, I kept feeling as if it was set in the same universe as Megamind. I liked the movie — and also this book but in a very meh sort of way.

Here are some thoughts:

Spoiler

The protagonist is a teenage boy who has spent a large part of his life, collecting info on the superheroes, epics, that plague his world. Instead of making the world a better place, they carved it into territories and subjected the non-powered humans to their dictatorships. The worst among them is Steelheart who also killed the protag’s dad, hence the lifelong obsession.

While the boy knows much about them — even more than an underground force of rebels in some cases — he is also wrong and learns otherwise as the story progresses. It made him more real to me.

The Scotsman who is also an Australian was a fun character. The author used his outlandish stories as direct humor while the MC came off funny without meaning to.

What I didn’t like included turning the MC’s love interest into an epic. Saw it and discarded this because it was too obvious. Her resurrection was needless too. It may have made a bigger impact — or any at all — had she stayed dead.

Felt the same way about the leader of the rebels when he was outed as an epic himself. Moreover, for a force that goes up against the epics so regularly, the rebels numbered what six people? Too much of a stretch that such a small group could do so much damage.

We don’t get much in the way of the different faiths that the denizens of this world may follow. But we do see a glimpse of people who believe good epics will come to defeat the bad ones. It could be that the author will place the MC in a group of such believers in the subsequent books?

So, yeah, we’ll have to wait and see.

hanner561's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny medium-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

sophieacu's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5/5 estrellas.
OMG. OMG. OMG.
Es el primer libro de Brandon Sanderson que leo y fue increible.
Real que sentí que estaba viendo una pelicula de acción y ciencia ficción y cosas maravillosas(?).
La escritura de este hombre, especialmente en las escenas de accion es magnífica y me la quiero tatuar en la cara. O sea, no, pero se entiende el concepto.
Me gustó bastante la historia, los personajes, Sanderson, todo. NECESITO LEER FIREFIGHT A H O R A
[Gracias Naty por prestármelo ♥]

teis's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No