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Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

54 reviews

missgarceau's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Body horror, Body shaming, Gore, Hate crime, Death, Rape, Physical abuse, Violence, and War

wormariwood's review against another edition

I was only one chapter in and already the misogyny was too much for me to handle.  I wanted to keep going but was informed that it is a topic that comes up a lot in the book, particularly in describing women being

raped

, and I just can't handle stuff like that, so I decided to drop it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape

eshanaran's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Slavery, and Racism

The Final Empire was an overall enjoyable read. It was a bit slow in the beginning but when the plot started going it got better. Sanderson's writing feels a bit overstuffed. It was frustrating in the beginning when nothing much was happening so it felt like it took ages for events to progress. He'd describe so much and wouldn't shut up about how the magic system worked. I love a good detailed hard magic system but at some point I had a pretty good grasp on the mechanics but he kept going on and on about pushing and pulling. The second half was definitely more enjoyable than the first half which felt slow. Overall, a solid fantasy novel. The story is endlessly creative with lots of twists and turns and surprises. The characters are enjoyable and world building is detailed (a bit too much at times) and the characters are endearing. I understand why the series is so beloved. The ending was very satisfying and wrapped up well. I'll probably continue with the series but I'll wait a bit longer before picking up the next book.

phoreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A relaxing and enjoyable experience, especially as an audiobook. A wonderful escape into an accessible fantasy world. It does get quite dark at times, and the racism/eugenics endemic in the society of the book was upsetting. I wish this was commented on more, but the heroes' battle against the evil empire took precedence! And it was an epic battle!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Violence, Hate crime, and Forced institutionalization

arytia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

My first glimpse into the cosmere and Sanderson‘s work in general and I absolutely loved it! I was a bit worried as it was my first high fantasy novel as well but I got right into the story. I can’t wait to see how the story will continue and how Sanderson, as an author, has grown over the years. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and War

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, and Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

lauraschroniclife's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Very enjoyable. Really good world building. Great cast of characters. Fun magic system that was explained without feeling super info dumpy. This will be on my favorites for a long while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Classism, Racism, Blood, and Gore

dragonbornsandwaffles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

It lulls for the first third of the book or so while he's worldbuilding, but once things started to pick up, I quickly couldn't put it down. It's a very intense gritty fantasy (see content warnings for details - it's...a lot), and the characterization is so good that they feel like old friends. It does have a shock twist at the end, so if you don't like those, I'd stay away. It made me absolutely bawl like a baby for a good hour after I finished it. Fantastic book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Murder, Gore, Police brutality, Grief, Genocide, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Body horror, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Racial slurs, Rape, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Addiction, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Vomit, Torture, Cannibalism, Confinement, and Stalking

raesansom's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, War, Abandonment, Slavery, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Classism, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, and Racism

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

maulikki's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The whole time reading this book I had a sense of regret for not finding this when I was in my most active reading years, around 12 or 13. It would've made a larger impact of me, even as I think as an adult I can definitely get more out of it now than I would've as a teenager. I see why this has been recommended to me, the book and the storytelling felt real in a way I seldom encounter. Of course it's very subjective, and I understand why to someone this might fall into the "yet another female protagonist's adventure with magic and learning lessons" category of books saturated with the ACOTAR-like books many of us don't enjoy in the slightest. This books has the it factor of fantasy books. No idea how to describe how and why, someone way smarter than me has probably put it in words somewhere on the internet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Slavery, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Racism, Genocide, and Grief

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, War, Bullying, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Cursing, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Torture

pogue's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I liked the magic and the world but to me the characters seemed flat. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Child death, Death of parent, Genocide, and Grief