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Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

199 reviews

jodean's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Grief

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Torture, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ekcd_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

It was good but there were some logical inconsistencies that I found rather annoying. Sanderson didn’t really think through the characterization of his own characters. That said the magic system is cool and the story is interesting. It left a lot of unanswered questions that set it up perfectly for a sequel but not sure I’ll finish the series 

Spoiler:
The vin Eleni relationship was really underformed but of course they said they loved each other. Typical fantasy romance timeline but still a bit cringe 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

caitlinkm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Lots of effort put into magic system and physics behind it. Story set up for some detailed world building likely in later books. Subplots fed into main plot nicely. Would be interested in more female characters (barely passed the Bechdel test) and a more well rounded protagonist.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Injury/Injury detail

carissa230's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

5.0

 Vin is living a life of pure survival. She gets by helping people steal and trying not to get beaten too bad. When she uses her talents on the wrong person and is discovered her life is forever changed. Vin learns that there are people out there that want more than mere survival, they want to live.

Vin joins up with Kelsier and his team to try and overthrow the lord ruler. Vin does not believe this will ever happen, but she wants to do something. As Kelsier teaches her to use her powers it becomes clear that she is special.

This is a great book. Found family, striving not just surviving, everything you want from a fantasy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, and Murder

jankmab's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Murder, and War

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense 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

5.0

I’m so glad I’ve entered into the Cosmere! I started my Brandon Sanderson journey with the Skyward series and now I’ve moved to the behemoth that is the Cosmere. I love the world, I love the characters, and I especially love the mystery of it all. I can’t wait to devour all the books!  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Classism

mgagermeier's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Cannibalism

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

I loved this book. I have been scared to start Brandon Sanderson’s cosmere books but this was so good! I can’t wait to read the other two books in the trilogy. This book was written in a way that if you ignore the epilogue it could be a stand alone so there isn’t much pressure in starting it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Torture

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

By the time I finished this book I was really enjoying it. However, due to the intense world-building needed, it took me a long time to understand the book and the cast of characters enough to enjoy it and feel invested. I think I felt a little disjointed from the story at first due to this. 

I thought the magic system was incredible and so was the world that this magic existed in. I can't even begin to summarize all the action, so all I'll say is that you'll have to give it a read yourself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Blood, Religious bigotry, and War

Minor: Confinement and Kidnapping

This book is fairly dark and does have a decent amount of detailed violence and all that goes with it. The religious bigotry is all dealing with fictionalized religions that are a part of this world.

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