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The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

54 reviews

rhogosch's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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

Der fulminante Auftakt der Trilogie der ersten Ära auf Scadrial.
Die Welt fühlt sich dunkel und hoffnungslos an. Und allein die Tatsache das ich beim lesen eines Sandersons nicht eben jenes klassische Gefühl von „Epochalität“ gefühlt habe, sondern die Verzweiflung der Figuren, steht schon für sich. Der Ideenvorrat des Sanderson scheint unerschöpflich zu sein. So bekommen wir in diesem Buch nicht eins sondern direkt zwei Magiesysteme, oder vielleicht auch mehr, die sich nicht natürlicher in die Welt einfügen könnten. Wie immer gleichen sie einer Wissenschaft und erscheinen zu keinem einzigen Moment unlogisch. 
Die Figuren sind gewohnt mit viel Liebe zum Detail ausgearbeitet und jede für sich ist iconic. Wieder einmal kann man ihnen beim Wachsen und Überwinden ihrer Schwächen und Vergangenheit während des Lesens zuschauen, bzw. wie sie trotz aller Fortschritte wieder fallen und erneut am Abgrund stehen.
Das Buch wird zu keiner Sekunde langweilig weil es immer wieder Wendungen gibt die ich nicht vorhergesehen habe und schlussendlich zu einem ganz anderen Abschluss kommt als man am Anfang dachte. Und auch wenn das Buch scheinbar in sich geschlossen scheint ist die Saat für etwas viel größeres mit diesem Buch gesät worden. 
Kurzum auch dieses Buch ist mal wieder ein Meisterwerk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Blood, Emotional abuse, Murder, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual violence

myrini's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Violence, War, Blood, Death, Slavery, Torture, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Classism, Sexism, Vomit, Child death, Sexual violence, Rape, and Racism

nflamel's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

If the single female character (and protagonist) was not the only one who is subject the male gaze, this would be a much better book.

It is still fun though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Rape, Racism, and Toxic relationship

nyquilla's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, War, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Violence and Gore

Minor: Rape and Vomit

imskylow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

Brandon Sanderson cannot go wrong. I can see how he gained his fame from this book what a wild ride with such an interesting magic system. I was not at all expecting the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Racism

Minor: Kidnapping, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Rape

i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious 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

3.5

Had a very strong start with an interesting premise and characters. Unfortunately slowed in the middle and didn't entirely regain its momentum. Some plot points were given unsatisfying conclusions and ended quite underwhelmingly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Slavery, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Racism, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Trafficking, Rape, and Sexual assault

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

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

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

juliachn's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Rape

jadejade's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I've been wanting to start this series for a while but I bounced off this book when I first picked it up. This time I just kept going in the hopes that I would be rewarded in due course. Be warned that it is a slooow start. Although I was find the setting and characters interesting enough, I only started actually enjoying this book 158 pages in during Vin and Kelsier's carriage discussion (out of 647 pages, roughly a quarter of the way in). By the cliff-hanger at page 261 (roughly 40% mark) I realised I was all-in and <i>needed</i> to see what happens to these characters. Now that I have finished it I'm keen to keep going to the end of the series.

Despite the slow start, I do like how threads keep coming together as the story progresses, resulting in a Sanderlanche in the last 150 pages or so, where the story pace and reader interest really picks up. What really engaged me in the end were the extracts at the start of each chapter and how they tied into Vin and Kelsier's journeys.

For particularly keen readers, there are maps and annotations for this and several other works, available on Sanderson's website. My favourite comments from the author are of the vein, "This question is answered ... in Book Three. Soz."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Blood, Gore, and Racism

Minor: Slavery and Rape

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

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Cursing, and Torture