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riasbookcorner's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
pageobsessed17's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
max_booth's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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? No
3.75
ekolach's review against another edition
5.0
it was a bit slow at times especially in the beginning but holy shit does it get good
pascalibrary's review against another edition
3.0
Honestly this book is just bloated. It was a 500 page book poorly masquerading as an 800 page brick. The Sazed fake-out, the kandra lore tidbits, the first 100 pages, etc, were very redundant and dragged out.
The ending contributed to this, especially regarding the Sazed fake-out. This could not be true, but it felt like Sanderson had a specific ending in mind and had to artificially engineer events, against the story's course, just to get it there. This is why characters start acting strangely and doing things that don't make any sense.
Elend had a great character arc. He was one of my favorites in the last book, at least retrospectively, and he gets a lot of attention here. He evolves in interesting ways, some of them worse imo, but still it was cool.
Vin, though . . . She fell victim to the ending problem a little bit, and a lot of her character drama comes from her troubled relationship with Elend, which is the dumbest problem because they could have just talked to each other and the entire thing would have been resolved. Instead, they just independently decide to be completely codependent on each other. It's strange and, to be fair, Elend has the same problem. Other than that, it was cool to see her powers grow, her temptation by Zane, and her eventual failure/success.
Idk I'm not in the mood to write up a whole thing right now. The book was fine but was way longer than it needed to be.
The ending contributed to this, especially regarding the Sazed fake-out. This could not be true, but it felt like Sanderson had a specific ending in mind and had to artificially engineer events, against the story's course, just to get it there. This is why characters start acting strangely and doing things that don't make any sense.
Elend had a great character arc. He was one of my favorites in the last book, at least retrospectively, and he gets a lot of attention here. He evolves in interesting ways, some of them worse imo, but still it was cool.
Vin, though . . . She fell victim to the ending problem a little bit, and a lot of her character drama comes from her troubled relationship with Elend, which is the dumbest problem because they could have just talked to each other and the entire thing would have been resolved. Instead, they just independently decide to be completely codependent on each other. It's strange and, to be fair, Elend has the same problem. Other than that, it was cool to see her powers grow, her temptation by Zane, and her eventual failure/success.
Idk I'm not in the mood to write up a whole thing right now. The book was fine but was way longer than it needed to be.
masriazs'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? Yes
4.25
shitholden's review against another edition
4.0
Reseña pendiente ---- Madre mía, yo quería leer otra cosa antes de ponerme con el último, pero es que el final... La parte final de este libro ha sido impresionante
reading_passion3's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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? It's complicated
5.0
valeazm's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25