5.6k reviews for:

The Lost Metal

Brandon Sanderson

4.42 AVERAGE

jackbook2's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bananjana's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

crionym's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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

chump_official's review against another edition

4.0

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Mixed on this, but liked it overall.

I really disliked the two previous books in the series, so in a way this is a major improvement and I enjoyed it a lot more, besides liking Alloy of Law more. Wayne is a lot more tolerable and the balance between POV's is a lot better.

On the other hand, what Sanderson does here feels almost too similar to Rise of Skywalker, where he brings in a bunch of new characters, a new big villain who has supposedly been working in the shadows this whole time, as well as bringing back familiar characters. Some of these elements have been built up a little bit, but it feels cheap and unplanned for the last book to reveal that something else has actually been going on the whole time.

Sanderson mentioned that he's opened the flood gates of the Cosmere for this book and it's true, but Era 2 being as weak as it is does not feel deserving of it.

With the Era over, it's too bad to likely never see most of these characters again, but I'm glad its one step closer to getting the Nightblood book and Era 3 Mistborn.

andasgus's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

the_jun_man85's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging 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: Yes

stephen_ryan's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

flempiric's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

xkdrgn's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous 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: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

coley175's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes