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blodeuedd's review against another edition
3.0
A short story that takes place after book 1. Newcago is trying to get back to normal. Our hero is enjoying a hot dog and normality. But alas, like life could be normal in this post-apocalypic dystopic world.
There is a new baddie to take down and that is what the story is about. An Epic fight to be had.
Short, nice, I do understand the epics now. The power that makes them insane. What good is superhero powers if it makes you into a sociopath?
I am looking forward to book 2 where the fight to rid the world of Epics will continue.
There is a new baddie to take down and that is what the story is about. An Epic fight to be had.
Short, nice, I do understand the epics now. The power that makes them insane. What good is superhero powers if it makes you into a sociopath?
I am looking forward to book 2 where the fight to rid the world of Epics will continue.
meowzik's review against another edition
3.0
Super short little story, but interesting all the same. I like the hints of what Newcago is like now that Steelheart is dead, and the little bits of foreshadowing for Firefight.
rick_k's review against another edition
3.0
Mitosis picks up a few months after the events of Brandon Sanderson’s urban fantasy, superhero novel Steelheart and is considered volume #1.5 in the Reckoners series. At only 35 pages it feels more like a #1.1, and while technically a complete story, would be difficult to connect with without deeper knowledge of the Reckoners universe. Our protagonist, David, again provides our point of view. We get hints and peeks into his history and personality, and all his awful analogies which remain his most endearing foible. The world of Reckoners is very soft SciFi which isn’t surprising with Sanderson’s fantasy background, but in a genre where truer SciFi is often found. If you can approach it as Urban Fantasy I think you will enjoy Mitosis enough to tide you over until Firefight is released on January 6th, 2015.
You can download the audiobook version for free on Audible.com
You can download the audiobook version for free on Audible.com
markimus's review against another edition
4.0
This book changed how I feel about the series, which is saying quite a lot. The action was decently paced, dialogue was comfortable, and the story flowed well. So why not 5 stars? Because I'm still not attached to the main character. I care more about the secondary characters, just like before, but that's not altogether a bad thing.
jaipal's review against another edition
4.0
This is a short story which is mentioned in book 2 so should be read. The Reckoners have defeated Steelheart and the city is rules by humans. The people living in the city are unsure about their future and love with their heads down, waiting for a new Epic to come and take over.
In this book, our hero David goes up against an Epic who can clone himself. Battle ensures in the city and David manages to find his weakness. He is rescued by the people of Newcago, bringing hope that humans will start to stand up against Epics.
In this book, our hero David goes up against an Epic who can clone himself. Battle ensures in the city and David manages to find his weakness. He is rescued by the people of Newcago, bringing hope that humans will start to stand up against Epics.
kynan's review against another edition
2.0
Super-short story set relatively soon after the events of [b:Steelheart|17182126|Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1357576738l/17182126._SY75_.jpg|21366540] and some time before [b:Firefight|15704459|Firefight (The Reckoners, #2)|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1413220816l/15704459._SX50_.jpg|21979689]. Spoilers for Steelheart below!
We pick up the story with David narrating again. He and the rest of the Reckoners are now an overt presence in the infrastructure of Newcago and are actively accepting, but screening, new and returning residents to the city. As part of a standard intake procedure David notices someone suspicious who ends up being an Epic, Mitosis, with a bone to pick with the Reckoners.
This short-story is very much more of the same from Steelheart, but with an upgrade to the analogy-jokes and both a slightly harder focus on the science of the magic as well as more hand-waving about the science of the magic
We pick up the story with David narrating again. He and the rest of the Reckoners are now an overt presence in the infrastructure of Newcago and are actively accepting, but screening, new and returning residents to the city. As part of a standard intake procedure David notices someone suspicious who ends up being an Epic, Mitosis, with a bone to pick with the Reckoners.
This short-story is very much more of the same from Steelheart, but with an upgrade to the analogy-jokes and both a slightly harder focus on the science of the magic as well as more hand-waving about the science of the magic
parsimo's review against another edition
3.0
A decent entry in The Reckoners.
Not good, not bad, but passable. Missing a lot of detail that I've come to expect in Sanderson's work.
Not good, not bad, but passable. Missing a lot of detail that I've come to expect in Sanderson's work.
vinitneo's review against another edition
4.0
In the last book, the question was - will people start standing up for themselves and fight epics? This book answers that question - there is a chance that people will unite against epics.
The Reckoners are famous now and David is known as Steelslayer. Newcago now has a government and things are slowly getting better, though people still are afraid of epics and keep expecting some other epic to take over the city.
The Reckoners are famous now and David is known as Steelslayer. Newcago now has a government and things are slowly getting better, though people still are afraid of epics and keep expecting some other epic to take over the city.