Reviews

Calamity by Brandon Sanderson

leafstorm0809's review against another edition

5.0

Holyyyy crap. I know I was disappointed at the end of Firefight - David saying ‘no’ to Calamity was a real cheap way out - but apparently, no, Sanderson had more in store.

Calamity being Larcener wasn’t something I can personally say I saw coming - once it was revealed, I suddenly realised why Larcener said ‘humans’ rather than ‘us’ or ‘we’.

Knighthawk is a great character - especially with the filter over the texts. I burst out laughing each time I read ‘didgeridooing’ knowing exactly how Knighthawk was feeling.

And DAVID FINALLY. FINALLY. USING HIS POWERS!!! That was the best thing OUT - lemme tell you.

And. He. Got. To. See. His. Dad. Again.

And poor Prof - poor Tia ;-;

And subtle reference to the end - Mizzy getting powers too! That’s such a cute subtle thing to mention!

Little disappointed we didn’t get to see David have to struggle with the ‘darkness’, but, it didn’t take away from the story.

Such a great book, so sad that it’s over.

sareadings's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

bookph1le's review against another edition

4.0

I'm satisfied with the way the series was resolved and am sad it's over.

kaileah22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging fast-paced

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

4.25

temis098's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.0

raiju01's review against another edition

4.0

The weakest of the trilogy due to the rushed final stretch, still very good though.

Loads of unanswered questions, which will hopefully be addressed in the new trilogy (Apocalypse Guard). I enjoyed this book very much, but I can understand why many people dislike it.

akazen's review against another edition

3.0

The Reckoners series is by far my least favourite of Brandon's writing. Don't get me wrong, it's a very solid book but I feel, in part, that it didn't progress much. I did enjoy parts of it though.

4* Average throughout.

mightyjor's review against another edition

3.0

This book has a VERY slow beginning. This was my third attempt at getting through it. That being said, at a certain point the story picks up and gets really good. There’s a lot of things in it that make me scratch my head a bit and wonder if there’s an explanation that I missed somewhere, mostly near the end. Overall I love a lot of the answers given and I feel the story is reasonably resolved for my tastes. I do feel it is a good ending for the trilogy. Though I still don’t really like the main character or his love interest.

sadieros73's review against another edition

4.0

Classic Sanderson. I couldn't put it down after the midpoint. This book was action packed, but he decieved me. I thought for sure as I was looking at the percent remaining that the plots could not be tied up but he did it anyway.

kiira_lorestan's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense slow-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

5.0