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4.33 AVERAGE
4.33 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another Brandon Sanderson classic. He never disappoints. Starting book 3 now!
adventurous
dark
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
The first half is honestly a drag, and I think the Elend/Vin relationship issues were annoyingly drawn out. That said, the end of the book is so good. Brought it up to a 4 for me!
The last 20% of the book was so good, but the first 80% was slow. Only 3 stars because it’s too slow to want to re-read it
Things I liked:
Things I liked:
- Examining belief and religious structures - Sazed has some really thought provoking musings
- A flawed but powerful FMC
- The magic system is so flawlessly is implemented
- Thinking about being a Kandra
- Tindywll - alone with with Sazed
Things I don’t like:
- The political intrigues are entertaining, but only up to a point
- Breeze’s relationship with the young girl
- The pacing was just too slow at first
Content warnings for mental illness including hearing voices, war, mass murder, betrayal, involuntary addiction, some body horror, and mentions of forced breeding/eugenics.
It felt like 10-20% of this book was listening to characters work through every detail of their internal monologue. One of Sanderson's greatest strengths in later books is his ability to create a cast of characters with diverse and internally consistent perspectives, but this book tells us those perspectives too much instead of showing them.
Self-doubt is also a strong theme in this book, but the genre and number of different perspectives severely undercut it. It's hard to take a character doubting if someone still loves them seriously when the next chapter is from the perspective of their lover being totally in love. That's not to say there were no twists. There were some awesome twists I didn't see coming, but others could have been more interesting or more impactful if the number of perspectives had been changed or we went longer between viewpoints.
Sanderson is a great author today, and this book has a lot of potential. I'm much more excited for the next book based off the ending to this one.
It felt like 10-20% of this book was listening to characters work through every detail of their internal monologue. One of Sanderson's greatest strengths in later books is his ability to create a cast of characters with diverse and internally consistent perspectives, but this book tells us those perspectives too much instead of showing them.
Self-doubt is also a strong theme in this book, but the genre and number of different perspectives severely undercut it. It's hard to take a character doubting if someone still loves them seriously when the next chapter is from the perspective of their lover being totally in love. That's not to say there were no twists. There were some awesome twists I didn't see coming, but others could have been more interesting or more impactful if the number of perspectives had been changed or we went longer between viewpoints.
Sanderson is a great author today, and this book has a lot of potential. I'm much more excited for the next book based off the ending to this one.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had a hard time rating this book. It has a very different tone from the first book in the trilogy. While that book focused on a band of thieves making a plan to save the world, this one focuses on the consequences. And oh boy are there consequences! Turns out it’s not easy to fix a world that has spent 1000 years under an evil dictator!
This book is long. And it felt long too. But so many of the character arcs in this book stunned me. By the end, I found myself crying for characters I didn’t even think I cared about and heartbroken for the characters I already loved. The ending is, as expected, explosive and gut wrenching. I couldn’t be more thankful that I bought the entire trilogy. I need to start book 3 immediately!
There were some things I didn’t love , and some specific plot points I think were grossly underdeveloped (specifically one character I was absolutely LOVING), but by the end of the book I really saw things come full circle. This trilogy is my first experience with Sanderson and I continue to be impressed with his understanding of true emotional arcs.
This book is long. And it felt long too. But so many of the character arcs in this book stunned me. By the end, I found myself crying for characters I didn’t even think I cared about and heartbroken for the characters I already loved. The ending is, as expected, explosive and gut wrenching. I couldn’t be more thankful that I bought the entire trilogy. I need to start book 3 immediately!
There were some things I didn’t love , and some specific plot points I think were grossly underdeveloped (specifically one character I was absolutely LOVING), but by the end of the book I really saw things come full circle. This trilogy is my first experience with Sanderson and I continue to be impressed with his understanding of true emotional arcs.
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:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
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:
Complicated
A bit too much repetitive, immature emotional angst throughout and the battle scenes at the end were interminable, but the mystery is still interesting.