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khymihr's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Gore and Confinement
Minor: Child abuse
rikuson1's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
-★★★★✭- (4.75/5.00)
My Grading Score = 95% (A+)
Mistborn: The Hero of Ages, I am so glad it won me over by the very end. Coming off of The Well of Ascension and The Final Empire, I struggled a lot in regard to which one I liked more favorably and critically. With both of them settling within me, I came to the conclusion on accounts of favorability and criticality that I'm putting The Well of Ascension over The Final Empire. Now, when it came to The Hero of Ages, I'm going, to be honest, that I was not feeling it from the start. The tone was extremely melodramatic and overwhelmingly depressing because, for the most part, we are following the depressed and broken state of Sazed. And mind, this is just the feeling of depression, hopelessness, and dread that Sazed was giving off and it latched onto me making me feel his dread to some degree which probably was tough to read for me. As someone going through something similar (losing someone you invested and cared about), I guess it hit really close to home for me. Nonetheless, critically speaking, the portrayal of it all was extremely accurate and well done and has my highest praise. Brando said that writing Sazed in this book was one of the hardest things he's done in his writing career, and it shows.
Another thing that I wasn't fond of during the time of my reading this was that the second portion of the majority of this book was mainly focused on, and that was Spook. A character that in both The Final Empire and The Well of Ascension I did not care for to any degree. I did not like him as a character, I did not like his annoying accent and he just felt like a waste of space anytime he was present, additionally, he had this snarky attitude in book 2 that only made me dislike him more. So when I come to find out that he is one of the main focuses in this book, I was not ready and very reluctant to get through the "spook-focused" portions. I can tell that Brando probably knew that the readers did not care for Spook so he really really had to try and make us understand where Spook is coming from and try to make us like him and make him more important in the overall story. Now I feel it did accomplish making me understand where he is coming from and additionally the message he sends off which Marsch finds did make him extremely important to the overall story but he did not sell me on liking him by the end, but at the very least I can say I don't hate or dislike Spook anymore so that counts for something.
The other points of view it focused on were Vin, Ellend, and TenSoon. I felt all of these points of view were great or, at the very least, satisfactory. I was entertained and engaged for the most part on all of them. I have no complaints or critiques on any of them.
The action in The Hero of Ages really held off longer than any of the three books. And that's something I love, action. The build-up in this book was also something that was a lot more than in any of the previous books. It was to the point where I was almost afraid that it could not deliver on all of its build-up and additionally the surplus of the build-up of being the final book in this trilogy. But man, basically every chapter after chapter 71 really paid off on everything this trilogy was building up to in all categories, action, character development, plot reveal after plot reveals, after plot reveals, it was a great sanderlanche that I will never forget.
Verdict
The Hero of Ages and by proxy the Mistborn Era 1 has lived up to its hype. This is now my favorite fantasy trilogy, and I'm glad I went through it.
I Really Liked it.
Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Ableism, Gaslighting, Gore, and Mental illness
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
kmedusa's review
- 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
Graphic: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Body horror
Moderate: Grief, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
Minor: Suicide
I loved this book! It made my heart ache and I was sobbing once it was over. Very well written with a beautiful set of complex characters. I do recommend this book for fans of fantasy with high stakes and world ending topics.teyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Body horror, War, and Death
Moderate: Mental illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism and Classism
blythemind's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Grief, Child abuse, Blood, Body horror, Violence, and War
futureofmydays's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Torture, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Violence
stephaniemcuervo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, Confinement, Blood, Murder, and Torture
Moderate: Grief, Genocide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Gore, Religious bigotry, and Torture
strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Onto critiques; I’ve never liked how much Sanderson used the word awesome and this one is no different. It also started out pretty slow, but it picks up and goes so hard.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Violence, Grief, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death, Colonisation, Gore, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, War, Animal death, Confinement, and Alcohol
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Death of parent and Cannibalism
kassidyreads's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Death, War, and Grief
Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury
lakinglaze's review
- 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
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Medical content, Mental illness, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War