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strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
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? No
5.0
Brandon Sanderson ended this one with a bang! Literally. I am bawling my eyes out because of how good it was but also the tragedy of it! I don’t want to say too much cause I don’t want to spoil it. I’ll only say one thing DON’T FLIP THROUGH PAGES YOU WILL SPOIL AND DIE! It’s just a fact.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
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
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Death, War, and Grief
Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury
lakinglaze's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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? It's complicated
5.0
This book was a wild ride and I was here for it! I loved the story and how dramatic and chaotic it was. I’ve really grown to love these characters and this ending was a roller coaster that really fit the tone of the series. I can’t wait to continue my Cosmere adventure!
Content Warnings
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
seanml's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I did it. I finished Mistborn. And in the end, it's a mixed bag that highlights the best and worst parts of the series. The last one-hundred pages are cool, but before that? I found it a real slog - 600 pages of it. Things just take a long time to pick up because we spend a LOT of time with the main characters (What if I told you that one of them is imprisoned for 2/3rds of the book and we're waiting for them to break out the whole time?). And that wouldn't at all be a problem, except that there are just bits of tonal shifts in each new book. During each entry in the series, it seems like Sanderson thought 'I feel like putting a lot of narrative focus on this character' even though we didn't get much of them before. In particular I had a problem with the two main characters, one smart and one strong: one of them gets a sort of 'powerup', to the point where now they're both strong, somewhat casting away the dynamic of them looking at situations differently. So a lot of little instances of those sudden character shifts make the book feel disjointed and unplanned. And yet, the series definitely has many through lines; but I think perhaps that Sanderson started out with a big outline, and decided where he wanted to start and end. So oftentimes there are character arcs that appear or shift radically to help us get from point A to B. However, if you've been enjoying the series for the first two books, I can guarantee that the resolution will leave you fully satisfied. 7/10.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, Gore, and Torture
Moderate: Grief, War, Child death, Confinement, and Genocide
Minor: Suicide
giulianalb99's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- 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
5⭐️ y ♾️
No puedo expresar con palabras lo que acabo de leer, estoy flipando.
Desde que descubrí a Sanderson en noviembre del año pasado, me puse como objetivo leer todos sus libros y, cómo no, compré el primer tomo de la saga “El Imperio Final” que no sólo me encantó, sino que me marcó de una manera indescriptible. Después leí el segundo libro y también obviamente me encantó ¿pero este? Estoy sin palabras. Creo que es el libro más denso y complicado de los tres pero me ha atrapado y me lo he leído en cuatro días, cosa que nunca hago porque es un libro de casi 800 páginas y me suele llevar más tiempo.
Los personajes siempre los voy a llevar en mi corazón. Sazed, Kelsier y Vin me han marcado de por vida y sólo puedo darle las gracias a este magnífico escritor por abrirme las puertas a su increíble universo llamado Cosmere y no puedo esperar más a seguir leyendo los otros libros.
Sigo sin entender cómo una persona puede tener tan magnífica imaginación y plasmarlo en unos libros TAN buenos. Cada libro que leo suyo me gusta más y más y me declaro fan incondicional de Brandon Sanderson con todas las putas letras.
Me duele mucho despedirme de estos personajes tan queridos pero siempre los llevaré conmigo. No voy a mentir: he llorado con el final, pero me he quedado completa, no sabría ni cómo lo explicarlo.
Y ¿qué más puedo decir? Esta saga de fantasía es increíble y se la recomiendo a todo el mundo, pero he de decir que es bastante densa así que no la escogería como la primera saga para leer si te estás introduciendo en la fantasía.
Todo en este libro ha sido perfecto, no tengo ninguna pega. Menuda puta locura.
No puedo expresar con palabras lo que acabo de leer, estoy flipando.
Desde que descubrí a Sanderson en noviembre del año pasado, me puse como objetivo leer todos sus libros y, cómo no, compré el primer tomo de la saga “El Imperio Final” que no sólo me encantó, sino que me marcó de una manera indescriptible. Después leí el segundo libro y también obviamente me encantó ¿pero este? Estoy sin palabras. Creo que es el libro más denso y complicado de los tres pero me ha atrapado y me lo he leído en cuatro días, cosa que nunca hago porque es un libro de casi 800 páginas y me suele llevar más tiempo.
Los personajes siempre los voy a llevar en mi corazón. Sazed, Kelsier y Vin me han marcado de por vida y sólo puedo darle las gracias a este magnífico escritor por abrirme las puertas a su increíble universo llamado Cosmere y no puedo esperar más a seguir leyendo los otros libros.
Sigo sin entender cómo una persona puede tener tan magnífica imaginación y plasmarlo en unos libros TAN buenos. Cada libro que leo suyo me gusta más y más y me declaro fan incondicional de Brandon Sanderson con todas las putas letras.
Me duele mucho despedirme de estos personajes tan queridos pero siempre los llevaré conmigo. No voy a mentir: he llorado con el final, pero me he quedado completa, no sabría ni cómo lo explicarlo.
Y ¿qué más puedo decir? Esta saga de fantasía es increíble y se la recomiendo a todo el mundo, pero he de decir que es bastante densa así que no la escogería como la primera saga para leer si te estás introduciendo en la fantasía.
Todo en este libro ha sido perfecto, no tengo ninguna pega. Menuda puta locura.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Bullying, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, and Gore
Minor: Ableism
xta_07's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
sad
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
4.75
A story of lost and then found hope and faith.
Possibly one of the best endings to a trilogy that I have ever read. The stakes felt real, and the last bit of the story was simply beautiful to read. What a treasure to read a fantasy novel were everything was wrapped up in a nice little bow with no loose ends.
While I enjoyed this book mostly for it's phenomenal ending, the Sazed chapters were sometimes hard to read as he is dealing with his depression. Thankfully, the Spook and TenSoon chapters peppered in kept me going. I would have loved to read more about TenSoon, but I think his story was best told in bits.
Over-all I'm super glad I stuck with the Mistborn series after not really liking the "Well of Ascension" very much. This made it all worth it.
Possibly one of the best endings to a trilogy that I have ever read. The stakes felt real, and the last bit of the story was simply beautiful to read. What a treasure to read a fantasy novel were everything was wrapped up in a nice little bow with no loose ends.
While I enjoyed this book mostly for it's phenomenal ending, the Sazed chapters were sometimes hard to read as he is dealing with his depression. Thankfully, the Spook and TenSoon chapters peppered in kept me going. I would have loved to read more about TenSoon, but I think his story was best told in bits.
Over-all I'm super glad I stuck with the Mistborn series after not really liking the "Well of Ascension" very much. This made it all worth it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Body horror
ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- 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
4.5
Probably my least favourite of the trilogy but still enjoyed it. VERY slow until about 80% of the way in, feel like it could have been pared down a lot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement and Grief
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
destiny_jay's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
sad
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Violence, Torture, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and War
Moderate: Animal death and Grief
Minor: Confinement, Abandonment, Slavery, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
vahala's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Confinement
vereadsbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
C/TW: Violence, death, gore, blood, murder, mental illness, classism, suicide thoughts, war themes, animal death, torture, grief, fire, confinement, genocide, religious bigotry, and hostage
Rating ★★★★★
“The nature of the world is that when we create something, we often destroy something else in the process.”
Sometimes I don’t know what else to say apart from:
“Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.”
Reading the Mistborn trilogy was the best decision I ever made. When I started this trilogy, I had no idea how involved I would be in the story. I also didn't know how attached I would feel to these characters.
“If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.”
I had one of those existential crises you have after finishing a long series or TV show. I feel like I have lost something. I already miss these characters and this world.
Sanderson is fantastic. He crafts a spectacular ending for this trilogy. Every word and every twist was thought out since book one. The book felt a little slow, but I have to admit that it was because I was passing a reading slump. This might have affected my perception of the pace.
“Lately, I feel like my life is a book written in a language I don't know how to read.”
The book is narrated from various perspectives (Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, Marsh, and TeaSoon) that enrich this marvelous world. The book touches on topics such as colonialism, politics, war, and religion. Hero of the ages is heavily centered in theology and myths.
“Faith means that it doesn't matter what happens. You can trust that somebody is watching. Trust that somebody will make it all right.”
It was interesting to follow Sazed on his journey. He was the one that always had hope and faith. In the book, we see him having a theological crisis and losing his essence. I loved his character arc.
“She remembered timidly standing atop the Luthadel city wall, afraid to use her Allomancy to jump off, despite Kelsier's coaxing. Now she could step off a cliff and muse thoughtfully to herself on the way down.”
Vin is extraordinary. She grew a lot during these three books. Over time she learned to trust the people around her, and knowing how difficult it was for her to get to this point is laudable. Seeing her open up and trust Elend so blindly is so beautiful.
“I'm an amalgamation of what I've needed to be. Part scholar, part rebel, part nobleman, part Mistborn, and part soldier. Sometimes I don't even know myself. I had a devil of a time getting all those pieces to work together. And, just when I'm starting to get it figured out, the world up and ends on me.”
Elend is the other character that has astounding development. Elend is still an idealist scholar. But also, he learned to balance his new identity as a Mistborn, a conqueror, a husband, and a warrior. He becomes an incredible leader without losing his essence.
“Sometimes, you have to destroy something in order to build something better.”
I also enjoy following TeaSoon and Marsh and learning about their people.
I was heartbroken not only because this was the end of this journey but because I had to save goodbye to these characters. I am sad because of what happened as well. I hate and love Brandon Sanderson for making me love this group of outcasts so much.
The Final Empire★★★★★
The Well of Ascension★★★★★
The Hero of Ages ★★★★★
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Rating ★★★★★
“The nature of the world is that when we create something, we often destroy something else in the process.”
Sometimes I don’t know what else to say apart from:
“Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.”
Reading the Mistborn trilogy was the best decision I ever made. When I started this trilogy, I had no idea how involved I would be in the story. I also didn't know how attached I would feel to these characters.
“If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.”
I had one of those existential crises you have after finishing a long series or TV show. I feel like I have lost something. I already miss these characters and this world.
Sanderson is fantastic. He crafts a spectacular ending for this trilogy. Every word and every twist was thought out since book one. The book felt a little slow, but I have to admit that it was because I was passing a reading slump. This might have affected my perception of the pace.
“Lately, I feel like my life is a book written in a language I don't know how to read.”
The book is narrated from various perspectives (Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, Marsh, and TeaSoon) that enrich this marvelous world. The book touches on topics such as colonialism, politics, war, and religion. Hero of the ages is heavily centered in theology and myths.
“Faith means that it doesn't matter what happens. You can trust that somebody is watching. Trust that somebody will make it all right.”
It was interesting to follow Sazed on his journey. He was the one that always had hope and faith. In the book, we see him having a theological crisis and losing his essence. I loved his character arc.
“She remembered timidly standing atop the Luthadel city wall, afraid to use her Allomancy to jump off, despite Kelsier's coaxing. Now she could step off a cliff and muse thoughtfully to herself on the way down.”
Vin is extraordinary. She grew a lot during these three books. Over time she learned to trust the people around her, and knowing how difficult it was for her to get to this point is laudable. Seeing her open up and trust Elend so blindly is so beautiful.
“I'm an amalgamation of what I've needed to be. Part scholar, part rebel, part nobleman, part Mistborn, and part soldier. Sometimes I don't even know myself. I had a devil of a time getting all those pieces to work together. And, just when I'm starting to get it figured out, the world up and ends on me.”
Elend is the other character that has astounding development. Elend is still an idealist scholar. But also, he learned to balance his new identity as a Mistborn, a conqueror, a husband, and a warrior. He becomes an incredible leader without losing his essence.
“Sometimes, you have to destroy something in order to build something better.”
I also enjoy following TeaSoon and Marsh and learning about their people.
I was heartbroken not only because this was the end of this journey but because I had to save goodbye to these characters. I am sad because of what happened as well. I hate and love Brandon Sanderson for making me love this group of outcasts so much.
The Final Empire★★★★★
The Well of Ascension★★★★★
The Hero of Ages ★★★★★
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Confinement, War, Grief, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Violence, Death, Gore, Animal death, Genocide, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and War
Minor: Slavery and Religious bigotry