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A review by ofclumsywords
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-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
Wow. What an ending. So far this series has been a whirlwind of a ride and I love every moment of it.
It only took one book (the first one) to overthrow and kill the Lord Ruler, so this book gets to focus on the new leaders taking power, rewriting the government, and making it better that it was. There were a lot of politics and arguing in this book because of course everyone has an opinion on how to create better laws and government. So 3/4 through this book it seems that the plot is mainly going to be fixing what the late Lord Ruler broke and then come to find out that there is a sinister power lurking underneath the palace.
I loved the originality of this series. Most fantasy series focus on the bad guy that needs to be overthrown and is spread out over however many books the series will have. But this series took out the bad guy in book one and we get to see how everyone recovers from that. I've always wanted to see books or TV shows rebuild after the bad guy is killed but never found it until this book. So mad props to Brandon Sanderson for thinking up something so original and different than what readers are used to.
I am excited and a little terrified to see what the third book has in store. We know very little about this strange entity that Vin unleashed in the final chapters of this book. Not to mention that in the final explosive pages we find out that all the history books are in fact wrong. That this entity rewrote the history books and only things written in metal cannot be distorted. So we are as blind as the characters are on what is actually going on and I am terrified and so excited to see where this plot leads.
I've already cried in the first book and nearly cried in this second book seeing many beloved characters die in the war that resulted from the power struggle. So I have no idea how this third book is going to play out and I am already bracing myself for what new twists Brandon Sanderson has in store for this series finale.
It only took one book (the first one) to overthrow and kill the Lord Ruler, so this book gets to focus on the new leaders taking power, rewriting the government, and making it better that it was. There were a lot of politics and arguing in this book because of course everyone has an opinion on how to create better laws and government. So 3/4 through this book it seems that the plot is mainly going to be fixing what the late Lord Ruler broke and then come to find out that there is a sinister power lurking underneath the palace.
I loved the originality of this series. Most fantasy series focus on the bad guy that needs to be overthrown and is spread out over however many books the series will have. But this series took out the bad guy in book one and we get to see how everyone recovers from that. I've always wanted to see books or TV shows rebuild after the bad guy is killed but never found it until this book. So mad props to Brandon Sanderson for thinking up something so original and different than what readers are used to.
I am excited and a little terrified to see what the third book has in store. We know very little about this strange entity that Vin unleashed in the final chapters of this book. Not to mention that in the final explosive pages we find out that all the history books are in fact wrong. That this entity rewrote the history books and only things written in metal cannot be distorted. So we are as blind as the characters are on what is actually going on and I am terrified and so excited to see where this plot leads.
I've already cried in the first book and nearly cried in this second book seeing many beloved characters die in the war that resulted from the power struggle. So I have no idea how this third book is going to play out and I am already bracing myself for what new twists Brandon Sanderson has in store for this series finale.