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A review by daumari
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
5.0
Looked to see if I reviewed this last time I shelved it, and I did not- just a rating (I do and don't get why reviews/ratings don't carry over between editions because not all editions are equal- sometimes you get goodies like illustrations and other times you don't).
Though I'm logging this under the Gollancz paperback, I actually did most of my reading in my nook ebook copy, and it's fascinating because I bought it in 2011, but the text and cover have been updated for 2022 (the main text difference I can tell is the author's note talking about Mistborn era time jumps and how AoL started as a refreshing chaser between long thicc Stormlight Archive tomes, and how The Lost Metal was due to be released).
Alloy is snappy, very quick, almost a novella. In many ways, Wax is an opposite protagonist of Vin- a man in his 40s with years of experience instead of a teenage girl discovering her powers, formerly a noble. You have similar quick pacing vibes from the original trilogy, but with guns and trains there's suddenly more metal elements in the world that can be played with!
I know the next two ([b:Shadows of Self|16065004|Shadows of Self (Mistborn, #5)|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1659900268l/16065004._SY75_.jpg|21855448] and [b:The Bands of Mourning|18739426|The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1450134973l/18739426._SY75_.jpg|26616838]) were written in tandem, so curious to see how those'll flow.
Though I'm logging this under the Gollancz paperback, I actually did most of my reading in my nook ebook copy, and it's fascinating because I bought it in 2011, but the text and cover have been updated for 2022 (the main text difference I can tell is the author's note talking about Mistborn era time jumps and how AoL started as a refreshing chaser between long thicc Stormlight Archive tomes, and how The Lost Metal was due to be released).
Alloy is snappy, very quick, almost a novella. In many ways, Wax is an opposite protagonist of Vin- a man in his 40s with years of experience instead of a teenage girl discovering her powers, formerly a noble. You have similar quick pacing vibes from the original trilogy, but with guns and trains there's suddenly more metal elements in the world that can be played with!
I know the next two ([b:Shadows of Self|16065004|Shadows of Self (Mistborn, #5)|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1659900268l/16065004._SY75_.jpg|21855448] and [b:The Bands of Mourning|18739426|The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1450134973l/18739426._SY75_.jpg|26616838]) were written in tandem, so curious to see how those'll flow.