Mistborn: The Final Empire

Reread 7/3/22I have since read just about everything in the Cosmere, so it is safe to say I have a relatively biased opinion of Sanderson and his work. That said, I loved my return to Scadrial and this scoundrel heist crew. Allomancy continues to be an awesome magic system and I would kill to watch it in TV/film or play it in a game. Scadriel with its ash and the mists are a VIBE. And picking up long AFTER the hero supposedly saved the world continues to be one of the most interesting premises ever. Looking forward to continuing my reread before era two is wrapped up later this year.Read 2/12/15Let me first warn you that I am likely not going to write a lot for this review. Not because it doesn't merit a long review, but because it is one of those books that is truly an experience and just about everything I liked about this book, while not explicitly a spoiler, may still lessen the impact of this book. I wouldn't want to do that to you.Besides absolutely loving this book upon finishing it, what I noticed was how excellent the pacing was. The background of this world and the rules of this magic system were explained well without info-dumping (or, at least, it never felt like an info dump) and well-grounded. Yet I never felt as though this information was kept from the audience too long. Far too often authors seem to depend on character history as plot development and I get so frustrated reading because I'm missing necessary information for the storyline.The characters, while perhaps a little all-powerful, are still intricate and flawed. The pacing of character development was so slow so as to be nearly unexpected and the pacing for character background was enough to keep the reader intrigued, but never too much to become the focus. And then there's the storyline itself. Again, that is some fine pacing, because it immediately hooked me in and kept me turning those pages eager for the next development.I've always said I am a sucker for brilliant worldbuilding and an amazing magic systems and this book did not disappoint. I absolutely loved this magic system. It is unique and well-grounded with its rules. The most obvious hole is plugged fairly quickly and the rules create a good system that isn't all-powerful. I just really love it, okay?If it weren't for the fact that a book I'd been eagerly awaiting the release of had come out just as I was finishing Mistborn I would've dove straight into Well of Ascension and I cannot wait for the first opportunity!

4.5 rounded upAfter many years, my mind is unchanged, Brandon Sanderson is a true master in his genre. His ability to built such an epic world with so many different rules is mind-blowing. What is surprising is that with how elaborate the world in Mistborn is, his style of writing is intelligible even for a reader unfamiliar with epic fantasy. At first I had a problem with how anticlimactic one part of the story was but after some time to think I really do believe it was necessary. It shows that not everything ends with a boom even if the build up suggests otherwise. It added the element of surprise, definitely. I'm really glad I finally got my hands on the whole trilogy and am able to familiarise myself with the whole story.

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