false 68428 11 For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the Sliver of Infinity, reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Rulers most hellish prison. Kelsier snapped and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark. Kels plan looks like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, shes a half-Skaa orphan, but shes lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed. 66322 book 25 7 2006 Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) total:3189|5:1628|4:1199|3:305|2:45|1:12| 3189 13953 4689 767 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 5 18 false Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 13:14:48 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 21 05:52:59 -0700 2009 Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson, a novel of epic fantasy relating the struggle for freedom of an oppressed class of people, known as the skaa. A few key players attempt a daring plan to overthrow a seemingly invincible regime, with a supposedly immortal god-like Lord Ruler.

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Pros:
- I was immi...more...]]> 2705034 0765360969 9780765360960 55 16 4.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2705034.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 5 9 false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 18 17:41:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 11 09:57:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 243272 0765350386 9780765350381 236 68 4.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243272.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 5 5 false Sun Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 24 19:40:47 -0700 2007 Thu Feb 14 07:16:13 -0800 2008 Brandon Sanderson has taken that cliché and given it an imaginative twist, which results in t...more...]]> 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 4 4 true Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 05 10:16:14 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 24 00:02:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 5 2 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 14 06:06:08 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 06:10:02 -0800 2009 1
What I liked most about this book.

1 - Good Characters, Good Plot, Interesting Magic System

2 - I liked...more...]]> 243272 0765350386 9780765350381 236 68 4.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243272.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 5 11 false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 28 09:57:10 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 23 06:10:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 4 6 false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 21:38:45 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 21:18:49 -0800 2008
1 - Good characters Keslier, Vin, and Sazed really stood out.

2 - Fairly original - the setting of a world where the hero failed and all is dominated by ash and oppression was in...more...]]> 243272 0765350386 9780765350381 236 68 4.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243272.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 5 2 true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 12:48:48 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 18:01:41 -0800 2008
The story takes a common trope: the hero that saves the world, and twi...more...]]> 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 5 2 false Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 18 02:41:39 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 05 17:59:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 3 1 false Sun Aug 30 21:24:05 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 22:06:50 -0700 2009
That said, it is far from a great book. Mistborn is more akin to a fun action movie, with little substance and a constant flirtation ...more...]]> 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 4 2 false Mon Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 29 08:27:51 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 08:35:26 -0800 2008
Kelsier, the Survivor, was very comp...more...]]> 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 5 1 false Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 21:23:46 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 21:48:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 5 1 false Fri Aug 15 23:34:38 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 12:19:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 4 1 false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 14:58:42 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 09:01:51 -0700 2008
First of all, Mistborn is played off as a "what if" book; what if the prophecy predicting the rise of a hero fa...more...]]> 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 4 1 false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 12:59:16 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 10:47:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 5 1 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 08 06:55:49 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 10:34:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 5 1 false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 17:17:16 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 01:11:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 5 1 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jun 19 14:57:17 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 14:58:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 68428 076531178X 9780765311788 2888 683 4.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170690764m/68428.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68428.Mistborn_The_Final_Empire 3 3 false Fri Sep 19 11:49:16 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 18:53:26 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 11:49:16 -0700 2008
That being said, it *is* an enjoyable read, the characters are interesting enough (though a few come across as "and this is our lovable rogue"...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=243272