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Great follow-up to the previous Wax and Wayne book. The flawlessness that is Brandon Sanderson's writing continues to amaze me.
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For some reason, Goodreads didn't log my 2015 review as a completion so I had to go digging in Reading Progress to fix dates because I didn't finish my first read a decade later :p
anyways. On this reread I noticed more references to era 1 as I'd previously noted but now they're fresher, ha. Likely due to Wheel of Time people seem to think of Sanderson as a "cleaner" author than say, GRRM but like other Mistborn novels this opens with violence and a LOT of people get shot and/or die, and due to ( ...more
anyways. On this reread I noticed more references to era 1 as I'd previously noted but now they're fresher, ha. Likely due to Wheel of Time people seem to think of Sanderson as a "cleaner" author than say, GRRM but like other Mistborn novels this opens with violence and a LOT of people get shot and/or die, and due to ( ...more
3.75 Stars -
There was a lot about this book I enjoyed, with the magic and incredibly animated descriptions and creative usages of the three MC's magic. As before, I loved Wayne and his humor, though it felt a little less to me than in the first book. The hyper-focus on religion here didn't work for me as much and as a result the 'bad guy' and the religious aspect had me a little bored. The ending saved it for me. It was typical Sanderson -- fast paced, twisty, with some great set up for the fut ...more
There was a lot about this book I enjoyed, with the magic and incredibly animated descriptions and creative usages of the three MC's magic. As before, I loved Wayne and his humor, though it felt a little less to me than in the first book. The hyper-focus on religion here didn't work for me as much and as a result the 'bad guy' and the religious aspect had me a little bored. The ending saved it for me. It was typical Sanderson -- fast paced, twisty, with some great set up for the fut ...more
This was pretty damn good. I was not a fan of Alloy of Law, but this one really blew me away. Excellent.
Jun 18, 2015
Tommy Erhardtsen
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Josef
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Tim
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May 12, 2016
Shane
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May 12, 2016
Ondrae
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Jun 06, 2016
Karigan
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Jul 14, 2016
Morgan
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Dec 31, 2016
Ceri
marked it as to-read
Jun 06, 2017
Shaun P.
marked it as tbr-unowned
Sep 01, 2017
Sarah
marked it as to-read
May 18, 2019
Adam
marked it as to-read
