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I've decided to stop torturing myself, and give up on this book halfway through. I'm surprised at how I didn't enjoy this, as I'm a big fan of Sanderson's latest book! The magic system is, as mentioned in many other reviews, very complicated and well explained. The trouble is that for me it was confusing and a bit boring - too many lengthy explanations of how it works. The characters feel a bit flat and two dimensional. They fill the standard fantasy roles, but I never got the impression that th
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One of my good friends from high school, Isaac Stewart, drew the maps and the allomantic symbols for this book so I thought it was high time that I check it out. All in all, a terrific book, and I can't wait to read the rest of the series.
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