Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Aug 11, 2014 Sarah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

I am so glad I finally read this book. I've seen the author and this series kicking around in my periphery for a long time (I guess up to 9 years, looking at the original publication date!) but it just happened along on a good Kindle deal recently, so finally I did.

Such a cool magic system, really believable and understandable, but still absolutely magical. It reminded me of falling in love with Melanie Rawn's Sunrunners for the first time all those years ago :)

Some of the plot was a bit tropes- ...more

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Mar 06, 2022 Amanda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 5-stars, my-sisyphean-challenge

Spring 2020 (March);
~ Sanderson Sisyphean Challenge

Rating: 4.5 (rounded up)

Is there ever a Brandon Sanderson book I read and don't walk away from in love with a whole new world? Oh, yeah. That's definitely happened again, which isn't surprising as Mistborn is his other smaller, but just as long-running (thus far), series beside Way of Kings.

Where do I even start? I love all the main characters, especially Kelsier and his band of merry extensively powerful thieves, each of their own power and d ...more

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Oct 19, 2019 Naj rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

It took a long time to finish reading this. Partially because I knew it would be such a good read and once I started it would eventually have to end. Having read some other works by Brandon Sanderson, I've come to expect his 'formula'. And even though there are some things one can expect and 'see' happening even from the start, there's still so much to enjoy.

He pulled and pushed on my emotions throughout this rollercoaster ride of a story. I can't wait to go on to the next book. ...more

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