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Mistborn: The Final Empire
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Ric
Jan 20, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: gave-up-on, whatsat
Gave this a shot. And truly I tried to get into the book. But ... how best to explain this? Like, there's country and there's rock and roll, and there's soul. Not a question of which one is better, just that different people like one over the others. That's the way it is here. If hard sf is rock-n-roll, then fantasy must be country. Just doesn't play as well on my radio, you know. Missin' that tech spark, you know?

Apologies to the fans. I won't put a rating.

Also, I liked Sucker Punch, the movie
...more
Brian
Mar 22, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: audiobooks
This was a fun read. The storytelling is compelling, the characters have depth, and the magic system is unique and very well thought out. There were a couple of things that I didn't love. The world building wasn't quite as good as I usually like, and the world felt very tiny, even when the story was dealing with events on a large scale. While I consider myself a fan of Brandon Sanderson, interesting prose is not really his strong suit. He tells a great story, but the words he uses are usually si ...more
Narya
Aug 07, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I really liked it. It was difficult to let go. I t had some interesting ideas with the burning metals for power. I can't wait to start the next one. ...more
Simon
Nov 24, 2009 is currently reading it
Liane
Dec 10, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: my-library
Tom Proctor
Oct 14, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Sara
Jan 05, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Tristan
Jan 14, 2010 marked it as to-read
Elizabeth
Jan 26, 2010 marked it as to-read
Evan Scangas
Jan 27, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: favorites
Lauren
Jun 10, 2010 marked it as owned-priority-tbr  ·  review of another edition
Ellie
Jun 15, 2010 rated it really liked it
Kay
Jun 28, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fantasy
Patrik
Aug 02, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: must-buy, fantasy
Emma
Nov 02, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Lorelei
Jan 16, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Nithin C
Mar 29, 2011 marked it as to-read
Aileen
Apr 04, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: audio
Maggie K
Apr 19, 2011 rated it really liked it
Casey
May 27, 2011 rated it really liked it
Candace
Mar 07, 2012 rated it liked it
Andrew
May 09, 2012 rated it really liked it
Jim Schmitt
Jan 06, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 2013, read-twice, 2015
Damon Williams
Mar 04, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Kelly Flanagan
Nov 22, 2013 marked it as to-read