Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) in OLUF

Jan 15, 2018 Suzanne rated it it was amazing

A five-star novel despite its multiple flaws in wording and pacing. Kelsier is particularly strong as a character. It's always fun to read of Vin and Elend and Sazed. The worldbuilding is outstanding and the magical systems are some of the best I've encountered.

I've finished this book I don't know how many times and I love it. It gets bogged down sometimes in technical details and a few less interesting side plots, and some more novice writing mistakes (using the character's name too much in di ...more

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Oct 25, 2016 YH rated it really liked it

First let me just say this book was bought for me as a present by a pretty awesome friend. It is so far from my usual style that I was pretty skeptical when I started, and I probably wouldn't have decided to read it on my own, but since it was a present, I thought I should try it. I'M SO GLAD I DID!!!! The beginning was a bit confusing for me and I found myself losing track of characters and places. But I was able to get into it pretty quickly, and from there I was hooked. The world building in First let me just say this book was bought for me as a present by a pretty awesome friend. It is so far from my usual style that I was pretty skeptical when I started, and I probably wouldn't have decided to read it on my own, but since it was a present, I thought I should try it. I'M SO GLAD I DID!!!! The beginning was a bit confusing for me and I found myself losing track of characters and places. But I was able to get into it pretty quickly, and from there I was hooked. The world building in this book was so amazing and detailed, I'm pretty sure that Sanderson is some sort of wizard. I did have a hard time keeping track of all the metals and pulling and pushing. There was a scene where Kelsier explained it to Vin, but every time they burned steel or iron I was confused as to exactly what that meant. But when I got to the back I discovered a handy index that would have been more helpful in the first few chapters. Once I read the index, I was able to picture how Vin and Kelsier were able to move through the air. I did find that there were some scenes in the middle that not much was happening and I was just waiting to get to more exciting parts. For the most part though, I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. (view spoiler) I loved Vin. It was so nice seeing her blossom from this timid, suspicious, mentally scarred girl into a confident and happy person. (view spoiler) I also loved that this book had a good ending and I don't have to read another 2 books to be satisfied with the story. I look forward to reading the subsequent books and exploring this world more, but I feel happy with the way this book ended. I have so many more thoughts about this book that I'm not remembering right now, and I wish I would have written them down as I was reading so I could write them here. Maybe I'll add to this (extremely long and rambly) review as more thoughts come to me, because I will definitely be thinking about this book for a long time. ...more

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