Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Aug 04, 2018 Vanessa Gayle ⚔️ Fangirl Faction rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, wish-list-physical, own-ebook-read, adult, reviewed, audio, fantasy

This review MAY contain spoilers. Read at your own risk.

Wowza! A lot of times the hype surrounding a book is just that. Hype. It doesn't always add up to be as great as the hype proclaims. I've never been so thrilled to have my skepticism dashed. I had heard so many wonderful things about this series prior to reading this book, and I am SO glad that they are founded.

The world building in this book is truly incredible. I can only hope that the well that Sanderson fishes his ideas from never runs This review MAY contain spoilers. Read at your own risk.

Wowza! A lot of times the hype surrounding a book is just that. Hype. It doesn't always add up to be as great as the hype proclaims. I've never been so thrilled to have my skepticism dashed. I had heard so many wonderful things about this series prior to reading this book, and I am SO glad that they are founded.

The world building in this book is truly incredible. I can only hope that the well that Sanderson fishes his ideas from never runs dry. This world was bold and completely original. This book was a breath of fresh air. Everything was incredibly detailed and well thought out. The way that the world was so meticulously melded is genius.

The character development in this book is just as awesome as the world building. Sanderson writes his characters with room to grow. The pacing of the character development is perfect. The reader can get to know the characters fairly quickly while building upon that to witness them grow and change. Details about the characters are given sparingly so that the development feels completely natural, all while creating a build up and want for more knowledge of the characters.

This plot is pretty epic. There are so many creative elements involved that it will blow your mind. When everything comes together at the end you will be in awe of all the masterfully crafted details and the way that they all interweave.

While I mainly read young adult fantasy, this book was still easy to pick up and get into. It did have a different vibe in general, but not in a bad way. I latched on to the story by simply reading the prologue. I don't think that this book would be hard for another fan of young adult books to enjoy. Sanderson makes it pretty easy to fall into the story.

I also have to add that I read the first six chapters of this book on ebook, and then I switched to audiobook. I quite enjoyed the audiobook version. I think that I will get the next book in the series on audiobook as well. If audiobook is your jam then I would recommend giving this book a shot on audio.

Overall, this book stands out like a shiny, sparkling unicorn in the herd of horses that the fantasy genre can sometimes be. And not just on the outside. On the inside, this book has plenty of shiny unicorn magic. I highly recommend this book, and I cannot wait to continue this series!

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Jan 12, 2015 Brooke rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, buddy-read, 5-star, b-n, book-1, powers, 2015, fantasy, readathon-day-2015

This book was everything I love wrapped in one book! I wish I could give it 10 stars!!!

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Aug 29, 2012 Jen rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2014

Mistborn: The Final Empire started off slow for the first third of the book, which is okay because of the world and magic system that had to be explained. The final third (and even the middle third) made up for it though. It was almost impossible to put the book down during the final third. Yes, I lost sleep over this book. I think I'm diving right into the second book. :)

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Apr 07, 2012 Logan rated it liked it

Shelves: own-bought-ebook, fantasy, 2013-books-read, on-deck

I loved the magic system, but otherwise this was a slow read for me. I didn't connect to Kelsier or Vin, and found the young Venture and Sazed to be far more interesting. The last 100 pages picked up, and set us up for an interesting next book, but I'm not in any rush to read on. ...more

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