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

Jan 30, 2015 Cee rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: superhero-powers, romance, fantasy, young-adult, wizardy-magic

My feelings about Mistborn can easily be summarised: fantastic worldbuilding, predictable plot, and cardboard characters. I know this book has a very dedicated fan base though. If you're a huge fan, this review might not be for you.

*hides from the pitchforks*

The premise of Mistborn is a well-known fantasy cliché. Young person from the lower social ranks (farmer/thief/orphan) is told he/she has awesome powers which will help overthrow the evil ruler dude. Think Harry Potter, Eragon, Sword of Trut ...more

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Nov 23, 2015 Daphne rated it liked it

Shelves: own-audio, quest

I had expected to enjoy this one more than I did. I loved the first two in Stormlight series. I'll give this one a couple more books and maybe I'll be sold. The characters just seem way too powerful and things are way too easy because they can pretty much anything they want. ...more

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Jul 01, 2011 Vered rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy-cfi

a bit slow at first, but then you find yourself thinking about it all day long.

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Apr 16, 2011 KarenF rated it it was amazing

Shelves: kindle, fantasy

Wow. I just loved this one. My eyes were bloodshot and vision blurry, the house was a mess and the bills unpaid but I couldn't stop reading until I finished it. At least one reviewer said that this is more like Ocean's 11 than a typical fantasy book and I think that's true. In many ways it is a "caper" book with lots of planning, side jobs and banter. I think Kelsier is supposed to be blond but I could picture George Clooney playing him anyway. He had such charisma and you could see why these pe ...more

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Sep 30, 2012 Mashara rated it liked it · review of another edition

Besides being bored to tears by the "iron push" and "stell pull", or the other way around, I thought the book was quite clever, and I loved the characters. I find it a bit weird that this sort of evolved societies are still using candles 5 thousand years later, but ok.

I loved the twist at the end, and I love that the book never tries to paint the lord ruler as anything else than what he is, the people fighting to take him down are very flawed, but they are fighting the good fight.

Vin is an inter ...more

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