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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

Brandon Sanderson

Start date: June 12, 2015

Finish date: June 30, 2015

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Apr 03, 2018 Avigail rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, audible, physical-book, 2018, own, 5-stars

I was hesitant t0 read the book, it is a very hyped book and I have never read an adult fantasy book.
Because of the hype and the panic that I will not understand the book so I decided to read the book while listening to the audiobook, narrated by Michael Kramer and I really enjoy it.
The truth has I started the book last year but for some reason, I put it down and I decided to pick it up and read it again.
I know that I will continue with the series as well as his other works.
I understand the hy ...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);
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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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Apr 18, 2015 Haze rated it it was ok

Shelves: did-not-finish

I couldn't get past the first 15%. It started so confusing with the characters names and change in POVs, but then I started to get it and it seemed promising. Then came pages and pages of descriptions about how Kelsier was using Allomancy... all the talk of Pushing and Pulling, and IronPush, PewterPull, etc. It's much worse than what I've described here, it was just too tedious and boring.

I like Sanderson's other books, and I probably would've been okay if he described the Allomancy powers one ...more

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Sep 22, 2016 Vickie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: booksthatmakemegowow, nook

Brandon Sanderson is an amazing writer. I have no idea how many series he has, but I've read books from a few of them and I know there are more out there to imbibe. I love each one I've read. This is no exception.
It's a grim world, with little to hope for with most of the population. The rich and powerful like it like that and keep the poor down and doing all of the drudgery. It's set in a future of indeterminate time, at least to me.
There is magic in this world, the use of which is only for t ...more

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