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It took me a while to get into it, but then I got sucked into the story - the world-build and magic is absolutely intriguing.
I don't think I have ever taken this long to read a book before! Almost two months to finish! I thought it was really interesting but it dragged on and on!
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What would happen if the hero of prophecies failed to defeat evil and save the world? What if one evil was defeated simply to be replaced by another? Those are the types of questions that inspired Sanderson's Mistborn series. For a thousand years, the Lord Ruler ruled the world through fear and oppression. Many believed that he was a god and immortal, so powerful that all rebellions were swatted like an annoying fly. One man, however, revives hope. He gathers a band of con-men and thieves to do
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Was not expecting the resolution at the end--thought it was going to be drawn out over the series but it reads like a complete novel in and of itself.
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