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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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Jan 27, 2018 Lesa Divine rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018, i-own, read-it, 2021

1st read 1/2018 4 ⭐

I see myself continuing this series. It's been interesting story. With all the special abilities with metals. Plus trying to take over an empire. With thieves, betrayal, friendship etc.
I like this story. I'm knocking off a star for the falling in love a bit unexpectedly. But Vin was a interesting character she totally grew up and learn to trust others.
Kelsier was a team leader at first I didn't know if he could be trusted but he pulled Vin into his crew teaching her what she ...more

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Dec 16, 2015 Mai rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

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.

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Jun 04, 2012 Jessica rated it it was ok

Shelves: books-i-couldn-t-finish, fantasy

I've decided to stop torturing myself, and give up on this book halfway through. I'm surprised at how I didn't enjoy this, as I'm a big fan of Sanderson's latest book! The magic system is, as mentioned in many other reviews, very complicated and well explained. The trouble is that for me it was confusing and a bit boring - too many lengthy explanations of how it works. The characters feel a bit flat and two dimensional. They fill the standard fantasy roles, but I never got the impression that th ...more

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Jul 07, 2017 Rebekah rated it liked it

Shelves: genre-fiction, genre-fantasy, genre-adventure, genre-adult, genre-romance, genre-science-fiction-fantasy, genre-fantasy-epic-fantasy, genre-fantasy-magic, genre-epic, genre-fantasy-high-fantasy

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! ...more

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Oct 24, 2012 Cora rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, favorites, audible, magic, 1st-in-series, betrayal, series, lost-in-fire

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 ...more

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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. :)

If you've never read a Sanderson book before, I think I would recommend Elantris over this one as a first book of his to rea ...more

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