Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) in Fantasy-Faction.com

Jun 06, 2017 Maryam rated it it was amazing

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This is my first read of Sanderson’s books. Most of my friends are big fans of his work and one in particular recommended the Mistborn to me more than once, so I decided to go for it finally and I can say I loved it.

When there is so much talk about a book you will have high expectations from it and I’m happy it fulfilled all of them.

The world of Final Empire is a dark world, there are two groups of people. Nobles and Skaas and there is a god like figure who governs the world, Lord Ruler a mercil ...more

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Mar 29, 2015 Julia Sarene rated it it was amazing

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This was my first book by Brandon Sanderson.
It was the start of a long lasting love. :)

Since I've read this in 2010 I've read every book by Sanderson, I could get my hands on. By now I buy everything he writes without even glancing at the blurb. I simply know that I'll love it, even if it isn't my usual genre. (I don't know if I'd even have glanced at steelheart, if it wasn't for the author.)

And I've never regretted it.

This book has it all again. A great and continuous magic system. Great charac ...more

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Nov 24, 2010 Kevin Xu rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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This book could have been cut at least fifty pages about 60% into the book.

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Jul 09, 2011 Daphne (Illumicrate) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Thank you #MistbornMondays. Wow. I mean, I loved this book so much. The worldbuilding is phenomenal, and it has a satisfying ending. It managed to shock me, educate me and leave me wanting more. Recommended to everyone!

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Jan 13, 2011 Scott Marlowe rated it liked it

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*** This review originally appeared on Out of this World Reviews. ***

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson is the first novel in the NY Times bestselling Mistborn trilogy. It is followed by The Well of Ascension and The Hero of Ages. Recently, Sanderson announced that film rights to the series have been optioned to Paloppa Pictures LLC.

Sanderson's debut novel, the sixth he'd written but the first to gain a publisher, was Elantris, which received enough critical acclaim to land Sanderson a th ...more

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Jun 08, 2009 Antonio rated it it was amazing

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Great beginnings to a terrific series. Original story and characters. Excellent world building and makes you cheer on the protagonists.

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Apr 10, 2010 Blodeuedd Finland rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I wanted to try Sanderson ever since I read that he would complete WOT. Now I can see that the style is totally different. And I dunno why but I'd like to call this sci-fi fantasy, yes nothing sci-fi about it except for this feeling I got. That this is not a fantasy world, it could just be a world out there. But that is just me and perhaps it was all the metal magic.

This is the story about Vin, a thief living and hiding in the big city. She is skaa, the slaves of the world. An owner can take a w I wanted to try Sanderson ever since I read that he would complete WOT. Now I can see that the style is totally different. And I dunno why but I'd like to call this sci-fi fantasy, yes nothing sci-fi about it except for this feeling I got. That this is not a fantasy world, it could just be a world out there. But that is just me and perhaps it was all the metal magic.

This is the story about Vin, a thief living and hiding in the big city. She is skaa, the slaves of the world. An owner can take a woman and kill her the next day, because the gods forbid if a halfbreed was ever born. Which of course she is. Some get away, but the slave population is tired after 1000 years of slavery. It all started with the man now known as the Lord Ruler, the all mighty god that rule them all with an iron fist. He granted those who supported him 1000 years ago special rights and they are now the nobility, the rest, slaves, all owned by him and to be used by the noble families at their whim.

One day a man comes, Kelsier, with mighty plans to kill the Lord Ruler and bring the Skaa out of slavery. But how can you kill a god? Even if Kelsier is a mistborn, he has magic because of his half blood lineage, just as Vin has. Soon she is thrust into another world and will see if The Lord Ruler is a God, and if his guards are as immortals are the legends say.

I liked Vin, even if she does get a bit stupid later on thinking that the nobility isn't as bad as people have told her. But how could she know about their brutality. In a way she escaped this by being a thief and hiding from everyone. But she has potential.

The rest of the cast is good too, Kelsier with his plans, Sazed with his memory, a certain young Lord we meet, and the rest of the gang.

The magic here is really clever. They use tin, pewter, copper and more for magic gain. By swallowing this or using it otherwise they can run up a building, jump, push people and more. The magic enhances this things and I do like this creation.

Then there is the brutality of the world, in the beginning we see a pretty young girl getting taken away and the rest knows that she will be killed the next morning. They live with that and they wish their daughters to be ugly. They are a beaten people and they haev no hope. Then there is the world, it is covered in ash, the world is grey and brown and surrounded by a mist where dangerous beings live. All this cos of something that happened a 1000 years ago. It is an ugly world.

This was an ok fantasy book, mostly because of how he used the magic and how he should the grim existence of the world. He is a great worldbuilder, that I must say. I have the other two books so I will see how the story plays out. ...more

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May 02, 2015 Tooms rated it it was amazing

The Final Empire is a very original, and engaging novel. It's plainly written, though that is probably a good thing considering it's complexity. and while a great deal of time is spent on world building that is vivid and believable, there is plenty here to satisfy a wide audience.

The Final Empire's strength is it's characters and it's magic. Strong, multi-layered, and framed away from the stories plot, each person feels real. They exist despite the story, they would exist without it, and that's ...more

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Jan 02, 2011 ModernAlexandrian rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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WOW! What an incredibly complex and invigorating story. The world, the power, the characters were really something. Just... WOW. Will need to read book two soon - tricksy teaser chapter at the end!

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