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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

Brandon Sanderson

Start date: January 1, 2011

Finish date: January 31, 2011

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Apr 22, 2012 Joel rated it it was amazing

Shelves: hard-copy, signed-copies

Sanderson is something special in the fantasy genre. In a time when 'grungy', 'dirty' and 'realistic' is all the rage in fantasy (see: Martin, Abercrombie), Brandon's books manage to be enthralling, well-written, and intriguing page turners; all while being at least clean and approachable. He proves that you do not need excessive gore, profanity or sex to write a compelling and unique storyline that is impossible to put down.

The entire Mistborn series is a gift to readers, as far as I am concern ...more

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Oct 19, 2011 Dee rated it really liked it

Shelves: world-fantasy, loanage, a-kind-of-magic, ninjas-get-chicks, urban

I really quite enjoyed this, actually. It had enough of the Yet-Another-Fantasy-Series about it to be comfortable and easily-digested, with heaps of newness to keep things interesting.

After having read The Way of Kings and now this, what really stands out for me is the creativity of the worlds Sanderson builds. So often with world-fantasy you can deliver the world concept in one easy combined real-world reference. Often just straight-up medieval, of course, but Venetian has been very popular rec ...more

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Apr 12, 2012 Ariff Hidayatullah rated it really liked it

Great book. The magic system is solid! How Mr Sanderson move the story with its magic system is superb. The pace is well flowed and tons of memorable characters. Somehow the storytelling lacks depth and engagement in my opinion.

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