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Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set (Mistborn, #1-3)
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what a bunch of overly long and deus ex religious claptrap this turned out to be. the entire third book was exposition (like, i get that world building is a skill and that when you build a world you want to talk about it, but there was just way too much of, "well i know we're in the NOW but here is how GOT THERE HAHA" without there actually being anything happening in the now aside from people being sad and everyone fighting more or less identical battles all the time) and literally ends with "haha everyone is a god! also all dead. haha! just kidding. but seriously, lots of gods!"
i'm not opposed to people i care about dying, but if you're going to joss whedon your resolution, you better make sure that people still CARE about people by the time they're all ended. as it was, this felt more like a philosophical treatise that had a point that it really wanted to make than a story by the time it finished, and i cannot possibly overstate how overwritten the vast majority of it was. by the time the third book rolled around and every time any goddamned character burned any goddamned metal and we were STILL TOLD, SLOWLY, LIKE SECOND GRADERS what that actually meant, i was about ready to sign up to the plan of ruin and drive some spikes into my own eyes. not what was intended, i'm sure!
tldr: UGH!
i'm not opposed to people i care about dying, but if you're going to joss whedon your resolution, you better make sure that people still CARE about people by the time they're all ended. as it was, this felt more like a philosophical treatise that had a point that it really wanted to make than a story by the time it finished, and i cannot possibly overstate how overwritten the vast majority of it was. by the time the third book rolled around and every time any goddamned character burned any goddamned metal and we were STILL TOLD, SLOWLY, LIKE SECOND GRADERS what that actually meant, i was about ready to sign up to the plan of ruin and drive some spikes into my own eyes. not what was intended, i'm sure!
tldr: UGH!
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Reading Progress
January 12, 2015
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Started Reading
January 12, 2015
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January 15, 2015
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28.0%
"first book done. three stars; a lot of it was entertaining if repetitive and clunky, and then came anvil romance and deus ex super rushed ending. i'm at this stage more interested in the history of the final empire than the aftermath of the coup, so really hoping that will be revisited."
January 18, 2015
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28.0%
"second book done. was surprised to find out that brandon sanderson is married given that this reads like he's never met a woman and they're just this peculiar thing he's read about. still interested in the history though even though this took a hella turn for the implausible YA here. bracing myself for disappointing answers! also Jesus christ this is long and overwritten."
January 18, 2015
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59.0%
January 18, 2015
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64.0%
"wait. what the fuck is electrum??? or should i be calling that deus electrum machina? lorddddtttt way to have written yourself into a corner with a finite resource and just make another one up like we're not going to notice."
January 21, 2015
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Finished Reading
