Raq's Reviews > Mistborn Trilogy

I really wanted to read some fantasy that didn't suck and that I hadn't read before. I figured I'd give Sanderson a try, but his main fantasy didn't appeal and the concept of Mistborn seemed interesting.

I'm glad I bought it as the full trilogy, because if I'd only purchased the first, I would have been so annoyed at the end that I wouldn't have bought the second...and if I'd bought the first two I would've been too bored at the end to buy the third. Which means this isn't a trilogy, it's one big book.

Taken that way, it crescendos nicely from a personal focus on Vin and her coming-of-age/becoming a hero to an epic battle for the very fate of the world.

There were so many unanswered questions at the end of the first book - I could not believe the Stupidity Factor of the characters, and assumed that the plotting was stunningly weak. However, everything was resolved in a really interesting way by the end of the trilogy. If you are liking it, stick with it, even though it gets really really boring in Book 2. Book 2 is basically "let me recap in prose all the cool stuff that happened in Book 1."

The writing style is also kind of a slog. When Sanderson lets his actual voice come through, it's anachronistic, but it's far more engaging.