Mistborn question

You'd be better of asking such a question on neutral grounds, not on Mistborn forum, for obvious reasons.

I myself couldn't be bothered to read on after book one for both trilogies, but from what I've gathered Hobb's is moving at a slower pace, with far less action and more character development. I't really depends on your tastes.

I've only read the first book of the Mistborn Trilogy and haven't read any Hobb yet, but if you're looking for a great fantasy trilogy I'd go with The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. Very different from Mistborn in that the characters are much more morally complex and IMO the writing is just outright better. There is magic in The First Law, but it doesn't have the well-defined "magic system" that Sanderson gets so much credit for. If you like morally complex characters, anti-heroes, and a little bit of dark comedy thrown in, I would go with The First Law Trilogy. If you like a complex and well-thought out magic system, well-written action sequences, and straightforward, traditional good guys and bad guys then stick with Mistborn. I personally preferred The First Law Trilogy, but I still have two Mistborn books to go.

I have read them both and would advise you to do the same. Loved the story line of both and both had a very beautifully enchanting fantasy. You will be missing on a very lovely story if you read only "Mistborn".

The Mistborn trilogy is one of the greatest things ever written in a human language as far as I and many others believe.

Farseer is on my to-read list, so unfortunately I can't speak to it. However, I've ready a lot of fantasy and Mistborn absolutely tops my list. It's the best trilogy I've read to-date. Hell, the first book stands by itself as a fantastic novel -- it wraps everything up so well that you could just commit to reading the first one, before deciding if you want more.

Another little-known gem, if you're looking for epic fantasy with a female lead, is The Deed of Paksenarrion. It does paladins right. :)

I have red the Mistborn series and the first 2 books of the Farseer Trilogy. The differences between the two are:

1. Mistborn is fast-paced and Farseer is pretty slow
2. Mistborn has some great characters but much less time is devoted to character development. Whereas in Farseer, we follow the the main charecter in first-person. Hobb gets into the head of the protagonist like no other author I've read before. But we follow only one character so the others are pretty mysterious
3. Mistborn is more epic in scale that Farseer
4. The 3 mistborn books tell a complete story. But I've learned that the Farseer Trilogy continues onto the Liveship Traders Series and the Tawny Man Series. Having read 2 books of Farseer, unless Hobb increases her pace drastically in the third, I feel that we will only get an interim conclusion in the third book

On a personal note, I liked Mistborn more than Farseer

Sanderson has a definite style that permeates his books. They are really just variations on a theme. If you already enjoyed one of his books there is every reason to believe you will like the rest of them.

I've read and enjoyed both series (and have read the liveship books as well)... I actually don't think it matters which you read first but definitely try them both.

Given you've asked the question under Mistborn, I doubt you'll find too many Farseer readers reading this thread.

I've read complete Mistborn, loved it. Highly recommend it. If you've from IT/software background then: The plot is like, at the beginning of 2nd book you feel like the plot of book 1 was just a for loop in the grand design and feeling repeats for the 3rd book. Needless to say you'll regret if you skip any of the books.

Here is what I had to say about Farseer in a different thread: "It's slow and plot is small/weak; climax is hardly notable and the way it sets up the milieu for second book is hardly enticing. I started with the second one and got to may be 100 pages (which usually takes me a day or two) before putting it back. Not to say I've given up on it.
I would recommend you check out Mistborn or His Dark Materials or even Black Jewels, every one is MUCH better."

But in fairness, it depends on taste so I highly recommend what Farseer fanboys had to say (http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...). A couple o quotes in response to my comment above:
"Being slow is part of the point; and yes, it's small, not every book has to be about empires of thousands clashing in might magical battles."
"True! I agree with you. I very much enjoyed the way the book focused on Fitz's world and the intimacy that I felt with his charactor. One of my favorites."

Finally if you're a fan of Trilogies like I then here is what I loved:
- Lord of the Rings.
- The Kingkiller Chronicle (only 2 books out so far)
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The Black Jewels
- Night Angel
- His Dark Materials
I liked Mistborn more than every one on this list!

I could not get into Mistborn even after reading halfway through the first book, though I loved “The way of Kings”. With that being said, I would recommend the following trilogy's –

Brent Weeks – Night Angel Cycle
Paul S Kemp – Erevis Cale
Alexey Pehov – Chronicles of Siala

The first two have well developed magic systems and the later's isn't as robust; however, it delivers with great story telling and a well developed main character with solid supporting characters.

Just finished Hobbs' "The Tawny Man" trilogy and would recommend it. A great fan of Abercrombie but his is quite a different style and concept. Hobbs' books have common threads but don't absolutely have to be read in sequence so I would try the Tawny Man before say the Liveships trilogy which I read some years ago and from memory found a bit dark in places.

The Mistborn trilogy is just plain awesome. Everyone I know has loved it.

I read the Mistborn trilogy and the first two books of the Farseer triology.

I loved every single part of the Mistborn books, I couldn't put the books down, but the Farseer's... well, it has very good parts, but others aren't quite so, also I got too revolted by the actions taken by the caracters

So, if I have to choose one - Mistborn, no doubts. But try the Farseer too.

And if you like Sanderson's writting, try The Way of Kings. It's one of my favorites books, although there's still only one book from a total of ten...

Mistborn! Great trilogy with lots of NEW magics and the like. Very cool characters and "beings". Another trilogy you might consider is the "Night Angel Trilogy" by Brent Weeks, assassins with a little something extra. I just purchased the Farseer trilogy so I can't really say how good it is. Besides, you can't miss with Sanderson in my opinion!

Even though I loved them both I must admit the Mistborn trilogy was better, but when you get the money definitely read the Farseer trilogy too.

I haven't read The Farseer Trilogy, but Mistborn is one of my favorite series so I highly recommend it. If you're enjoying Elantris that much, I think it's safe to say that you won't be disappointed by Mistborn since it's superior in a lot of ways.

I don't mean to muddy the waters too much, particularly since I haven't read the Farseer trilogy (I read the first Mistborn book but stopped there); however, I recommend The Riyria Revelations by Michael Sullivan. That trilogy is great!

The mistborn trilogy is amazing. Go with that one.