Genres: Fantasy, Adult
Published: July 2006 by Tor Fantasy
Pages: 657
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Rating: 10/10
Description: Once, a hero arose to save the world. A young man with a mysterious heritage courageously challenged the darkness that strangled the land.
He failed.
For a thousand years since, the world has been a wasteland of ash and mist ruled by the immortal emperor known as the Lord Ruler. Every revolt has failed miserably.
Yet somehow, hope survives. Hope that dares to dream of ending the empire and even the Lord Ruler himself. A new kind of uprising is being planned, one built around the ultimate caper, one that depends on the cunning of a brilliant criminal mastermind and the determination of an unlikely heroine, a street urchin who must learn to master Allomancy, the power of a Mistborn.
Published: July 2006 by Tor Fantasy
Pages: 657
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Rating: 10/10
Description: Once, a hero arose to save the world. A young man with a mysterious heritage courageously challenged the darkness that strangled the land.
He failed.
For a thousand years since, the world has been a wasteland of ash and mist ruled by the immortal emperor known as the Lord Ruler. Every revolt has failed miserably.
Yet somehow, hope survives. Hope that dares to dream of ending the empire and even the Lord Ruler himself. A new kind of uprising is being planned, one built around the ultimate caper, one that depends on the cunning of a brilliant criminal mastermind and the determination of an unlikely heroine, a street urchin who must learn to master Allomancy, the power of a Mistborn.
Brandon Sanderson is consistently receiving shining reviews from me because he consistently pumps out amazing books. I've read some other books by him, but clearly not enough. Mistborn was an amazing read and is by far my favourite read of 2015 so far!
The world-building is to die for. The city of Luthadel and its outlying regions were described so vividly, yet just subtle enough that it didn't take away from the plot of the story. From the ash, to the plantations, to the deep pits and beyond, the world was beautifully crafted and my whole reading experience was very immersive and wonderful.
This being said, the magic system in this novel is absolutely top. While there were lovely, slower-paced parts in which I got lots of back-story and lore that enhanced my experience (such has Sazeed's parts concerning religion and the log book), and there were also these crazy, action-packed scenes which I believe Sanderson writes beautifully. Sanderson is so good at writing action scenes that feel like a movie in my mind. The physics and science is accounted for as well, keeping the magic system both exciting and complex.
The characters were so lovable and had so many layers of depth. It wasn't always good vs. bad, there was a lot of overlap. The motivations of each character weren't always obvious and often there were hidden reasons for why characters did what they did. Kelsier, the mythic rebellion leader, with this charismatic and easy-to-love nature had inner demons, our protagonist Vin still surprised me with her backstory and her personality. Mistborn has a colourful troop of characters, each of them are diverse and interesting.
Also, possible spoilers, but the last 100 pages or so had SO MANY TWISTS AND TURNS. I gasped and cried and yelled and laughed. Everything came together, and then fell apart, and then a huge secret was revealed that made so much sense, then everything was destroyed again. I left Mistborn so satisfied. Brandon Sanderson is a WIZARD. That's the only explanation. How does someone create such vividly beautiful yet subtle and clever works consistency without magic? Perhaps he is using some form of literary Allomancy. Whatever it is, I need to go read more. I cannot recommend Mistborn more.
Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss simply because of the beautiful prose and the scientific and intricate magic systems built up in both books.
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