Loved itBut for me, still the magic from era one just hasn't been captured yet going forward with Wax and Wayne.
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Mistborn Trilogy (2001)
Others: Mostly positive This discounted ebundle includes: Mistborn: The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn trilogy is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action. For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. This saga dares to ask a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? Mistborn: The Final Empire — Kelsier, a brilliant thief has turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler as the mark. Kel's plan is the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into the fold. But she will have to learn to trust if she is to master powers of which she never dreamed. The Well of Ascension — Evil has been defeated; the war has just begun. Vin, the street urchin who has become the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and Elend Venture, the idealistic young nobleman who loves her, must build a healthy new society in the ashes of an empire. The Hero of Ages — The Deepness has returned, along with unusually heavy ashfalls and powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed. Vin and Eland investigate the past to save the future, and in the end, sacrifices must be made.
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Others: Overwhelmingly positiveThe impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler -- the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years -- has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young protégé, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and to the idealistic young nobleman she loves. As Kelsier's protégé and slayer of the Lord Ruler she is now venerated by a budding new religion, a distinction that makes her intensely uncomfortable. Even more worrying, the mists have begun behaving strangely since the Lord Ruler died, and seem to harbor a strange vaporous entity that haunts her. Stopping assassins may keep Vin's Mistborn skills sharp, but it's the least of her problems. Luthadel, the largest city of the former empire, doesn't run itself, and Vin and the other members of Kelsier's crew, who lead the revolution, must learn a whole new set of practical and political skills to help. It certainly won't get easier with three armies – one of them composed of ferocious giants – now vying to conquer the city, and no sign of the Lord Ruler's hidden cache of atium, the rarest and most powerful allomantic metal. As the siege of Luthadel tightens, an ancient legend seems to offer a glimmer of hope. But even if it really exists, no one knows where to find the Well of Ascension or what manner of power it bestows.
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Loved it
Loved itI loved the series. I loved what Sanderson did with the hard magic system, which isn't isn't usually something that I like as much.
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Loved itI've read Mistborn, and I actually really liked Mistborn, so I would love to continue on in my backlog of Brandon Sanderson.
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Not a fanMisborn is going in the stinker pile. I did not enjoy it. Well, I enjoyed the beginning of it.
Loved itI liked it. It was perfect. It was exactly what I needed cuz unfortunately some of the other books I read weren't really scratching the itch, but this was like perfect. This is exactly the vibe I wanted.
Loved itThis book and I think most of Brandon Sanders's books are carried by the fun world building and magic system and the action. So if that's what you want, highly recommend this one.
Loved itI love this trilogy so much though I am fully prepared to knock this book right off my list in favor of a different Brandon Sanderson book
Not a fanOn paper it's got all those things that I should love. But the characters to me are very Bland the writing is kind of paint by numbers for me. It just completely takes me out of the story.
Loved itI've read mbor already I've read a few of his young adult sci-fi books the Skyward series I've read a few of those books so I'm really looking forward to kind of like fully diving in and sinking into his worlds and seeing what he has to offer cuz I loved Miss sporn and I really liked his young adult books too.
MixedI like the system but it's one of the books that it just like the system made everything else about it so every fight scene I was going crazy by the repetition of explanation of how we're using it so that was actually one of the biggest downfall for me reading Mistborn.
Loved itthere's a lot of things to enjoy and nothing takes up too much like just so well paced and so well thought out ... it's not one of the best things I've ever eaten or read but I can see why it's a pretty top tier fantasy
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MixedI had already read Miss born the final Empire a month or two ago and I did not really love mbor the final Empire even though I thoroughly loved it the first time that I read it
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Loved itgreat magic system great characters very approachable writing
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Loved itit's just it's such a good beginning. I really liked the beginning. I really liked the exploration of vIN.
Loved itI really enjoyed Mistborn Era One. I love the characters. To this day it's still my favorite hard magic system that I have read.
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Loved itI have not finished the last book but I've read the first two and even with that it is a great tear series in my opinion it's just exceptional fantasy
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Loved itI can see why it is a phenomenal book it is a slow burning book in my opinion I didn't really fall in love with it till around the 250 page mark But after I did I was very much invested in this book
Loved itmiss borne by Brandon Sanderson is a wonderful read this is about a magical system in which you ingest metals and you get different kinds of abilities from ingesting that metals... it is beautiful it is glorious
Loved itMiss born Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson I should grab all of them but I don't want to because I don't want to hold all of them up this is one of my favorite series ever it's so good if you haven't read it just do it
Loved itI loved it the world bidding was crazy the magic system all amazing characters amazing it just it was great y'all I couldn't have picked up a better fantasy book this year
Loved itI know it's not one book but I'm just going to lump it all together because it was all great and I can't really choose which one of the three was my favorite because they're all fantastic
Loved itBrandon Sanderson is a genius and I would recommend if you've not read this book series to just get started you will not regret it.
Loved itI really enjoyed this book thought I had a really interesting and fresh Twist on a magic system using Metals in order to burn certain types of magic
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Loved itthe Miss born Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson the man the myth Legend if you like fantasy books this is the top of the freaking pyramid spee speechless he's he's very good at like introducing different systems of magic that other fantasy authors don't use or haven't used because there's only so many things you can do mhm and yeah in this one they utilize like different metal types for different powers and that sort of thing which was very cool
Loved itthe whole magical system is what makes this book really awesome and then there's a really good story behind it and then there's really awesome characters behind it so it's just a big pile of Awesomeness