Mistborn Book One: The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson Reviews
Newest Review: ... genre after a while, so anything that makes me sit up hours past bedtime (I'm usually too sensible!) hanging on every word to ... more
... find out what happens - well, wow! :)
That's not to say The Final Empire is 100%, shockingly original - it still fits into the genre, still follows a few template patterns. But there are more than enough original elements, plus a gift for storytelling, combining to leave me enthralled.
What worked best for me was the pre-chapter excerpts from... something! This is itself a rather well-used device these days, but these little snippets first hint and then start to reveal just a little about a back story, another ...more
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Mistborn Book One: The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson: What if the Dark Lord won? (960 words)by - written on 09/06/12, updated on 09/06/12 (Very useful, 55 readings)
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For a thousand years he has ruled the world; having saved it from some cataclysmic evil it is now his to control as he wishes. Immortal and all-powerful in the 'Allomatic' arts - those using metal to grant enhanced abilities to gifted people - no one can dare to stand against him. And so life in the Final Empire is hard. Hard for the nobility, reliant on the whims of the god-emperor and constantly playing games of politics with other Great Houses - games that include assassinations, with the most powerful allomancers nigh-on unstoppable. And on the flip side, those not born to nobility have it even harder: skaa are property, beaten without cause, killed for little more. . Read the complete review
by - written on 11/04/12, updated on 11/04/12 (Very useful, 58 readings)
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I hadn't heard of Brandon Sanderson until I was lent some his of books recently, and I've since read a couple. If you're an avid Wheel of Time reader, which I confess I'm not, you might recognise him as the man chosen to finish the last book in the late Robert Jordan's stead, but when I started reading The Final Empire he was still an unknown entity to me. This is the author's second book and the first book in the Mistborn trilogy, followed by The Well of Ascension and The Hero of Ages. It usually costs around £8.99, but is available on Amazon for far less, and you can even buy the whole trilogy in a box set. I was deeply sceptical when I first picked up The ... Read the complete review
by - written on 29/03/12 (Very useful, 22 readings)
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I first came across The Final Empire in Waterstone's. It was the cover that caught my eye, the brilliant grey and blue on white. It's a very fitting cover for the content in all honesty. It's available in paper copy and also as a digital copy. For those new to the fantasy genre, old fans of fantasy or those looking for something a bit different, give this book a go. It deals with fresh ideas and Sanderson has created a believable world that, if put into practice, would work. There is a food supply, economics, a judical system, everything a society needs to run. The writing - My favourite thing about this book are the characters. They are fully ... Read the complete review
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