From 1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action. 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. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison.
Kelsier "snapped" and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.
But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. This saga dares to ask a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails?
Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy trilogy overturns the expectations of readers and then goes on to tell the epic story of evil overturned in a richly imagined world. A thousand years ago evil came to the land and has ruled with an iron hand ever since.
The sun shines fitfully under clouds of ash that float down endlessly from the constant eruption of volcanoes. A dark lord rules through the aristocratic families and ordinary folk are condemned to lives in servitude, sold as goods, labouring in the ash fields. But now a troublemaker has arrived and there is rumour of revolt. A revolt that depends on criminal that no-one can trust and a young girl who must master Allomancy - the magic that lies in all metals.
A word of mouth success in the states the Mistborn trilogy has, this year, broken onto the New York Times Bestseller list. The time is ripe for its success to cross the Atlantic. An epic fantasy set in a world where the Dark Lord has gained dominion over the world. A world of ash and pain. A world subjugated. You have so much to look forward to!
Read 6 times That's a good enough recommendation Warda. Read 6 times On to read the next book! View all 12 comments. Dec 31, Christine Riccio rated it it was amazing. View all 17 comments. The mystical power held by the nobility, granted to them by the Lord Ruler some thousand years before as a reward for their loyalty.
Readers have been urging me for years to pick up anything by Brandon Sanderson , and after browsing his books I knew that Mistborn would be the first world I wanted to enter. Opportunity arose, and I was able to read this along with two other Goodreads friends, which made for a much more exciting experience than if I had gone it alone. We were able to bou Allomancy. We were able to bounce ideas off of each other, chat about theories we had, and see where we were right and where we were completely wrong.
The latter is where we mostly fell. How could I possibly place them in the same category as this? I understand it won't be for everyone; the pacing is slow throughout a majority of the book and it's long by many readers' standards.
I felt the hilarious banter between the characters relieved a bit of the slowness, but I also found that I loved the steady, detailed world building. The immaculate secondary detailing is what really set this apart from other adult fantasies I have read, and I can't wait to continue on and see where Sanderson takes us. I don't really have much else to say, as I've jumped on the bandwagon late in the game, so I thought I would close with my favorite spoiler-free quotes that I marked along the way.
If men read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by it's chains. I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the most successful.
No nation may claim him, no woman shall keep him, and no king may slay him. He shall belong to none, not even himself. Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days, I think. What is belief-what is faith-if you don't continue in after failure? Buddy read with Bentley and Scrill!
View all 56 comments. I have to admit that I cried, I didn't see that ending coming. Brandon Sanderson has done it again. This is only my second book I have read of his and they both have blown me away. I loved all of the "good" characters in the book. Each one of them have an endearing quality. My favorites being Kell, Vin and Sazed. It took me a little bit to understand the Allomancy, but it finally started to make sense and ther www.
It took me a little bit to understand the Allomancy, but it finally started to make sense and there is a little chart in the back of the book that helps out with that : Kelsier Kell is a Mistborn and getting an army together to try to take down the Lord Ruler who is the ultimate jerk!!
He finds Vin and brings her into his fold. She has no idea she is a Mistborn and she ends up being so much more than that! I love that he took her under his wing and taught her so many things.
She caught on very quickly but this is because of what all she really is Kell has such a wonderful team. I love them all. There are several that have powers themselves. I really think this story is great at having all of these characters with different things they can do.
They all stand out very clearly and the friendship between this team is the best. The book is full of evil beings, strange beings, war, senseless torture and killings, and the good people trying to make a difference. I'm still at a loss for a lot of words because of what happens and the feelings that are put into the book.
All I can say is I look forward to reading many more Sanderson books!!! View all 59 comments. Reviewed by: Rabid Reads I hate everyone.
You : Everyone who? Me : Yes. You : Eh? Me : Leave me alone. I don't want to talk about it! Are you? Then you, friend , are whom I hate. As for you, Mr. I collected your clues and gathered your h Reviewed by: Rabid Reads I hate everyone. But then I thought, no, no, this CANNOT be, he wouldn't do this, and I went back through all my meticulously collected clues and hints and found an explanation.
A perfectly. An explanation that made sense. An explanation that would keep my heart in one piece instead of the shattered, brittle thing it has since become.
An explanation. I am forced to conclude. YOU are the Deepness, Mr. YOU are that which will destroy the world. I hate you most of all. I can't write the review that I want to. MORE than three times. It was so masterfully done, it couldn't be an accident. Why does your manipulation make me admire you so? The world of the Mistborn is not a pleasant place. There's always a downtrodden servant class in a Sanderson series, but this world's version is particularly bleak. Ash falls like rain from the sky, supplying the skaa with a never-ending, yet thankless workload.
They're beaten regularly, often resulting in their deaths. Halfbreeds are to be avoided, you see. The nobility is sometimes blessed with magic.
Magic which passes genetically to offspring, and we can't allow the peasants to gain that kind of power, can we? They form street gangs and steal whatever they can from those who would enslave them, existing in a cutthroat world by embracing a cutthroat mentality. Most of the gangs are comprised of ordinary skaa, but a few are different, more organized crews than low-level thieves. They take bigger jobs, they are the royals of the petty crooks, they are the Mistings.
And in a few extremely rare cases, they are the Mistborn. Not every halfbreed life is snuffed out before it can begin. And Kelsier is the greatest of them all. He got them at the Pits, from the rocks on a sheer wall he had to climb to escape. The teeth scraped his arms. More than a thorn in the Lord Ruler's thigh or a bramble in his path.
And when you think about it, as far as planning goes, there's not much difference between organizing a chancey heist and plotting to overthrow a corrupt ruler who thinks himself a god. One might even suggest that Kelsier is the perfect man to do it. Beyond his suitability for the task, there's something immensely likable about the image of this noble Fagin flipping a coin he keeps to anchor his Allomancy, the ability to metabolize and manipulate metals.
And here's the thing about Sanderson: the man's a genius. Now that I've familiarized myself with him, I don't think I'll ever be able to stop reading his books. Even if I'm not thrilled about the execution, there is always incredible potential in his ideas.
Take the concept for this series: what would happen if the hero meant to save the world. We have a world in ruin one thousand years after the hero of prophecy failed to save it. Add to that Sanderson's trademark misdirection, and, well. Despite my brokenness in the aftermath, how could I not read it? How can you not?
Highly recommended, but only with LOTS of cake or something stronger to drown your agony. PS - this changes nothing. I still hate all of you. View all 9 comments. Sep 23, Merphy Napier rated it it was amazing. The characters were unbelievable and the plot was so thrilling and gripping the entire way through.
I actually want to start rereading it right now. Which is stupid because there's more books in the series. But I want that story again and I'm sad that I can't experience it again for the first time Oh my gosh. I have tears in my eyes. This was by far one of the best fantasy novels I've ever read. I don't even know how I'm going to function enough to give this a worthy review. Brandon Sanderson, you have rocked my world.
I'm just going to point out all the things that made this a great read for me - but I'm not going to go into too much detail. I read this book without kn Oh my gosh. I read this book without knowing anything and I suggest others do the same! But beware of spoilers. Don't get me wrong My gosh, it is so well done and it felt real.
I'll admit, I'm a bit of a lazy reader. So please, don't feel overwhelmed as you start going through this. As long as you get the general idea, you'll be totally fine. The Characters get ready for some ridiculous fangirling Good gravy. Vin is just previous.
I was SO connected to her the entire time - I just adore her so much. She's realistic. No special snowflakes here. Kelsier is a flipping genius and I have no words because just Also his relationship with Vin was so touching. Okay I'm getting emotional. YASSS ugh. He was adorbs. He and Vin were just I just My only complaint might be I wished we had spent more time with them alone - developing their relationship.
Holy frick man you are a badass. Don't get me started on the genius villainous tactics Sanderson used with the Lord Ruler. You guys, these characters feel so real that its scary. Sanderson is a master. It is kinda slow to start - but not a bad slow. There is the perfect amount of development, in my opinion. This is just a long book - and it needs to be with the amount of connection Sanderson is trying to draw.
Just go into this expecting a high fantasy - it is NOT a light read. I don't want to say much about the plot other than it is just brilliant. One things pick up and they do - its pretty much non stop until the end. There are some crazy plot twists and I was pretty much freaking out the entire last third of this book. Honestly this first book could be a stand alone- I did not expect so many things to be resolved in this..
I'm still sitting here with my jaw open over the ending. This is one of the best endings I've ever read. Overall So, all this to say- this was an easy five stars. Literal perfection if you're into high fantasy. The writing was perfection. Everything was so detailed and real. View all 54 comments. View all 5 comments. In many fantasy stories, a dark lord is rising and it is up to our heroes to defeat him before that happens.
In this, the Dark Lord is already set in place as the status quo and the heroes have to motivate others to want a change Yet there is a noble class of The Lord Ruler's flunkies who will need to be scammed and robbed along the way, to finance this big revolt I love it The pace, style, and grand-heist-scheme-in-a-fantasy-setting plot remind me of Michael J. Certainly a great blending, as both of these were recent 5-star reviews for me Okay, now I've finished it.
All I can say is WOW. Why did I wait so long to read this? I must read the other two books in the series very soon View all 20 comments. Dec 02, Kogiopsis rated it it was amazing Shelves: fangirl-alert , bucket-books , favoritereads , reviewed.
Note to self: You are no longer allowed to bring books this good on family road trips. It makes you antisocial. You ignore the great views outside the car.
You resent being torn away from the book to spend time with family, and when you are you babble incessantly about how awesome it is and how everyone would like it and how cool the magic is and how great the characters and on and on and on until your family is probably sick of you. And then, even after an eight-mile hike in the desert when you Note to self: You are no longer allowed to bring books this good on family road trips.
And then, even after an eight-mile hike in the desert when you're covered in sweat and dirt, you let your sister have first shower so you'd have more reading time. You even considered skipping dinner to finish it! This is the kind of book that stays at home in future, where you can sit and read all day and not be bothered. And now for the rest of you - all the above is true. For the few days I was reading it, this book did its level best to take over my life. It was addicting.
I craved it like chocolate, and not being able to read was hard to deal with. I would expect nothing less from the man chosen to finish the Wheel of Time, or from a contributor to Writing Excuses, the podcast that got me into podcasts.
I went into Mistborn ready to be impressed, but that's not what happened. I wasn't impressed. I was wowed. Blown away. And filled with a sense of loss when it was over. This is not a good book, my friends. This is a great book.
This is what fantasy needs. As far as the genre is concerned, this book - this series - this author - is the Hero of Ages. Thank goodness for Brandon Sanderson.
Thank goodness for a writer with such a depth of imagination; for the wildly creative systems of magic he creates; for his vivid and haunting settings; for his masterful plotting and artful twists which are, always, "surprising but inevitable".
Thank goodness for a male writer who makes his female main character strong, but not in a masculine way. Vin is seriously amazing. So is the rest of the cast - my one objection is that there aren't any other women in significant roles, but maybe that'll change in later books. And the writing! I know from Writing Excuses that Sanderson has never wanted to be anything but an author, and that he spent years working as a hotel clerk so he had time to write, and that he had completed numerous novels before he managed to sell one.
It shows. The language is almost entirely flowing and clear, suffering only occasionally from an over-use of commas. One after every 'but' is a bit much.
More authors should learn to write like this. More authors should practice writing the way he has. Normally I find more to say about books I like, but this time I'm too impressed. Sanderson has amazed me beyond anything I expected. I can't wait to read The Well Of Ascension. View all 23 comments. Jul 09, sunny rated it it was ok Recommended to sunny by: Literally everyone.
Shelves: adult , bf , fantasy , endless-pain , shawty-so-bad , boring-af , literal-garbage , i-dont-get-the-hype. Never in my life have I ever felt an incredible amount of disappointment that this book gave me. I'm literally so fucking bitter and salty that I didn't enjoy this hyped as fuck book that no one has ever written a single negative review for. But the amount of boredom and info dump I encountered in the beginning of this book ruined everything.
Based off of everyone's reactions I knew he was going to d Never in my life have I ever felt an incredible amount of disappointment that this book gave me. Based off of everyone's reactions I knew he was going to die. So when that scene came I was NOT surprised. I was going to start off with Steelheart , but everyone says this is his best. Anyways, this book is incredibly hyped and if it disappoints I will cry. ALSO: a br with my hoes maram and salmon who I'll tag later View all 74 comments.
Nov 29, Katerina rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy , reads. Absolutely brilliant. Re-reads are a tough decision. There is a high chance you won't find the book as good as you thought it was all those years ago, that you will be disappointed and left with a bitter taste in your mouth, that the glass tower that protects your relationship with said book will be shattered.
Re-reads can be intimidating. But that was not the case with The Final Empire. Although it sounds improbable, I appreciated it even more the second time around. He was supposed Brilliant. He was supposed to save them. The obligator stood at the side, watching curiously. It would not be wise to let the man know that one of the skaa had acted so brazenly.
Beat a few of them. They were, after all, only skaa. Kelsier had heard stories. He had heard whispers of times when once, long ago, the sun had not been red. Times before the Lord Ruler. Those days, however, were nearly forgotten. Even the legends were growing vague. Kelsier watched the sun, his eyes following the giant red disk as it crept toward the western horizon.
Soon the mists would come. Eventually, Kelsier sighed, then turned to pick his way across the furrows and pathways, weaving between large heaps of ash. The crops hardly seemed worth the effort. Wan, with wilted brown leaves, the plants seemed as depressed as the people who tended them.
The skaa hovels loomed in the waning light. Already, Kelsier could see the mists beginning to form, clouding the air, and giving the moundlike buildings a surreal, intangible look. The hovels stood unguarded; there was no need for watchers, for no skaa would venture outside once night arrived. Their fear of the mists was far too strong. But, all things in their own time.
He pulled open the door and slipped inside. Conversation stopped immediately. Kelsier closed the door, then turned with a smile to confront the room of about thirty skaa. The soup would be bland, of course. Still, the smell was enticing.
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