100 Things: The Mistborn series
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THE MISTBORN SERIES by BRANDON SANDERSON
Mistborn was actually not the first book I read from Brandon Sanderson although it was the first book I heard written by him; I had read Elantris and Warbreaker but only got around to the Mistborn trilogy last year. I can't believe it took me that long to get around to them, they're absolutely fantastic! (as if I wasn't impressed enough from the other two books I mentioned by him)
There are three books that make up the first arch of the series:
There's also The Alloy of Law set in the same world but I haven't read it yet (will probably not get around to it for a while).
These books have a fantastic mix of fantasy, epic-ness, humour and suspense. The first novel was especially fun to read because it was a heist story with the grad scope you often find in fantasy interconnected with the heist. The reader grows to care for these characters introduced and involved in the series and I really love and appreciate Vin (the main character)'s character journey, it was nuanced and believable. There's also some really hilarious and fantastic lines here and there and of course, this trilogy contains one of the freakiest creatures that I've ever read since...the Nazgul in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. If this was ever adapted into a movie or television miniseries, I will freak out when the Steel Inquisitors are introduced, those guys are just...*shudders* The stuff of nightmares.
I remember just plowing my way through the three books (my brother read the books before me and it was the same case for him), there was not a single dull moment in the story and the more revelations are revealed, the more mysteries there are. Sanderson also did a wonderful job in really pushing these characters and this world into a corner that leaves you wondering whether everything was going to be resolved in a manner that would make sense and perhaps not destroy all of the feelings you have for the story.
If you're a fan of the fantasy genre, I cannot recommend these books enough; they are a lot of fun but there's also this great sense of epic-ness to the story in terms of proportion and what these characters are up against. I also enjoyed the worldbuilding; there's just enough detail about Vin and Elend's world that you can fill the gaps in with your imagination.
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THE MISTBORN SERIES by BRANDON SANDERSON
Mistborn was actually not the first book I read from Brandon Sanderson although it was the first book I heard written by him; I had read Elantris and Warbreaker but only got around to the Mistborn trilogy last year. I can't believe it took me that long to get around to them, they're absolutely fantastic! (as if I wasn't impressed enough from the other two books I mentioned by him)
There are three books that make up the first arch of the series:
There's also The Alloy of Law set in the same world but I haven't read it yet (will probably not get around to it for a while).
These books have a fantastic mix of fantasy, epic-ness, humour and suspense. The first novel was especially fun to read because it was a heist story with the grad scope you often find in fantasy interconnected with the heist. The reader grows to care for these characters introduced and involved in the series and I really love and appreciate Vin (the main character)'s character journey, it was nuanced and believable. There's also some really hilarious and fantastic lines here and there and of course, this trilogy contains one of the freakiest creatures that I've ever read since...the Nazgul in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. If this was ever adapted into a movie or television miniseries, I will freak out when the Steel Inquisitors are introduced, those guys are just...*shudders* The stuff of nightmares.
I remember just plowing my way through the three books (my brother read the books before me and it was the same case for him), there was not a single dull moment in the story and the more revelations are revealed, the more mysteries there are. Sanderson also did a wonderful job in really pushing these characters and this world into a corner that leaves you wondering whether everything was going to be resolved in a manner that would make sense and perhaps not destroy all of the feelings you have for the story.
If you're a fan of the fantasy genre, I cannot recommend these books enough; they are a lot of fun but there's also this great sense of epic-ness to the story in terms of proportion and what these characters are up against. I also enjoyed the worldbuilding; there's just enough detail about Vin and Elend's world that you can fill the gaps in with your imagination.
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