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O Império Final by Brandon Sanderson

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ehoustonmyatt's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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estefanovich's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Did I predict what happened in the end?
Yes.
Was I certain in that prediction until the end?
No.
I thoroughly enjoyed the read and look forward to the next book.

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mathsha's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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tegan123's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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sfbake's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Great world building, great magic system, and a compelling story with many twists and turns.

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wodahs's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I'm reading this book as the introduction to the Cosmere universe, I wasn't sure what to expect as it was my first Brandon Sanderson book.

I'd say that I loved it, quite a lot.

I wasn't very intrigued by the plot almost all the way through, just uncertain where it was going to go, but boy, I adored the characters.

The main focus, Vin and Klesier, are both flawed individuals who felt like realistic people. They had depth to their personalities and motives, I loved the father-daughter relationship they've developed. I appreciate how Brandon writes the teenage girl, she's belivably a teenager with her stubborness and naivety, but she also has this sense of perspective to the world that the rest of the cast didn't see. It was a refreshing contrast to the personalities of the main crew. I liked the romance too.

It's so easy to create a young character who's obnoxiously loud, sassy, and stupid, but in this case I was rooting for the girl and I completely understand how Klesier and Sazed felt. I felt protective of her.

I loved the power system in the book, it was simple yet contains magnitude of flexibility with how the battles can play out. Reminds me of the power system in Hunter x Hunter!

I was invested in the characters, which pushed me to binge the book til the end. I wanted to know what happened.

The ending was a combination of satisfying predictable outcome and unexpected but well-foreshadowed twist, while leaving a bunch of questions unanswered for the rest of the series to pick up.

The writing/prose is surprisingly simple from such a well-known author, but English is my second language so it didn't bothered me much. I actually appreciate the simplicity, as I do struggle to understand the purple prose that many literary nerds are obsessed with.

I can't wait to read the next one!

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

2025 Reread:

I enjoyed this much more than I did almost 10 years ago. Brandon, when I catch you.

I still think this thing is slow as hell, especially the first 50%, but I understand why it was written this way. The Jesus/religious paralleling was a little too on the nose by the end, but I can appreciate how it was handled overall. Especially since I found out that Sanderson is a Mormon asdfghj;

I did get kind of lost trying to keep track of side characters, but that could also have been bc I was listening to the audiobook this time around.

One major ick for me is Vin and her love interest. I just don't like age gaps, especially when one is a teenager. I'm interested to see how they're handled in future installments, though.

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