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O Império Final by Brandon Sanderson

33 reviews

trinitytalksaboutbooks's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.5

Overall Rating: 4.5⭐️

Spice Rating: None

Language Rating: None

Reader Age: 16+

Genre: Fantasy

Content Considerations: Slavery, murder (graphic), violence, death in battle, domestic violence 

Sanderson wrote such an incredibly unique and intricate magic system in this book. It was so complex but so worth the mental energy to understand. The character work was also incredible. Sanderson did not shy away from his characters flaws, instead making each character so layered and multifaceted. I am so blown away by his writing: I loved the world, the characters, the plot, and the magic system (so basically everything in this book). 

The only reason this book was 4.5 stars instead of 5 is because it took me a little bit to get into the story. Due to the complexity of the magic system, the pacing at the beginning of the book felt quite slow but spending that time learning about the world was so worth it in the end. 

Looking forward to a book that includes…

• Political Drama
• Found Family
• Rebellions
• A Tiny Bit of Romance

I 1000% recommend that you give this book a try. 

I am so excited to dive into the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Domestic abuse

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

2.0

cool magic system. the rest... ehhh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Grief, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, and Alcohol

becinneverland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-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

I watched an ad to get free wifi on the plane to be able to text my friend that I loved this book, that’s how good it was. 

I couldn’t stop thinking about this whenever I put it down, longing to finish it and know what would happen to the characters. I was scared by how many books are in the Cosmere Universe, but if they’re all like this? Worth it. So. Worth. It.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Rape, and Sexual assault

shellind75's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

lostnfern's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

Underwhelmed w the ending. I know the series continues but feel Vin was cheapened by the last sentence. 

Also felt it was pretty slow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

My first foray into the universe of Sanderson novels and I thoroughly enjoyed it! 

As with any high fantasy series, this book had a good amount of world building with a fairly large cast of characters with a variety of roles to get to know. That part can feel like a bit of a slog, even in the best of novels, but Sanderson does it well. It feels natural and he builds on the information in a way that is digestible and intriguing.

I really like the magic system - it doesn’t feel too overdone - and the flaws of our heroes feel “real” instead of manufactured as they sometimes do. 

I was kept fairly on my toes about what would come next and appreciate the fact that Sanderson doesn’t shy away from putting his characters in tough situations - or killing then when necessary (I love an author unafraid of hurting his audiences heart with a good murder, what can I say?). 

I was seriously hooked the last 40% especially where I found it hard to put down as I waited to see if our band of rebels would be successful in pulling off this huge feat. While the writing is nothing spectacular, Sanderson can keep his readers hooked and the writing style worked for me surprisingly well. 

It was a satisfying ending and I can’t wait to pick up the next book in the Mistborn series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

jess_tries2read's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Things I liked:
Cool magic systems! If you like metal bending from Korra, you'll like this

Beautiful scenes and 'set pieces', the setting is largely Victorian Gothic

Great action scenes! I never got confused or disoriented the way I have in books like Iron Flame. 

Pace was zippy once you reach the 40% mark (at least for me)

Engaging story! The twists!

Things I got hung up on:
Too much action without character development (in the beginning)

Suspension of disbelief strained exag erated by political system (the slave class "skaa" are not distinguishable from the ruling class, feels like total subjugation of the skaa wouldn't have been likely or absolute?) 

Not a lot of physical character descriptions, you're kinda just left with knowing someone is tall, skinny, blonde or fat

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Colonisation, and Classism

passionatereader78's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

bkwrm1317's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense 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

Really solid start of the mist born series!! Loved the character development, worldbuilding, and magic system based in metals - allomancy. I’ll be very much looking forward to where the series takes Vin, Kelsier’s crew, and Elend as he tries to make their society better for everyone. In particular, Vin and Sazed (and maybe with some help from Marsh!) as they try to discern what the Deepness is and what happened at the Ascension. 

I was not expecting the twist at the end at all!!

Also was weird to realize Sanderson teaches at BYU… that’s definitely a choice 👀

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Death, Rape, Murder, Abandonment, and Colonisation

soph_ieee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism