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The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

181 reviews

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

I honestly loved this book and didn’t mind the length. I love the characters and the world building is so interesting, but leaves a lot of space for more info to be shared in later books. It also kind of gave me Dune vibes with the excerpts at the beginning. I’m so excited to see where this series goes! You get dropped into this world but pick up on things both quickly and intuitively.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

izumimori's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Rape and Grief

mj_86's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

vaultedvagabond's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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 love this book, always have. Final Empire starts the mistborn series out strong. Kelsier and Vin remain some of the most interesting and flawed characters in the cosmere. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

Rape is alluded to but does not happen on screen.

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

porridgegobbler's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This might just be my new favourite book of all time.

It takes some time to get into the groove of the world and the magic system, but the payoff is monumental. A brilliant, lovable cast of characters, excellent dialogue and banter. 

The last 150 pages were INSANE, I was gripping the boom for dear life, I cried, I yelled, just WOW! 

This book was also surprisingly philosophical, moments that explored mental health, faith and hope so effectively.

It works well as a standalone so I'm curious to see how the trilogy progresses. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape and Sexism

carmelaagro's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

The magic in this story is really cool. Fun and easy read. This is a big book but a great story, so it's easy to keep reading. I wish the ending was better, but there are still two more books, so I'm excited to read more! Could certainly use more female characters and female interactions. I think it passes the bechdel test, but barley, lol. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Genocide, Rape, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Murder, War, and Classism

lex_is_bookish's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

dakota_talbert's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

This is on  of the best fantasy books I've ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Rape

jes806's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, and War