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The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

180 reviews

ernis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

As someone who usually plows through books in a day or two, I had a hard time getting through this one. I read probably 20 books in between reading excerpts here and there of Mistborn; if I didn't own it, I probably would not have finished it. BUT the last 100 pages sold me on the book, everything came together really well in ways I did not anticipate. I thought the novel lacked in characterization but definitely had an intriguing plot (well, the ending that is) that I think explains why it is such a popular fantasy classic. Overall I'd say if you like heists and don't mind somewhat graphic violence then this may be the book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Minor: Rape

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Slavery, War, Violence, Classism, Physical abuse, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Abandonment, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

brogancha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

a_libraryghost's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

I’m not usually a fan of the heist genre but this gripped me pretty quickly. Despite having a fair amount of characters each of them were unique and has their own personalities making them easy to tell apart and all of them were likeable. This would probably be a five star if it wasn’t for the ending. It wasn’t all bad but

Spoiler

Vin having the ability to take out the lord ruler by herself felt a bit unearned and unbelievable

and in general the ending just felt a little out of place with the rest of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Slavery

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

hgshaw96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Classism, Murder, and Slavery

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, and War

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

nataliebootlah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.0

 

The Mistborn trilogy has dystopian world building, magic, interesting characters that you either love or love to hate, and a fast-paced plot. There are no dragons, fae, or shapeshifters. But there are Allomancers aka people who can burn metals to gain superhuman abilities. 

 

The story can be summed up as one giant heist to destroy the evil, immortal Lord Ruler and free the Skaa from the abusive nobles once and for all. Of course there are obstacles to overcome, magical duels to fight, court politics to play, and ultimately, the small feat of figuring out how to actually kill the Lord Ruler. 

 

My small grievance is the almost laughable “romantic” relationship and the absolute lack of spice. Don’t get me wrong, I very much appreciated that the heroine was a badass, strong, and resourceful woman who don’t need no man. But damn, it was more vanilla than vanilla. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Grief and Slavery

alexandracpedro's review against another edition

It is just too slow and boring... I have no interest in finding out what happens...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and Alcohol

meowster18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

This took me so long to finish because I wanted to savor this story. I can’t wait to continue the series. Vin, street skaa, thief, and a loner, found herself in the presence of a man that aspired to rattle the very foundation of the kingdom. Kelsier, crew leader, idealist, and survivor, vowed to free the oppressed skaa from The Lord Ruler. In Mistborn you follow Vin, Kelsier, and the crew in their elaborate plan to overthrow the ruler of the land. 

The plot and character development is well crafted and beautifully blended. A beautiful found family story. The magic system is fantastic and simple. I strongly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, War, Death, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror

sammyy_3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence