A review by abigcoffeedragon
Firefight by Brandon Sanderson
5.0
This second novel in the Reckoners series does not disappoint.
For those who must read everything, you can read Mitosis, but I personally felt that it was a throw away, without much time or detail spent that make the Reckoners series something that I enjoy so much.
Like STEELHEART, the novel FIREFIGHT follows the point of view of David, our hero who has spent over half of his young life studying EPICS (super powered villains) to take them down, and return the world to that of the mortals.
When Brandon Sanderson plots, he plans Character, Setting, and Plot, and then writes a great novel. The characters are fun, and even though we only have the one point-of-view, we get to know the other character through dialog that makes everyone feel very real. The setting is fun because it is our world, after a super-power apocalypse changes the world. And the plot, though straight forward, has many twists and turns that even if you see something coming, something else will blind side you. That is what makes this series so fun for me. Fast paced, and a ton of action.
The depth of the novel is not there as most fantasy novels has, but this is geared towards younger readers, so it is about pace and action and fun, and not 100 characters with political agendas. The people who frown on the simplicity of the writing, are not getting into the story. This is a series about what happens when people all of a sudden gets super powers, and what happens when the power starts to corrupt them.
For those who must read everything, you can read Mitosis, but I personally felt that it was a throw away, without much time or detail spent that make the Reckoners series something that I enjoy so much.
Like STEELHEART, the novel FIREFIGHT follows the point of view of David, our hero who has spent over half of his young life studying EPICS (super powered villains) to take them down, and return the world to that of the mortals.
When Brandon Sanderson plots, he plans Character, Setting, and Plot, and then writes a great novel. The characters are fun, and even though we only have the one point-of-view, we get to know the other character through dialog that makes everyone feel very real. The setting is fun because it is our world, after a super-power apocalypse changes the world. And the plot, though straight forward, has many twists and turns that even if you see something coming, something else will blind side you. That is what makes this series so fun for me. Fast paced, and a ton of action.
The depth of the novel is not there as most fantasy novels has, but this is geared towards younger readers, so it is about pace and action and fun, and not 100 characters with political agendas. The people who frown on the simplicity of the writing, are not getting into the story. This is a series about what happens when people all of a sudden gets super powers, and what happens when the power starts to corrupt them.