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The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
3.0

A good ending and pretty satisfying character arcs for just about every character. The overarching themes are nicely woven in, but not very interesting to me, especially as used with a couple characters. It feels simultaneously progressive and regressive, and like I mentioned in the previous book, it totally makes sense the author is LDS when you read these things. At least the moral absolutism got toned down on this one.

Once again, I grind against Sanderson’s writing style though. I find it overwritten and poorly paced. There’s always decent payoff with his books but it doesn’t erase my annoyance throughout. Probably audiobooks are the way to go for me when reading Sanderson in the future.