Just a solid fantasy read with a LOT of interesting world components, and it's got plenty of twists and turns to keep you going. The tension built a little too long for me, and I have two (2) major beefs that might be spoilers, so proceed with caution; nonetheless, the last hundred pages I HAD to read (I'm writing this at 1 am because I just finished and didn't want to wait to write it) so it's certainly gripping at the end. The characters are compelling even when sometimes they're infuriating (I yelled "you IDIOTS" a LOT) and the ending was deeply satisfying even as it left openings for the future.

Anyway, welcome to Here's My Beef:

1) the whole system of "half-breed" and allomancy being passed down genetically and so basically through the rape of skaa women was um Gross to me, and I'm going to be open about the fact that I'm uncomfortable with that being a central world-building tenant. This is revealed, granted, in the first 30-odd pages where there are multiple discussions of rape attempts, and I get that it's like a Dark Gritty World but also please don't.

2) the entire romantic plot drove me BANANAS and I hate Elend and I hated that Vin fell in love with him and I hate that we got chapters from his POV where he basically was like "wow because i have a crush on this skaa girl clearly skaa are hashtag just like us" and I hate that he didn't die. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.