ofclumsywords's Reviews (486)

I am so glad that this book exsists. I was so sad when Kelsier died in the first book as he was my favorite character and that his story ended so early in the series. But then I opened the first page of this book and found that this book is not only in Kells point of view but that he gets to see what happens in the next two books. Kelsier gets to see the repercussions of his plan to take down the Lord Ruler and that Ruin has been controlling everything from the beginning, even Kell. 

Kell has a lot of incredible moments in this book and a lot of character developement, even if he is really dead. Seeing the fate of his friends and the world he so desprately tried to help was heart wrenching and exactly what he needed; to realize that all actions have consequences. And the fact that he gave up being reunited with his wife in the Beyond and instead stayed behind to help clean up his mess in any way he can even though he no longer has a physical body is such strong character development for him.

This book really did tie all the little bits and pieces that weren't really explained in th trilogy. The best part though is that in the postscript the author admits he always knew Kelsier's story wasn't over and I am so excited that the readers get more snarky Kell in his coming Cosmere books. 

While the ending to this book is great and the reveal of who the real Hero of Ages was not at all what I expected, this book seemed much slower paced than the last two. Which is odd, considering book one took place over a years span and book two was a lot of politics and arguing which would ultimately seem boring. But this book seemed to take forever to get to the final battle and took a lot of time tying up loose ends. Don't get me wrong, it was a fantastic book and the ending was very satisfactory; I just wish that the pace was a little faster than it was. 

My favorite part was that Sazed, the most humble character in the cast, was the one to become the Hero of Ages. It just shows that the strongest characters don't always have to be the ones to ultimately save the day. Instead it was the quiet, humble scholar who lost faith in the religions he studied after he suffered the loss of the woman he loved. He was always portrayed as the sidekick, the one who doled out wisdom to the would-be Hero of Ages, Vin. Then Sanderson rips the carpet from under us by killing Vin and revealing that Sazed was the hero all along. Talk about plot twist!

Ultimately this book was great, and I will be coming back to these down the road to reread them and pick up the little instances that I missed. And hopefully, the second time around the book will seem to read faster and flow better than it did the first time I read it. 

Wow. What an ending. So far this series has been a whirlwind of a ride and I love every moment of it.

It only took one book (the first one) to overthrow and kill the Lord Ruler, so this book gets to focus on the new leaders taking power, rewriting the government, and making it better that it was. There were a  lot of politics and arguing in this book because of course everyone has an opinion on how to create better laws and government. So 3/4 through this book it seems that the plot is mainly going to be fixing what the late Lord Ruler broke and then come to find out that there is a sinister power lurking underneath the palace. 

I loved the originality of this series. Most fantasy series focus on the bad guy that needs to be overthrown and is spread out over however many books the series will have. But this series took out the bad guy in book one and we get to see how everyone recovers from that. I've always wanted to see books or TV shows rebuild after the bad guy is killed but never found it until this book. So mad props to Brandon Sanderson for thinking up something so original and different than what readers are used to. 

I am excited and a little terrified to see what the third book has in store. We know very little about this strange entity that Vin unleashed in the final chapters of this book. Not to mention that in the final explosive pages we find out that all the history books are in fact wrong. That this entity rewrote the history books and only things written in metal cannot be distorted. So we are as blind as the characters are on what is actually going on and I am terrified and so excited to see where this plot leads. 

I've already cried in the first book and nearly cried in this second book seeing many beloved characters die in the war that resulted from the power struggle. So I have no idea how this third book is going to play out and I am already bracing myself for what new twists Brandon Sanderson has in store for this series finale. 

This is the second book to make me cry out of all the books I’ve read. This was a rollercoaster of a book and I loved every moment of it. Mistborn is the very definition of what an epic fantasy is and I can’t wait to continue this series. 

One of the best parts of this book was the fact that the author had a concept of time. At the very beginning when the plan to overthrow the evil Lord Ruler is set into motion the crew leader, Kelsier, says that if everything goes according to plan it should take about a year to prepare. And throughout that year the character offhandedly mention how much time is passed so you get a sense of the plot moving, but at a pace that seems believable. Other epic fantasies make the plot seem so fast like it doesn’t take time to build an army and overthrow a government, and I loved the fact that Sanderson was realistic about the time needed to make this plot believable. 

Now onto the characters… wow. I instantly loved every single one of the crew and got emotionally attached to them. So the pain that Sanderson put them through during this book was hard to read at times. All of them have a very good reason for wanting to overthrow the vindictive Lord Ruler and getting a 600 page epic fantasy to explore not only the characters histories but also the world Sanderson created was incredible. 

I can’t sing enough praises for this book and I am so glad this series was recommended to me. This is going to be the year I plow through quite a few of Sanderson’s books.  

This story was just as amazing as I remember! The first time I read this book it was in one sitting while at a library with my friend. I was really into YA books at the time (still am, but not as much considering how the YA genre has changed in the last ten years) and this book ticks all the boxes of a great YA book. Alosa is such a fun character, one who knows what she wants and will do anything to get it. She is powerful, snarky, stubborn and so well written. As soon as you meet Alosa you would do anything to join her crew of women who sail across the sea looking for adventure. And the beauty of books is that as the reader you get to follow her on adventures and sail with her on her ship. So far this series is all I’ve read of the author, but I do own many of her other books strictly because of how incredible this book is. I would encourage anyone who misses what the YA genre used to be to pick up this book, you won’t regret it for a single moment. 

If you are looking for a politic heavy book that leads right into The Phantom Menace, then this is the book for you. It explains how the taxation on the Trade Federation began while also showing Chancellor Valorum slowly losing power over the senators as they begin to lose faith in his leadership. While I was reading this, I could almost hear Darth Sidious cackling as he pulled marionette strings as his plan further fell into place. It was a good story and made better by a health dose of Jedi making appearances. It was a little bitter sweet though, seeing Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan together in their second to last mission before the events of The Phantom Menace. 

Unfortunatly, this book is a prime example of telling instead of showing. It is a story we all know and love from the movies of the same name, which makes up for the short fallings of how the book was written. The book is composed of short, percise sentances that don't discribe what the character is feeling or doing. The story itself is good (who doesn't love the timeless story that Miracle on 34th Street is?) but the writing is terrible; which is strange considering this book is written by the screenwriter for the movie. 

The title says it all, Christmas castle in Scotland. It was so cute, lighthearted, and exactly what you need for the holiday season. It was fun getting to go along with Izzy and her mom preparing the castle for Christmas and turning it into a hotel after it was left to Izzy by a great uncle. I loved the found family that was made during the rush to prepare the castle for its first guests just in time for the holiday season. The mystery of the missing sapphire necklace was an unexpected but fun addition to the story and a fun little history lesson too. I adored this book and it is going to be added to my list of Christmas book rereads for next year.

My first mistake was giving a DisneyWars book a chance. My second mistake was trying to read this after finishing the incredible Jedi Apprentice series. This book was a mockery of what the Jedi Apprentice series made of Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon's relationship as Master and Padawan. 

The book starts off with a terrible fight scene where 17 year old Obi-Wan needs his Master to yell orders across the room to him. By now Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon have been Master and Apprentice for 4 years and yet somehow they need to speak out loud to fight together? What where they doing for training in the last four years, hiding in the temple and meditating? (According to the other DisneyWars book Padawan, that is exactly what they were doing. At least DisneyWars got some consistancy right.) The whole point of a Master and Padawan is for the Padwan to learn from the master as they begin their journey toward knighthood. They are supposed to work together, go on missions and learn from each other and become one person where they can anticipate the others move so they don't have to communicate with words. 

And don't get me started on the whining. When the mission is over and they are heading back to Coruscant, Qui-Gon is all angsty teenager because he feels like he is failing his Padawan. This is a grown man who is supposed to be training this boy in order for him to someday pass his trials and become a Jedi Knight. All Qui-Gon is doing is making Obi-Wan feel like a failure for Qui-Gon's own doubts and anxieties. Which shows in Obi-Wan's train of thought on the same flight home that he spends appologizing for not anticipating Qui-Gon's moves and not obeying orders. This isn't a soap opera, its a space opera and I don't think the author knows the difference. 

Please, do yourself a favor and throw this book out and go read the Jedi Apprentice series by Jude Watson. Its a 20 book series that follows 13 year old Obi-Wan first becoming a padawan of Qui-Gon's all the way until Obi-Wan is 17. It is so much better and perfectly depicts how different Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are without making them whiny and annoying. They are such different characters and the author actually does a good job of turning Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon from practical strangers to friends to dare I even say family. They are so excellently depicted that I was so sad that the series ended and we were on our way to Qui-Gon's death. Which, the Jedi Apprentice series will really hit home how much Qui-Gon's death will really effect Obi-Wan with how close the two of them become through the apprenticship.