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Mistborn Trilogy - Spoilers ONLY FOR THE FIRST BOOK!
Posted on 5/9/14 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 5/9/14 at 9:36 pm
After reading the thread the other day I picked this series up. I just finished the first book and all I can say is wow, awesome initial book. I legit had to repeatedly keep checking my percentage complete as I bought the entire trilogy and I kept thinking there's no way this is only 30% complete of the entire series. Sooooo much happens in the first book! I can't even imagine what's going to happen going forward.
Kinda bummed the Lord Ruler was killed, he was such an awesome character. I really hope they go more into his origin. Clearly he was a terrible dictator but he was also doing something to keep the people safe, thinking he was using the atium somehow to do something. Obviously Kelsier dying sucked as well. Marsh now as an Inquisitor will be sweet, but I think my favorite character is Sazed. That dude is the ultimate wildcard.
Can't wait for the second! As some said, Sanderson's magic system is awesome. His pacing is also really really good. If we could just combine his imagination and pacing with Rothfuss's prose we'd have an all-time epic.
Also, whoever said this would make an awesome movie is spot-on. Obviously if they did make it they'd probably kid it up and make it more like the Hunger Games, but if they somehow got a studio to green-light a darker version, truer to the books' events it would be unreal.
Anyways, that's all. Awesome recommendation and clueless about what's coming next!
Kinda bummed the Lord Ruler was killed, he was such an awesome character. I really hope they go more into his origin. Clearly he was a terrible dictator but he was also doing something to keep the people safe, thinking he was using the atium somehow to do something. Obviously Kelsier dying sucked as well. Marsh now as an Inquisitor will be sweet, but I think my favorite character is Sazed. That dude is the ultimate wildcard.
Can't wait for the second! As some said, Sanderson's magic system is awesome. His pacing is also really really good. If we could just combine his imagination and pacing with Rothfuss's prose we'd have an all-time epic.
Also, whoever said this would make an awesome movie is spot-on. Obviously if they did make it they'd probably kid it up and make it more like the Hunger Games, but if they somehow got a studio to green-light a darker version, truer to the books' events it would be unreal.
Anyways, that's all. Awesome recommendation and clueless about what's coming next!
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Posted on 5/9/14 at 9:58 pm to FootballNostradamus
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After reading the thread the other day I picked this series up. I just finished the first book
Good god man. I thought I finished fast in like 2 weeks.
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Sooooo much happens in the first book! I can't even imagine what's going to happen going forward.
Not saying anything, but...
Naaaaaaaa.
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Kinda bummed the Lord Ruler was killed, he was such an awesome character. I really hope they go more into his origin. Clearly he was a terrible dictator but he was also doing something to keep the people safe, thinking he was using the atium somehow to do something. Obviously Kelsier dying sucked as well. Marsh now as an Inquisitor will be sweet, but I think my favorite character is Sazed. That dude is the ultimate wildcard.
Must. Not. Comment.
Really this series is TOUGH to talk about once you make it through. Can't wait for your finish thread, it shall be epic.
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Also, whoever said this would make an awesome movie is spot-on. Obviously if they did make it they'd probably kid it up and make it more like the Hunger Games, but if they somehow got a studio to green-light a darker version, truer to the books' events it would be unreal.
Agreed. Need a really kinetic director, but it would make a fantastic movie or mini series. I mean the book does a few weaknesses, but the story is just so well put together, it trumps everything else.
Posted on 5/9/14 at 10:37 pm to Freauxzen
Agree with Freaux, must not comment!
Posted on 5/9/14 at 11:19 pm to Freauxzen
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Must. Not. Comment.
Really this series is TOUGH to talk about once you make it through. Can't wait for your finish thread, it shall be epic.
Seriously
I keep wanting to comment but getting stuck on "well I better not say that...". Keep reading, it's great. I like most of Sanderson's other books as well if you are looking for something after you finish.
Posted on 5/9/14 at 11:47 pm to Eternalmajin
Yal are getting me even more jacked about the next two 
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Are they all set with the same metal magic system?
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I like most of Sanderson's other books as well if you are looking for something after you finish.
Are they all set with the same metal magic system?
Posted on 5/9/14 at 11:50 pm to Freauxzen
Really fun read. I finished the entire series in about a week. I couldn't put it down.
I think it would make a terrible movie. There's so much internal stuff going on, it would almost have to be like there was a video game HUD on the screen explaining how much metal they have left.
I think it would make a fantastic anime or graphic novel, however.
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Agreed. Need a really kinetic director, but it would make a fantastic movie or mini series. I mean the book does a few weaknesses, but the story is just so well put together, it trumps everything else.
I think it would make a terrible movie. There's so much internal stuff going on, it would almost have to be like there was a video game HUD on the screen explaining how much metal they have left.
I think it would make a fantastic anime or graphic novel, however.
This post was edited on 5/9/14 at 11:51 pm
Posted on 5/10/14 at 12:32 am to FootballNostradamus
I read the first book in a couple of days. The magic system is incredible. But the second book disappointed me so much that I have zero desire to read the third book. I just went online and read a summary of what happens in the third book just to see how it ends. I won't tell you specifically why I hated the second book because I don't want to spoil anything.
Brandon Sanderson is great at developing magic systems, but sucks at actually writing narrative or developing characters. He ruined my beloved Wheel of Times series, particularly the last book. He is not to the level of Robert Jordan or George R.R. Martin. I doubt I ever read another book by that guy.
Brandon Sanderson is great at developing magic systems, but sucks at actually writing narrative or developing characters. He ruined my beloved Wheel of Times series, particularly the last book. He is not to the level of Robert Jordan or George R.R. Martin. I doubt I ever read another book by that guy.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 7:12 am to FootballNostradamus
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Are they all set with the same metal magic system?
Only one of his other books is setup with the same magic system to my knowledge. And that's a one off book called Alloy of Law. It's set a long time after the third book of Mistborn.
I personally think it;s better than any of the three Mistborn books because he has much more interesting characters. But then I'm a sucker for westerns and steampunk settings in general.
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His pacing is also really really good. If we could just combine his imagination and pacing with Rothfuss's prose we'd have an all-time epic.
Pretty much.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 7:15 am to LeonPhelps
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He ruined my beloved Wheel of Times series, particularly the last book.
Please, I'm not Sanderson's biggest fan or anything, but Jordan ruined that series all by himself. The last several books by Jordan were terrible, and some of the worst parts of the last two books of WOT were the parts Jordan wrote himself.
The last book of WOT wasn't great or anything, but Sanderson did a decent job considering the impossible task he had, and that he had to follow Jordan's outline.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 1:37 pm to auyushu
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Please, I'm not Sanderson's biggest fan or anything, but Jordan ruined that series all by himself. The last several books by Jordan were terrible
We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. I enjoyed every book Jordan wrote thoroughly. I realize it was not Sanderson's story or characters, but he really butchered some scenes in the last book I had waited damn near 15 years to see since I first picked up and read the first 6 books in 1998.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 1:58 pm to LeonPhelps
Sanderson made me enjoy the wheel of time again. Jordan killed it starting around book 10.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 4:22 pm to LeonPhelps
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I enjoyed every book Jordan wrote thoroughly.
You are in an extreme minority on that one. After book 7 that series dropped off a cliff, and Crossroads of Twilight is horrible, not sure how anyone can say that's a good book.
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but he really butchered some scenes in the last book
Which parts? Cause you do know Jordan wrote several parts of that last books completely and Sanderson had to merge his writing in with it? The very end of the book was pretty much all Jordan.
The first WOT book Sanderson wrote was the best WOT book written since book 7, but the next two weren't the same quality. But they also had much more of the books already written by Jordan, I don't think that's a coincidence.
I would agree that the last two books in the series weren't great, but they were still better than the dreck being put out by Jordan in books 8-11.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 4:47 pm to auyushu
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I would agree that the last two books in the series weren't great, but they were still better than the dreck being put out by Jordan in books 8-11.
Again, will need to agree to disagree. The cleansing of Saidin in book 9 is one of the greatest scenes in any of the books. Jordan's writing ability is simply superior to any other author I've ever read. Going from his elite, high fantasy style to Sanderson's much baser style was a huge drop off for me.
While I loved the god-like Rand we saw in Towers of Midnight, the reunion with Moiraine, which I had waited so very long for, was utterly lacking. The lack of any closure at the end of the last book killed me. I know they simply did not want to write beyond what Jordan had provided, but getting no closure on these characters after 15 years of reading the books multiple times (read the first book 5 times) killed me. Tolkien spent over 100 pages at the end of Return of the King giving us denouement. I needed something like that at a minimum.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 5:49 pm to LeonPhelps
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the reunion with Moiraine, which I had waited so very long for, was utterly lacking. The lack of any closure at the end of the last book killed me.
Both of these were 100% Jordan, so you can blame him my man. That ending to the last book was one of the very main things Jordan wrote along with Moraine's rescue and whatnot. So you can blame him, that would have been exactly the same whether or not he died. He had planned that crappy ending the entire series.
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The cleansing of Saidin in book 9 is one of the greatest scenes in any of the books.
I agree with this. Unfortunately the rest of the book is mostly crappy. One 30-40 page section does not a book make.
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Jordan's writing ability is simply superior to any other author I've ever read.
Yeah, not even close for me, and I loved the first 7 books of the series.This post was edited on 5/10/14 at 5:53 pm
Posted on 5/10/14 at 7:16 pm to auyushu
This. It's hilarious you consider yourself a wheel of time fan yet you didn't know the ending and moiraine scene with rand was already written by Jordan. Bravo sir.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 7:48 pm to FootballNostradamus
I actually just bought the trilogy for one of my students, she read the first book in two days. Then gave the book off to her friend who read it and gave it to another student. There's a bunch of teenage black girls in North Baton Rouge addicted to fantasy now. They are reading Nane of the Wind next.
This post was edited on 5/10/14 at 7:49 pm
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