Brandon Sanderson

Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler, half-Skaa Kelsier finds himself taking on the powers of a Mistborn, and teams up with ragged orphan Vin in a desperate plot to save their world.

The Final Empire

Mistborn

Omar Fernandez

Sazed smiled. "That depends. The right belief is like a good cloak I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The wrong fit, however, can suffocate."

"No need," the old man said. The last time I tried lords' food, I had stomach pains for three days. New tastes are like new ideas, young man-the older you get, the more difficult they are for you to stomach.

Inés

"Yes," Sazed said. "Tell me, Mistress. What is it that you believe?"

Vin frowned. "What kind of question is that?"

Marisa S. Pan 

Well-paced, loved the magic system and world building and that I got to learn about it with Vin, leaving some questions unanswered. I wish Vin was a little more complex as a character, I feel that some of her motivations are one-dimensional, though she is starting to grow. First Sanderson book and liked it!

Caroline Piephoff

Could not put down, read and listened to the audiobook 

Kendall Lobdell

Took literally forever to read this book but SUCH a good series for fantasy lovers

Jacey Manning

An amazing world with a very unique magic system that I’ve never seen before. The character building was great with the main characters traumas and inner dialogue very heartfelt. Highly recommend. 

Anna

i think i’m just stupid i was so ready for like the two year lead up taking eight books i think i underestimated this man

anya

Scarlett

Sunky

Struggled at first but later on finally connected with the characters. I admit that when Vin decided to dress up as a nobel, she became annoying as hell and when she said that Elend is like a brother then later on she had a little lover thing with him, which made me uncomfy. But overall, it was a good read, amazing plot, and characters are well-written. Kelsier and Spook, both have my heart. For now, I'm not gonna read the second book cause of hangover with this one. 

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action. For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier "snapped" and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark. Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot. But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed. This saga dares to ask a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson The Cosmere The Stormlight Archive The Way of Kings Words of Radiance Edgedancer (Novella) Oathbringer The Mistborn trilogy Mistborn: The Final Empire The Well of Ascension The Hero of Ages Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series Alloy of Law Shadows of Self Bands of Mourning Collection Arcanum Unbounded Other Cosmere novels Elantris Warbreaker The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians The Scrivener's Bones The Knights of Crystallia The Shattered Lens The Dark Talent The Rithmatist series The Rithmatist Other books by Brandon Sanderson The Reckoners Steelheart Firefight Calamity At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Brandon Sanderson can write a 16 year old girl like no other.

What an incredible fantasy world that I want to dive into and live in forever and I now think about constantly 

Sierra Scanlan

Brandon Sanderson can write a 16 year old girl like no other.

What an incredible fantasy world that I want to dive into and live in forever and I now think about constantly 

What the heck? That was amazing. The last 250 pages or so were such a rush. 

Megan

I wanted to DNF this so bad for the first 200 pages, but I knew the setup would all be worth it in the end. It was.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action. For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier "snapped" and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark. Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot. But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed. This saga dares to ask a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson The Cosmere The Stormlight Archive The Way of Kings Words of Radiance Edgedancer (Novella) Oathbringer (forthcoming) The Mistborn trilogy Mistborn: The Final Empire The Well of Ascension The Hero of Ages Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series Alloy of Law Shadows of Self Bands of Mourning Collection Arcanum Unbounded Other Cosmere novels Elantris Warbreaker The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians The Scrivener's Bones The Knights of Crystallia The Shattered Lens The Dark Talent The Rithmatist series The Rithmatist Other books by Brandon Sanderson The Reckoners Steelheart Firefight Calamity

So well written but it started to lose me when I was 3/4 of the way through.

LOVED the world and LOVED the heist feeling of it all.

Sometimes the magic system was a big confusing and frustrating. I reread how push and pull worked a bunch of times because the phrasing was so confusing. (And NO ONE knows how gold works?? I even searched for more information because I wanted to understand it better only to find out it's used twice and half in the WHO SERIES?)

I also envisioned Kelsier as Hawks from MHA 💀

Don't tell me this man is blonde, has birdlike features, is handsome, and has all that charismatic pizazz and have me NOT think of that man. All the other characters I had vague ideas of how they looked in my head and then Kelsier would come to a scene and I'd be like "Ah, yes! Hawks!"

Shoutout to Kelsier you're kinda the goat

Reagan

So well written but it started to lose me when I was 3/4 of the way through.

LOVED the world and LOVED the heist feeling of it all.

Sometimes the magic system was a big confusing and frustrating. I reread how push and pull worked a bunch of times because the phrasing was so confusing. (And NO ONE knows how gold works?? I even searched for more information because I wanted to understand it better only to find out it's used twice and half in the WHO SERIES?)

I also envisioned Kelsier as Hawks from MHA 💀

Don't tell me this man is blonde, has birdlike features, is handsome, and has all that charismatic pizazz and have me NOT think of that man. All the other characters I had vague ideas of how they looked in my head and then Kelsier would come to a scene and I'd be like "Ah, yes! Hawks!"

Shoutout to Kelsier you're kinda the goat

Christine

4.5*

hey i'm shook
(view spoiler)[kelsier... ah, kelsier; the one i both hate and love... why? just, whY? (hide spoiler)]


y'all, can i be an allomancer? please??

Even thought I took forever to read this, such an amazing story. I don't think I'm ever gonna get over how good this was. I'm excited to dive more into Sanderson's books.

Quinnie

Vicky  Nuñez 

I feel like traveling back through time and telling younger me to pick this book earlier than I did. 
Books like this are the reason why I love Epic Fantasy, it has it all: romance, intrigue and complex plots that make sense until the last few pages.
For those not reading Brandon Sanderson, you are missing out big time.

(3.75/5) sinceramente, cuando comencé este libro, mis expectativas eran bajísimas. después de todo, la trama de un pequeño grupo revolucionario intentando derrocar al omnipotente y tiránico emperador no es nada nuevo en libros de fantasía/ciencia ficción; pero debo admitir que a medida que pasaban las páginas, me iba enganchando más y más con la trama, mientras que la misma iba girando hacia lugares inesperados.

mi principal problema con el libro, y que me impidió darle una puntuación aún más alta, es que el inicio es demasiado lento. el autor necesita demasiados capítulos para sentar las bases de su mundo, una cantidad de páginas innecesaria a mi parecer, pues a pesar de que el libro plantea un sistema de magia bastante complejo, siento que podría haberse explicado mucho más rápido. además, siento que el libro no está muy bien estructurado, pues en la primera mitad del libro no ocurren problemas, ni peleas, ni nada que te enganche y te haga querer seguir leyendo, y luego en las últimas cien o doscientas páginas el autor te bombardea con miles de situaciones y plot twists.

a pesar de esto, debo admitir que desde el momento que me enganché no pude parar de leer, pues la trama se vuelve bastante interesante. además, creo que uno de los puntos más fuertes del libro son sus personajes, que se hacen querer casi inmediatamente. eso sí, me quedé esperando una relación de maestro-aprendiz (o padre-hija) mucho más desarrollada entre Vin y Kelsier, o al menos más momentos en los que nos mostraran el aprendizaje de Vin.

Nick Perronteau

akynn 

Ana Luiza

Demorei um mês para ler esse livro, principalmente porque tinha milhões de outras coisas acontecendo na minha vida, além de outras leituras paralelas. Mas mesmo com o tempo que demorei não estava em momento nenhum desconectada dessa história. No momento que abria o livro eu estava vivendo intensamente nesse mundo. 
Esse foi meu primeiro contato com Brandon Sanderson, e não poderia ter sido melhor. Uma fantasia de excelência, com um worldbuilding sem igual. Os personagens são construídos de maneira impecável. Me apaixonei pela Vin e pelo Kellsier. Pelo Sazed, Breeze, Ham, Spook, Clubs... O Brandon conseguiu dar peronsalidade única para cada personagem, era fácil distingui-los mesmo no começo da leitura.
Nos primeiros capítulos já estava fascinada pelo mundo distópico e seu sistema de magia. Nunca tinha lido algo igual. Fora isso, o plot de destronar um imperador corrupto eu já li diversas outras vezes, mas nunca dessa forma. O desenvolvimento do plot foi feito de forma impecável. E depois, nas ultimas 100 paginas tomou um rumo que eu não esperava totalmente. O livro se tornou 100000 vezes melhor na minha concepção, se tornou minha fantasia favorita.
Mal posso esperar pelos próximos :D

ps: pro completar tem um vislumbre de um romance muito lindinho, que fez meu coração de leitora de romance ficar ainda mais feliz

This is my first read by Brandon Sanderson and even though I have heard him be called the father of fantasy, I wasn't sure how much I would enjoy his books. Although this story was dense in the beginning and the heavy world building and new terms made it hard to consume a lot in one go, this has turned out to be one of my favorite high fantasy books I've read. Vin and Kelsier are the perfect duo to take us through this new inventive world, one a seasoned vet, and one an amateur. The twists, battles, lessons, and found family trope really tie this together to be well rounded. Sazed is my favorite character of all time and I wish we got more of him in this book, but hopefully we get more of him in the rest of the Trilogy. This book is original, powerful, tense, sad, funny, and more. If you are a high fantasy lover I highly recommend this book!

Macy M

Tatiana

The Final Empire: 3.5/5

“But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.”

I finally crawled out of whatever hole I was living in to read this book. 

This was originally a five-star prediction for me. I was so positive that I would absolutely love this book based on reviews, but it didn't quite live up to all my expectations. Overall, I feel really torn about it.

Writing & Plot:
I am familiar with Brandon Sanderson's writing due to the Skyward series, one of my favorite YA series of all time, so this style was not new. Sanderson's writing is straightforward to follow. He uses simple words that we use in everyday speech, making the books more approachable, and I appreciate that.

I have to praise the magic system in this book as well. It is unique, and like nothing I have encountered before. It makes action scenes very enjoyable and adds a lot to the basic nature of the plot.

I definitely also enjoyed this plot. It was more linear than I originally anticipated (classic small quests until the boss fight plot). This is not necessarily bad since Brandon Sanderson executes this plot really well, but I think it was much longer than it needed to be. I felt like this book took me 100 years to finish. Most reviews say this book picks up after the 100-page mark, and I have to disagree. The trouble I had with The Final Empire is that it felt stagnant for 3/4 of the book. I realized in part four that the reader still only knows the information given initially, and nothing really progressed until the final 100 pages. 

Characters:
I actually really loved the characters within The Final Empire. Every character has a specific purpose, and I think Vin is one of the coolest and strongest female protagonists I've read in my life. I definitely got attached to the relationships in the book, and Brandon Sanderson does a good job of making each one unique, even though there are many names.

Conclusion:
Now you may ask me, "Tatiana, this all sounds very positive; why a 3.5 rating?" And to that, I have to respond that this book didn't click for me. I liked the plot, I like the writing, and I like the characters; I think it was too long and too slow for me.

I don't know, maybe it's because I am still hung up on Chain of Iron, but I seriously had to push myself to finish this book. Since it has such incredible reviews (which I think are all justified), I will be reading the final two books in this series, but maybe after a few weeks.

Nate Niederkorn

Cody Degen

nina 

4.5 stars 

 “The trick is to never stop looking. There’s always another secret”

Mistborn The Final Empire

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