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Mistborn

Mistborn, Book 1

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Mistborn

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
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THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON BEHIND THE COSMERE

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What if the Dark Lord won?

A thousand years ago evil came to the land and has ruled with an iron hand ever since. The sun shines fitfully under clouds of ash that float down endlessly from the constant eruption of volcanoes. A dark lord rules through the aristocratic families and ordinary folk are condemned to lives in servitude, sold as goods, labouring in the ash fields.

But now a troublemaker has arrived and there is rumour of revolt. A revolt that depends on a criminal no-one can trust and a young girl who must master Allomancy - the magic that lies in all metals.

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FANTASY DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN SANDERSON:

'Highly recommend to anyone hungry for a good read'
ROBIN HOBB

'Epic in every sense'
GUARDIAN

'Sanderson is the most immersive fantasy writer I've ever encountered'
BEN AARONOVITCH

'All the explosive action any adventure fan could want'
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What did you like most about The Final Empire?

This was my first Brandon Sanderson book and ended up becoming one of my favourite books of all time. The story was fantastic and set in an amazing fantasy world. This story is incredibly well written. and I strongly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys great writing!

Who was your favorite character and why?

My favourite character was Kelsier, the leader of a a thieving crew and a powerful Mistborn which is someone who can ingest metal to gain power with each metal giving him various different powers such as super strength or heighten his senses. Kelsier is one of the main characters and the story revolves around his ambition to kill the tyrannical Lord Ruler who is essentially God. It was the ridiculous scope of this quest which kept me hooked to the story!

What about Michael Kramer’s performance did you like?

Kramer's performance was mostly excellent. He did a fantastic job bringing characters to life with his voice, one of the best performed audiobooks I have ever had the pleasure to listen to.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

This book had me gasping in awe more often than any other book has. It continually surprised me again and again and had me hooked from start to finish

Any additional comments?

The Mistborn trilogy is one of the best I have ever read.

A must read!

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Okok, understand me correctly please.

This IS 5 stars. The story IS 5 stars. The whole concept and execution IS 5 stars.

The 4 star rating is because I can't see beyond the writing. Yes, Sanderson is magnificently good at writing. What gets to me though is the repetitiveness.

Here's the thing.

All Sanderson books are long, which is awesome because his stories are just so worth it. With long books come endless possibilities, but also a whole ton of risks. In this case, there were words that were used over and over and over again so much so that I once in a while just let out a fairly loud aaarrrgghhhhh!!!! And stopped because I just couldn't listen to another iteration of the same action. With long books I find thus to be very common. You have so much to write that you need to simplify it and so you go for simple words and you get stuck in a certain rythm.

In this particular book, my problems were with a few words, but especially "paused".

Every character, all the time, even if they didn't do anything, weren't about to do anything, they PAUSED. ALL. THE. TIME.

It was just so ridiculous. I'm sorry but I just can't forgive that because it annoyed me so much I had to stop reading this incredibly cool, awesome, giant, intense, adventurous story! Because the repetition got to me! That's just not ok.

I still HIGHLY recommend this book. It goes into my absolute favorites, that's how good the story is.

Please read this!

this is really 5!

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I like the idears and the magic is well written. Hope the intrigue keeps up :-)

not bad

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Glad to have found a new world to immerse into written by such a talented writer. No ‘silliness’ and the magic has a solid foundation which makes this fantasy a solid read. Love Michael Kramer as a narrator and I’m not keen on American readers

Quality writer

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After his completion of the wheel of time series I fell in love with his writing. To be honest, TWOT series left me with an empty void, a sort of sadness as I said goodbye to characters who had become friends and a story I had lived in for years ver a year.

This book filled that void and I am hooked… a departure from the old but still close enough to soothe my withdrawals.

I really love this series and am looking forward to the new adventure with these incredibly rich characters.

I arrived here after completing the Wheel of Time

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