Mistborn

I certainly enjoyed them a bunch. Not really sure what you mean by public though.

I mean, the people who like what type of books will like it?

Do you like your fantasy deconstructive, but not too cynical? Do you like cool, complex, unconventional magic systems? Do you like Action Girl protagonists? Do you like revolutions (both the actual work and the implications thereof) as central to the plot?

If the answer to all or most of the above is "yes", you'll probably like Mistborn.

I'm indifferent to action girls, but the first two sold me. I'm gonna down— er, go acquire these books by completely legitimate means.

edited 6th May '12 4:07:42 PM by NLK

I just finished The Final Empire, and holy shit, it's one of the best books I've read in a long time. I can't possibly recommend it enough.

Wait till you get to the third book.

Nah, I'm taking a break for now. I don't know exactly how much, since I read it on a Kindle, but The Final Empire is long.

647 pages paperback. The next two are even longer of course. The Well of Ascension at 781 and The Hero of Ages at 748.

So everyone, which characters are your favourites? In all Brandon Sanderson books, I'd say Lightsong, but since this is just Mistborn, then my favourite is Breeze and my second-favourite is TenSoon.

Well, from the Final Empire alone, I'd say Kelsier.

Recently finished the original Mistborn Trilogy. It's weird. I found it a very comfy series to read, and I enjoyed most of the characters. Vin especially is so adorable I can almost imagine her turning chibi like an anime character during certain interactions.

But I'm not sure there were as many standout epic scenes as I was expecting. I certainly wasn't big on the endings of books 2 and 3.

I've mentioned it elsewhere, I respect the hell out of the ending of book 3 and find it really clever, but I didn't find it particularly fun to read. If that makes sense.