Genre: Fiction--Fantasy
Completed: 11 December 2016
Summary & Review:
Oppressed by the god-like Lord Ruler for over a thousand years, the skaa people have no chance of deliverance until a mysterious man appears to give them hope. The legend of this Survivor, a man who returned alive from the dreaded Pits of Hathsin, spreads throughout the capital city of Luthadel as he gathers a crew of talented skaa around him to try and overthrow the Final Empire. Included in this crew is a young girl who is in fact a powerful Mistborn Allomancer but wasn't fully aware of her latent abilities until Kelsier, the Survivor, shows her the way.
This is the first book in a trilogy and I can't wait to continue reading more in this world. Sanderson did a great job of creating a consistent universe where while there were fantastic powers they followed consistent rules. This gave the book a sturdy structure on which a fast-paced, action filled story could be hung. Ever since my father-in-law criticized the Harry Potter series since he felt like Rowling just made stuff up as she went along, I can't help but look for clues that the author of a fantasy I'm reading did the same as he wrote the story. This clearly wasn't the case with Sanderson and Mistborn. The magical abilities of Allomancy were logical and rigid so that the characters who possessed those abilities followed the rules Sanderson had outlined. This prevented anything dumb popping up just to resolve some storyline, or even worse, the whole plot. E.g.: "Oh look at this magical thing that we never mentioned before that just so happens to be the exact solution to all of our problems!"
***SPOILER ALERT***
I can't believe Sanderson killed off Kelsier! He was my favorite character in the book and while Vin, the protagonist of the story, is a decent character, she's no Kelsier. Also, the ending sentence was incredibly cheesy. lol.
Rating: 8.5
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