The Well of Ascension

Book Two of Mistborn

English language

Published May 7, 2010 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.

ISBN:
978-1-4299-6181-3
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Mistborn: The Well of Ascension is a fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson. It was published on August 21, 2007, by Tor Books and is the second novel in the Mistborn trilogy. It is preceded by The Final Empire in 2006 and followed by The Hero of Ages in 2008.

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Like book two of LotR; not just a sequel

5 stars

The Final Empire was one of the best fantasy books I'd read in years, and The Well of Ascension didn't disappoint. This one goes much deeper into politics and philosophy as well, and was overall a really fantastic book.

I don't think I could possibly have fit this into my schedule, as it's quite long, without Audible, but the Michael Kramer narration was, as for the previous book, absolutely top notch. Highly recommend.

Review of 'The Well of Ascension' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I enjoyed this more than I did the first time.

Part of the issue, I think, is that I get so caught up in watching for things to come I sometimes struggle with middle books in a trilogy.

Part of the issue, though, is definitely that this book made me feel kind of dumb.

Not in a...bad way, strictly speaking? I don't blame Sanderson for it at all--he did a good job somehow hiding things in absolute plain sight from me. Re-reading, I realize how well done it all is, and I see the final twist coming, because it is laid out early on.

I just missed it completely and I facepalmed so hard I actually spent about thirty minutes explaining what lead up to it and as much background as needed to explain the twist and why I didn't see it coming and should have to my father. It …

Review of 'El pozo de la ascensión (Nacidos de la bruma, #2)' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Es cierto que el cuarenta y tantos por ciento inicial del libro me parecía más flojo que el primero y no me enganchaba pero después de eso fue cuesta abajo y son frenos mis ganas de leer.

El final me ha gustado mucho aunque yo hubiera dejado morir a cierto personaje y no convertirlo en lo que lo convierten.

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