Pentapod reviewed The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn Era One, #3)
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4 stars
Satisfying conclusion to the trilogy. Sandborn is primarily a world-building guy and this book, like his others, is far stronger on the consistency of magic rules and mechanics of power than it is in characters. There are some good exceptions though; Sazed's transformation through the book is well done if a little tiring at times as he sorts through every single religion in his memory for reasons to dismiss them. Spook is probably the best character in this book. The dialog is still rather stilted though and the characters are not the strongest point -- but this trilogy-finale ties up so many little loose ends that you didn't even were loose ends all the way back to the first book, that it's very satisfying anyway. And I did not see the final plot points coming, which I always appreciate. If Sanderson ever learns how to write people as well as …
Satisfying conclusion to the trilogy. Sandborn is primarily a world-building guy and this book, like his others, is far stronger on the consistency of magic rules and mechanics of power than it is in characters. There are some good exceptions though; Sazed's transformation through the book is well done if a little tiring at times as he sorts through every single religion in his memory for reasons to dismiss them. Spook is probably the best character in this book. The dialog is still rather stilted though and the characters are not the strongest point -- but this trilogy-finale ties up so many little loose ends that you didn't even were loose ends all the way back to the first book, that it's very satisfying anyway. And I did not see the final plot points coming, which I always appreciate. If Sanderson ever learns how to write people as well as he creates world systems he'll have my undying fandom, but he's not quite there yet.
