brenticus reviewed The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, #1)
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4 stars
Mistborn is 500 pages of worldbuilding followed by 150 pages of climaxing hard.
There are a lot of stretches in the middle where it drags pretty hard with very little of note happening, but there's enough extra info sprinkled in to make it fine to push through. I'd give most of the book 3 stars.
Then the climax gets going and the book is a masterpiece right through to the finish. You're never quite sure how everyone's fates will shake out until you reach the end. Thick with action, twists, and surprises that never pull you out of the masterfully crafted scenario.
So taking the average of decently good and god-damn masterpiece... 4 stars, I guess.
There are a lot of stretches in the middle where it drags pretty hard with very little of note happening, but there's enough extra info sprinkled in to make it fine to push through. I'd give most of the book 3 stars.
Then the climax gets going and the book is a masterpiece right through to the finish. You're never quite sure how everyone's fates will shake out until you reach the end. Thick with action, twists, and surprises that never pull you out of the masterfully crafted scenario.
So taking the average of decently good and god-damn masterpiece... 4 stars, I guess.