Joseph Quigley rated The Hero of Ages: 4 stars

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
Who is the Hero of Ages?
To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But …
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Who is the Hero of Ages?
To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But …
The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler -- the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled …
The Mists rule the night.The Lord Ruler owns the world.
Once, a hero arose to save the world. A …
I'm bittersweet about this series' ending. Not every story should have a happy ending, and I'm glad that this one ended the series with closure, despite the loss.
The epilogue made up for the sadness though.
Not my favorite book in the series, but has a lot of closure. I’m a little disappointed it wasn’t the last one though. Looking forward to the finale, but I sure hope it’s not dragged out to 8 books.
Author biography, chapter summaries, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, reproducibles, cross-curricular activities for students of all learning styles for the novel …
This book should pass the test of time, even if some of the specific treatments, routines and advice will likely be outdated in 5-20 years. The goal to live (and the methods to achieve) a rich and active life that you can enjoy in your 80s and 90s is something that most health books don't even consider.
The chapter about Peter's mental health made the book stand out amongst similar "here's how to be healthy" books.
The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every kind …
I really enjoyed reading how animals “see” and “feel” things that aren’t vision or touch. The author did a great job of trying to convey what it’s like to be an electric fish who can sense the electric fields around them and “see” omni directionally, to the experience of being a bat adjusting frequencies of sonar to adjust for the doppler effect, so that its brain perceives the same ultrasound “picture”.
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very …