Mistborn

The Final Empire , #1

paperback, 672 pages

Published May 13, 2014 by Tor Teen, Tor Books.

ISBN:
978-0-7653-7713-5
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5 stars (10 reviews)

A hero with an incredible talent...for breaking things. A life-or-death mission...to rescue a bag of sand. A fearsome threat from a powerful secret network...the evil Librarians.

Alcatraz Smedry doesn't seem destined for anything but disaster. On his 13th birthday he receives a bag of sand, which is quickly stolen by the cult of evil Librarians plotting to take over the world. The sand will give the Librarians the edge they need to achieve world domination. Alcatraz must stop them!...by infiltrating the local library, armed with nothing but eyeglasses and a talent for klutzines

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Buen trasfondo, interesante sistema de magias

4 stars

Por fin me puse con esta saga. El resultado, para mí, es bueno pero me hubiera querido que me gustara mucho más, pero no lo ha conseguido :(

El mundo que se ambienta, la opresión, tanto natural como humana es interesante, clasismo, casta, naturaleza, especies, todo me hace querer saber qué hay más allá de Luthadel y alrededores y por qué todo es así.

El sistema de magias me parece muy original, orgánico, crudo, invisible y en cierto modo, peligroso de manejar. Con un episodio de infodump marcando las claves de su uso.

Pero el argumento del libro es frágil e ingenuo. No me convenció el objetivo final ni su fuerza para llegar a él. Al igual que la evolución de los personajes, tienes que creerte que un personaje ha cambiado por la triquiñuela del pensamiento interno de otros, lo que te fuerza a ver que ha cambiado, cuando no …

Review of 'Mistborn' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

So yeah, if I said anything about this, it would kinda Ruin wink it. So, in order to best keep the many, many, many surprises in a nice state of Preservation wink, I will refrain from talking about the novellete itself. Wouldn't want to Shatter any fan's Devotion wink to the series.

reviewed Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn -- [bk. 1])

Review of 'Mistborn' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Brandon Sanderson appears to be one of those authors that have an arrogant sense of how great a writer they are. Some of his fans definitely believe he's blazing trails in contemporary fantasy. This makes the reading of this book, to me, a delicate business, since aside from judging the book on its own merits, I find myself judging it based on what the author claims in his vanity.

So I will react to that first. This novel is not revolutionary. You do not get to say that if you follow the ABC Guide to Writing Fantasy Using Established Conventions. Let's check them off, shall we? The main protagonist, Vin, comes from fairly humble background. Check. It is discovered that she actually is special and has powers which will be used to shape events. Check. Her background is such that she really knows very little of the world, so the …