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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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Jan 28, 2009
bookshelves: brandon-sanderson-cosmere, scifi-fan-group, fantasy-aficionados, read-owned-paperback
It reminds me of Ocean's Eleven meets The Italian Job, but set in Mordor after Sauron has ruled for 1000 years or so. In many fantasy stories, a dark lord is rising and it is up to our heroes to defeat him before that happens. In this, the Dark Lord is already set in place as the status quo and the heroes have to motivate others to want a change.....Yet there is a noble class of The Lord Ruler's flunkies who will need to be scammed and robbed along the way, to finance this big revolt.....I love it...
The pace, style, and grand-heist-scheme-in-a-fantasy-setting plot remind me of Michael J. Sullivan's The Crown Conspiracy while the characters and rags-to-revolutionary story make me think of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Certainly a great blending, as both of these were recent 5-star reviews for me....
Okay, now I've finished it. All I can say is WOW. Why did I wait so long to read this? I must read the other two books in the series very soon.......
The pace, style, and grand-heist-scheme-in-a-fantasy-setting plot remind me of Michael J. Sullivan's The Crown Conspiracy while the characters and rags-to-revolutionary story make me think of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Certainly a great blending, as both of these were recent 5-star reviews for me....
Okay, now I've finished it. All I can say is WOW. Why did I wait so long to read this? I must read the other two books in the series very soon.......
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I'm about 140 pages in so far. I was definitely hooked by the end of the prologue, which doesn't usually happen. If the rest of the book (and series) is as good as what I've read so far, I'm definitely seeing 5 stars for this.
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The third book was due out in mass market paperback on April 28th. I didn't want to spend the money on a hardback that I'd read in two days, so I'm anxiously awaiting its release.
I'm about 2/3's of the way through it and am really enjoying it as well. I've already got the other two books waiting for me on my bookshelf. There aren't enough hours in the day!
Nice review, and I because of you I've got a new book on my amazon wish list ;) The Crown Conspiracy sounds quite interesting.
"It reminds me of Ocean's Eleven meets The Italian Job, but set in Mordor after Sauron has ruled for 1000 years or so."Best. Book. Review. Ever.
Added to my to-read. The author should give you a kickback.
Man I totally agree with, I am half way through this one thinking how the he'll have I waited so long to read this... Your comparisons are spot on and I will add it also reminds me of Abhorsen by Garth Nix..
If you dig this you should check out The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.
Well now I have to read this sucker because of your excellent review, and I don't even read fantasy!!!
This is EXACTLY how I felt when reading The Final Empire, altho, since I don't have a clue what The Italian Job is, I had to set for just Ocean's Eleven meets Sauron's dreamland. The first book was just so full of Danny Ocean's humor I couldn't stand it.As for your question on how long it took you to read it, I suspect it was due to the humongunous size of the darn thing. The great thing is, I never felt mind-numbed when reading this, just tired from being awake 18+ hours reading through the three books on 4 days. I assume you alredy read the other two books, but if not, I can tell you this: it becomes even more amazing. Not so much for the plotline, but but how intrincate it is. Up to the last page, you will never end up finding little surprises tucked away.
thats exactly what i thought. oceans 11 in medieval times. awesome!
I completely agree with you!!when they developed the plan it kinda look like an epic fantasy oceans 11,and Kelsier reminds me a lot of Kvothe!THIS BOOK IS SO AWESOME!!!
I was no not going to read this book until I read your review. Now I'm looking forward to it!
Read it because it's one of the best trilogies out there
"Ocean's Eleven meets The Italian Job, but set in Mordor after Sauron has ruled for 1000 years or so."That is the best description I've ever seen. I lol'd!
I'm with you on the slow build. I recently finished the series and I would say that it keeps getting better. The final book was an excellent climax to the whole series. One of the most satisfying endings I have ever read to any series. BTW, I can't wait for the next installment to the Stormlight series. Excellent as well.
What's the big difference between Ocean's 11 and the Italian Job that it requires the use of "meets?"
This was such an enchanting story!
I'm glad you really enjoyed it! Yeah, it really feels like Ocean's 11 set in a fantasy world . Great things are still ahead of you, especially in book 3 :)
Great review🙂You are right about this one reminding the story of the crown conspiracy and name of the wind, and along with that I was reminded of six of crows by Leigh bardugo. That one is also a heist story and the heroes scam a lot of higher up people
