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| The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, Book 3)
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Author: Brandon Sanderson
Publisher: Tor Books
Release Date: 2008-10-14
ISBN-10: 0765316897
ISBN-13: 9780765316899
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Who is the Hero of Ages?
To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness---the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists---is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed.
Having escaped death at the climax of The Well of Ascension only by becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will allow him to save the world. Vin is consumed with guilt at having been tricked into releasing the mystic force known as Ruin from the Well. Ruin wants to end the world, and its near omniscience and ability to warp reality make stopping it seem impossible. She can’t even discuss it with Elend lest Ruin learn their plans!
The conclusion of the Mistborn trilogy fulfills all the promise of the first two books. Revelations abound, connections rooted in early chapters of the series click into place, and surprises, as satisfying as they are stunning, blossom like fireworks to dazzle and delight. It all leads up to a finale unmatched for originality and audacity that will leave readers rubbing their eyes in wonder, as if awaking from an amazing dream.
A well rounded finish to an excellent fantasy series
| Customer Rating: | For the last 2 years Vin and Eland have been trying to stop the end of the world. But how do you fight a force that lives to destroy everything and can hear every word you say?
With this book Sanderson has pulled off something rare among fantasy trilogies, a well thought-out and satisfying conclusion to his story. This book gives you lots of answers, and unexpected changes for all the characters. Some people rise and others fall and we find things out about this world that are dramatically different from what everyone believed were the true answers.
If you a looking for a well thought out, and well written fantasy series with characters you can like then pick up this series and you'll find yourself saying "ah hah!" and "that explains a lot!" all the way through this instalment of the series.
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A good end to a great series
| Customer Rating:  | I really liked the first book of this series and enjoyed the second book almost as much. The third book may not be as good as the other two but it is still a very good fantasy book. This book only gets less than 5 stars because of the high standard set by the previous two books.
The reason I liked this book less is probably because it is the last book. We've already established the characters and setting so the book is less focused (probably a little to unfocused) on character development. Instead the book seeks to answer and expand upon the themes laid down in prior books. These themes include the validity of religious belief, various forms of government, and the conflict between ideal action and necessary action. Sanderson works very hard at clarifying his position on each.
Overall the final book is deep, well thought out, and has a great ending. This trilogy will not turn into some long, overdrawn 10 part series that kills itself. This is really the last book and the ending to it is satisfying. The ending ties up all the loose ends nicely and rewards the reader for sticking with the series.
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Unexpected ending, but great book.
| Customer Rating: | As I said in the title, it has a very unexpected ending. I pride myself in the fact that I can figure out endings of movies, games and books, but this one I didn't see coming whatsoever.
Overall the book is great. An enjoyable read from the first page. I highly recommend this read to anyone.
Brandon Sanderson is a very gifted writter. I must come clean about something though, I had never heard of Brandon Sanderson prior to the death of "The Wheel of Time" author, Robert Jordan. Mr Sanderson was approached to write the remainder of "Memory of Light," the final book in The Wheel of Time sega (which I am a fan of) so I had to examine his writing style for myself. I was then swept away into the great story of Mistborn.
Pick this book up. |
Excellent Book
| Customer Rating: | | One of the best fantasy books I've read! I highly recommend it and all the books in the series. |
Very happy I kept reading to the end!
| Customer Rating: | I've thoroughly enjoyed this series!! This was a good book, and parts were completely engrossing, but I felt it was slower at times than the first two books were. The same thing might have been accomplished with 75 less pages in the middle. Also, the action kept switching back and forth between Urteau and Fadrex City, and each time it switched I was annoyed because I wanted to know what was going to happen next in the city I had just been reading about (that might be why it was easy to put this one down and pick it back up again - it felt like you were "picking it back up again" every chapter or so anyway). However, the complexities and twists in this beast are many and varied and awesome, and *I* certainly wouldn't have wanted the task of editing it down. There were a couple of moments that were downright CREEPY - I got chills reading it late at night in a dark house, which I hadn't experienced during the first two books. And WOW!!!! WHAT AN ENDING!!! I cried at the end (around 2am last night, thank you very much Mr. Sanderson) from sheer emotion. Best ending I've read in a long time. A little far fetched, maybe... it felt a little less "real" by the very end... but still wonderful. One of the most enjoyable things to me was trying to figure out who in the world was writing the italics at the beginning of each chapter. He drops some really delicious clues in those little blurbs, much like in the first two books.
I was amused throughout this series by Sanderson's occasional, subtle commentary on Christianity (ie Vin musing, "Why would a religion choose the object that killed their God as a symbol to represent them?"), and until the end of this book, I was having a very hard time deciding whether the series was going to give a pro-religion moral, or an anti-religion moral. It was made very clear by the end of this book. Sanderson's depth of insight into many aspects of life is really refreshing... if only he were still single... =P
Occasional slow pacing might put off some readers, and the sheer complexity of the magic system might put off some readers (seriously, it just keeps getting more and more complicated), but I think the rewards at the end are well worth it for anyone who enjoyed the first two books. |
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