Anders reviewed The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, #1)
Dystopian fantasy
4 stars
An easy to read dystopian fantasy. The book is interesting enough to merit reading the next two books in the series at some point.
paperback, 672 pages
Published May 13, 2014 by Tor Teen, Tor Books.
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
An easy to read dystopian fantasy. The book is interesting enough to merit reading the next two books in the series at some point.
Koste meg. Godt etablert magisystem, akkurat som alle andre sier om Sanderson. Likte figurene godt, og er nysgjerrig på serien videre, og så får vi bare se når/om jeg treffer et metningspunkt for halvskjulte messiaser.
Når jeg tenker meg om, tror jeg at noe av det som gjorde beskrivelsene av magien så lett for meg å henge med på, var at de fleste kreftene vi ser bli brukt er ganske klassiske videospillkrefter, så når vi ser allomantikere bruke forskjellige metaller, kjenner jeg meg igjen fra ganger jeg har vært i flytsonen i spill med liknende krefter – og dermed føles det som at jeg i større grad enn vanlig er en del av historien.
Løs tanke i én helsetning.
Men ja, likte boka.
Surprisingly good. There were some parts when the story didn't seem to go nowhere, but in the end all the strings tied up to an intriquing knot of a story that left many haunting questions open for the future parts. Recommended.