Caleb
Picked this up because I was interested in getting into the fantasy genre as well as reading something a bit "lighter" than I typically read. I ended up breezing through this moderately long book in something like five days which is something I haven't done with a book in a long time. It's an extremely quickly paced story thats loads of fun. That being said the writing is plain to a fault and the dialogue can feel a bit clunky. It almost reads like a YA novel at times. Sometimes the characters can feel a little bit more like ideas than characters, but by the end you really fall in love with most of them.
Plot wise I found the story consistently engaging and thrilling. The world these characters inhabit is pretty standard fantasy fare (evil lord and a feudal system with an oppressed group), but Sanderson richly fleshes it out with enough small and unique details to keep you curious.
The story focuses on a group of thieves planning a heist to overthrow an evil ruler. The catch is that everyone in the crew can use a unique type of magic powered by metals. The heist framework works well because you have a clear goal for these characters and can see how this group moves from planning to execution and how they react when things go wrong. It's sort of an Ocean's Eleven scenario with higher stakes and magic, which makes for some clever ideas and thrilling action. The ending is fantastic and took me by surprise. Despite my problems with some of the prose I think that this made for a great entry into the fantasy genre and I'm excited to read the next two novels in this trilogy.
Picked this up because I was interested in getting into the fantasy genre as well as reading something a bit "lighter" than I typically read. I ended up breezing through this moderately long book in something like five days which is something I haven't done with a book in a long time. It's an extremely quickly paced story thats loads of fun. That being said the writing is plain to a fault and the dialogue can feel a bit clunky. It almost reads like a YA novel at times. Sometimes the characters can feel a little bit more like ideas than characters, but by the end you really fall in love with most of them.
Plot wise I found the story consistently engaging and thrilling. The world these characters inhabit is pretty standard fantasy fare (evil lord and a feudal system with an oppressed group), but Sanderson richly fleshes it out with enough small and unique details to keep you curious.
The story focuses on a group of thieves planning a heist to overthrow an evil ruler. The catch is that everyone in the crew can use a unique type of magic powered by metals. The heist framework works well because you have a clear goal for these characters and can see how this group moves from planning to execution and how they react when things go wrong. It's sort of an Ocean's Eleven scenario with higher stakes and magic, which makes for some clever ideas and thrilling action. The ending is fantastic and took me by surprise. Despite my problems with some of the prose I think that this made for a great entry into the fantasy genre and I'm excited to read the next two novels in this trilogy.