Marius Sørensen
8.5/10
I have never read anything in this viking/northern mythology style before. A cool mix between vikings, magic and mythology.
The storylines feel very similar, but this might be a fallacy of the audiobook narrator. The ending was absolutely awesome!
4/10
The characters were ok. The plot was ok. The prose was the worst I have ever read in a fantasy novel.
3/10
I guess the only thing I can say is that this book simply wasn't for me. How else can it be that I found it so extremely boring and incoherent.
If I am ever recommended a book in the category “Because you read The Great Gatsby” there is 0 chance of me reading that book.
5/10
The ideas are great. It is simply outdated, though. I would probably have been a 9/10 if I read it 20 years ago (when I was 7 years old)
9/10
An awesome conclusion to what has become my favourite fantasy series. The characters are wrapped up beautifully and in his classic style way Ambercrombie manages to make not a single main character happy with their situation.
Had to DNF this as it was way too YA for my current taste. I would probably have loved this 10 years ago.
10/10
It just keeps getting better. Abercrombies attention to detail is simply amazing.
The repeated quotes by some characters make them all feel unique and memorable. The way characters years later start quoting each other is just perfect. Even the chapter names make me want to keep on reading every time.
Just like in the rest of the First Law World, my favorite chapters are the ones where we see the same event from multiple points of view. This time we get to see chaos and war from the eyes of the man on the ground, while the rest of the story follows the people on the top of the food chain. These chapters were absolutely perfect. It goes to show that this is a story about the characters, to the level that a character I have never heard of before and will never see again can have a serious impact on the chapter through a single paragraph.
Finally, Steven Pacey, the narrator for the audiobooks, is at the pinnacle of narration with this series.
7.5/10
I'm not a big self-help guy but this was OK. Learned some cool concepts but I don't think I will actually apply any of the methods explained here.
5/10 Graphic Audio
I have no idea why I liked the first two but not this volume. I dont like any of the characters. Every plot line is cliché, and every line of dialog is empty or cringe. Worst Sanderson work I have read.
5/10
Equal parts cool and cringe. I've heard so many good reviews of this book, so I am inclined to think that the problem was the audio adaption I listened to.
Maybe the kids aren't all annoying as he'll in the books, and the main twist of the book doesn't fall entirely flat due to horrible delivery.
9/10
This was a 7/10 for me all the way until the end. However, my headcannon is now that Brandon has Kelsier, Dalinar, and Wit as his own imaginary crew at all times. That put a smile on my face for sure.
Odin: “Boys, we have a problem”
Loki: “I guess I'll turn into an animal of some sort and fix it.”
Thor: “Me smash!”
That was it. It was great. 7.5/10
9/10
The cover of my edition of the book states: “Fans of Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson will find much to admire”. I can now confirm this statement.
The middle part of the book was way too slow in my opinion. The politics just aren't interesting enough to spend that .uvh time with them. However, the epilogue was absolutely perfect and wraps up the story in an amazing way. I can never get enough of this kind of time-fuckery.
10/10
Once again, I find myself just doing chores around the house to have an excuse for listening to this audibook. It was absolutely fantastic. The story is pretty good, but the characters are stunning. How does he do it?
6/10
Some of the stories are fun and interesting to me, while others fall a bit short. It feels unfulfulling to read about a named character for a number of pages only for them to never appear again. The prose and humor is fun and flowing.
All in all I would say this is a thoroughly good book, but not my kind of story.
6/10
An enjoyable and easy read. I enjoy the chemistry and technology lingo even though I understand none of it.
However, the dialog is very lacking in my opinion. I don't feel like every single character in the book needs to be super witty and sassy, it just feels a little bland.
Finally, the heist/sabotage scenes seem a little to convinient at times. Maybe I am just a pessimist.
Note to self: If you are looking for a sci-fi book to reread go get The Martian or Project Hail Mary instead.
7.5/10 Graphic Audio
It's better than the first. I still think these three should have been a single volume.
7.5/10
The viewpoints are still the strongest part of these books. The addition of the flashback viewpoint from the tuners is amazing!
However, at some point during this or the last book, the magic system has become too complex and confusing. I am not able to fully immerse myself in the final confrontation as the overly complex description of how magic and orogeny are used takes something away from the underlying story/plot points.
Maybe this will all be clearer on a reread.
7/10
It was pretty good. The thing that turned me off the most was probably the last chapter in which each character sternly says, “I will never believe you ever again” ten seconds before running face first into another Lie of Locke Lamora.
The world is growing on me, and the epilogue sets up the next entry so I am looking forward to more.
7/10 - Graphic Audio
I was sure this was gonna be a 10/10. Awesome magic system and classic Sanderson world building. However, it just ended way too early. I have a feeling all three volumes should have been a single one. Might just be the format that doesn't allow it.
10/10
The Mistborn book I didn't know I needed. Fast-paced storytelling which covers up a myriad of plot holes I hadn't even realized were a problem in the original trilogy.
I can't wait for the Cosmere works to come together and to explore the effects of all 16 Shards.