Steelheart

Sanderson turns the superheroe genre upside down, giving it his magical touch. Wonderful conclusion, I can't wait for more.

Honestly, this is one of the few books that I didn't finish reading. I know that Brandon Sanderson was writing to the YA market on this one and didn't think it would bother me, but I just couldn't get into the characters or the plot. Gave up halfway through.

Fun young adult novel with an interesting alternate take on superheroes. I have enjoyed everything by Brandon Sanderson, and this is no exception. Great story telling filled with witty characters in a dark world.

A bit unimaginative. Also reads like Sanderson is using all his tropes from previous books in a different setting. On top of that, this is awfully similar to The Boys (the comic books are around 7 years older).

3.5⭐
Bien entretenido, pero el personaje principal no me terminó de convencer jaja aunque el final es maravilloso, como todos los de Brandon jajaj caótico. Lo que de viene para la secuela me deja con hype en todo caso

8/10

So this is my second Sanderson series (Mistborn was first). He weaves and dances around and really make the reader engaged. This one is, not watered down, but less. Its also YA so it should be! It is an easy read, not complicated twists, but they are still there. Yet again another novel take on a genre as well! My review of 5 stars is for what it is, a great YA book and not a comparison to his other “adult” works. Great YA book and a great way to “test the waters” of Sanderson.

waaaa!! qué onda ese final :O!!

[Actualización]

Me entretuvo mucho este libro :3. La historia transcurre en Chicago Nova, luego de que apareciera Calamity (que es como un cometa rojo) y empezaran a aparecer los Épicos. Los Épicos eran humanos corrientes que tras la aparición de Calamity comenzaron a manifestar poderes. Algo así como superhéroes, solo que en este caso serían supervillanos, porque los Épicos no se dedican a salvar a las personas corrientes, sino que intimidan, matan y someten a la gente, pelean entre ellos para alcanzar el poder y así gobernar a la población. Es por eso que nadie se atreve a enfrentarlos, excepto los Reckoners, un grupo de “rebeldes” (gente corriente) que se dedica a exterminar Épicos, porque, si bien se piensa que estos últimos son invencibles, la verdad es que cada Épico tiene un punto débil.
David es un chico de 18 años que quiere unirse a los Reckoners, ya que odia profundamente a los Épicos, sobre todo a “Steelheart”, porque vivió una experiencia terrible cuando tenía 8 años. David es un friki de los Épicos (algo así como Midoriya de BnH jeje), se ha dedicado a estudiarlos y conocer sus poderes y debilidades y planea una venganza en particular, ya que él es el único que ha visto sangrar a Steelheart...

Me gustó bastante la historia, definitivamente tiene mucha acción. Además, muy al estilo de Sanderson, tuvo un par de plot twist muy interesantes. Si bien no hay mucha profundización en los personajes, creo que es entendible en este primer libro, ya que la historia se centra más en la acción que en los personajes, pero sí me gustaría que en los próximos se desarrollaran un poco más (me gusta mucho Cody jiji). Algo un poco aparte... pero quería decir que fue inevitable imaginarme al Profesor como el Profesor de la Casa de Papel y me dio mucha rabiaaa jajaja porque sentí que no pegaba, pero de verdad que no podía sacármelo de la cabeza jaja

Halfway through reading the prologue, I stopped and searched for something else to read. ‘Young Adult' literature is too saccharin sweet for me. Comic book heroes and villains are absurdly over-the-top and unbelievable. It was easy to see that this book would ignore all the laws of nature and science - and I prefer stories that are more believable.

Didn't have anything better to read, so I decided to suffer through the first chapter. I still don't know how the author did it, but he kept my interest to the end. Somehow, his writing made me ignore all the story elements that typically turn me off.

3.5

Sanderson does the lazy, offensive, and othering white-as-default writing style that ONLY describes a character's skin tone if they are non-white. Examples - a character's “Asian features” (what does that even mean?) or a character's “dark skin and somewhat French accent”. Beyond the offensive writing, this book is also needlessly and graphically violent for the intended age group. One battle scene describes a character getting his head smashed until his eyes are squeezed out and there are many depictions of execution style shootings. Also, there's essentially 1 1/2 women in this book and they're only seen through a relatively misogynistic and leering male gaze. I know many kids that love this but I'm too critical to like anything that's happening here.

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I've read pretty much everything Brandon Sanderson has written and loved all of it. I went into this book expecting that I'd love it.

I really didn't like it. It felt generic, with forgettable characters and bad writing. My biggest gripe is definitely the characters– They felt bland, and I never really connected with any of them. I was expecting a Sanderson Avalanche but didn't really get one– or maybe the one he intended just wasn't satisfying enough. It felt really corny and in-your-face unsubtle at times. Without going into spoilers, a lot of stuff felt very contrived too.

Maybe it's because I don't like YA. Maybe it's because I've read Worm. Either way, this book was very disappointing.

This was the first one of Sanderson's young adult novels I read and I wasn't quite sure what to expect. While there were times when it was a predictable young adult book the majority was all that great pacing and character writing I have come to expect.

I've read a few books lately that i have not enjoyed. I could feel my slump coming back, so I picked up the Sanderson book I just bought. He has yet to fail me. This book is in a world where super humans pop up, but there are no heroes among them. It centers around an 18 year old David and a resistance group. Once again Sanderson is able to create a power system with rules and limitations that I could understand and believe. There are still a lot of questions left unanswered, but I am pretty sure they are meant to be answered in the sequels, and I have faith that the rest of the books will be as good as or better than the first.
David does seem a little immature at times, but I am not really the target audience, so he may not seem that way to younger readers. There is also a good bit of gore right off the bat, so if you don't want to read about some nasty things happening to people, and even infants, then you may want to steer clear. It's not too prevalent throughout the book, but it does have it's moments. All in all, the story kept me interested, and he had a few good surprises, though there are a few hints along the way. I plan on recommending this to my 14 year old step-son, I think he would really enjoy this.

Esse livro foi um looping (pra mim).

O primeiro (e os últimos) capítulo é algo surreal de tão bom! A apresentação do mundo é um pouco confusa e tem bastante informação sobre fatos que guiam os pensamentos lógicos das personagens - como nome de épicos, das eras, seus poderes, estudos... E assim por diante - que quase me fizeram pegar um papel e bolar um fluxograma.

O meio foi um pouco lento. Megan me irritava (bem como as atitudes suicida/assassina dela, bem explicados depois, é claro. porém, meio forçadão o David ver encantamento em tanta bipolaridade na menina) e David tentando se mostrar, e as muitas piadas forçadas e comparações ruins quase me fizeram pedir, “Por favor, chega. Vamos matar o cara ou não?”.

Mas seguimos firme e forte, pois como sempre, todos os personagens possuem uma identidade única e vida, como característica das personagens do Sanderson.

E é claro, me apeguei demais a eles (mesmo achando que poderia haver mais detalhes sobre o passado deles, o que com certeza será deixado para o restante da série).

Achei formidável o pensamento dos executores; e principalmente, que nem sempre o planejamento dá certo e temos que improvisar. E que cenas de ação! Dava Formigamento e torcia para que eles sobreviverem a cada página. (#aquelaQueSeApega)

E QUE FINAL MARAVILHOSO ! ! !

Acho que se eu não tivesse lido Mistborn antes, teria sido mais proveitoso esse universo. (Mistborn é masterpiece, convenhamos). Mas quero saber mais sobre como as coisas irão se desenvolver, nessa nova era.

(oia que coisa... demorei exatamente um mês. Não havia percebido)

Aku blm pernah membaca karya Sanderson. Ketika mengecek buku ini ada 562 halaman. Jadi spt biasa hanya ada 2 kemungkinan 562 halaman penuh siksaan atau 562 yg bikin penasaran. Hasilnya 562 halaman yg seru & bikin penasaran. Pdhl awalnya skeptic ak bakal enjoy sm seri ini.
Perpaduan antara sci-fi, fantasy & dystopia. Plot twistnya...terbuka di bab2 akhir. Dan ada juga twist yg lebih mengejutkan di bab plg akhir. Gk akan ak ungkapkan disini, spoiler men... Intinya seri ini layak koleksi & penuh aksi. Romancenya ada tp bkn spt romance YA fantasi biasa, krn romance di buku ini menyangkut perasaan David kepada orang2 yg dia sayangi (ayahnya) & tim reckoners.

ive never read faster .

Read a book you've been meaning to read

More of a 3.5 star book but I'll round it off to 4 because the premise was very interesting.

I'm not sure why I don't particular feel like extolling this book, when there is nothing wrong and much that is right.

Oh my gosh. This was hell of a ride. I mostly listened to the audio book since I find the writing style (in english and the german translation) too ... flowery to keep on going in my normal reading speed. Hitting about 30% I knew I was going to like the book and went to order the second book... and was spoiled for this book because of the synopsis tableflip. But it was still nice done plotwise even though I knew the ending of the first book. There were still conclusions that where hinted at but were shocking and exciting.

I liked the ending and I especially liked the potential of it, but overall I spent quite a lot of time being annoyed by this book.

There are two female characters in this. One is barely in it, and whenever the other one is there the main character just can't stop thinking about how hot she is. That's fine, it really is, but every damn time? Really? It made me dislike his character as well as her character because that was nearly all there was to her. Until the end of course, which kind of made me curious and I haven't decided if it was worth getting through all that yet or not.

I didn't really get attached to any of the other characters either though. Except Cody. I loved that guy.

But as I said, I liked how it ended and I liked the revelations there were, so I am pretty curious about the follow-ups, so I might as well check those out eventually.

I'm late to the party when it comes to Brandon Sanderson. I found him because of the Wheel of Time books. After seeing his work there I went back and read the Mistborn Trilogy and have been hooked ever since. Steelheart continues to show Mr. Sanderson's mastery of storytelling. He allows you to see the story through the main character and as such you feel very much a part of the story. I look forward to reading more of his work soon.

There's this hype about Brandon Sanderson that I haven't been able to escape. And, unable to get myself a copy of the Mistborn trilogy, I decided to read Steelheart to know what the fuss is about.

For the first good chunk of this book, Steelheart wasn't anything special to me. My favorite book, Vicious, has superheros gone evil and, to me, nothing will ever compare to Vicious, so Brandon Sanderson's take in it wasn't going to be anything special.

There were things I was enjoying though. I truly loved many of the characters and the overall plot. I think my favorite thing was David's inability to tell a good metaphor.

Them the ending happened, and now I understand the hype of Brandon Sanderson. I'm usually good at picking up hints throughout books and predicting the supposedly non obvious plots. This book was not the case. The ending truly had be surprised, even though Sanderson practically told you what was going to happen multiple times throughout the novel.

Fun quick read.