The Alloy of Law
Ratings917
Average rating4.1
the mistborn universe is amazing, this seems like it is continuing the awesomeness we expect after the first trilogy.
Ik herinner mij nog hoe ik de eerste Mistborn-boeken van Brandon Sanderson zeer goed vond, en hoe ik heet “wel raar maar wel wijs” vond toen hij er een western-achtig-steampunk-achtig boek bijschreef.
En dan was ik helemaal uit het oog verloren dat daar misschien wel nog eens een vervolg op zou kunnen komen, tot ik het toevallig in ergens een “aangeraden te lezen”-lijst te zien kreeg.
Ondertussen was ik al helemaal vergeten wat er gebeurd was in het boek, en had ik ook geen zin om alleen een korte inhoud te lezen, dus ben ik maar herbegonnen.
Mijn oorspronkelijke opinie blijft overeind: zeer degelijk boek. Al weet ik helemaal niet meer wat ik hiermee bedoelde:
En het blijft ook de wereld van Mistborn: helemaal op het einde van het boek krijgen we een glimps van oude bekenden uit de eerste trilogie, en dat opent dan weer allerlei deuren naar allerlei andere dingen.
Thoroughly cinematic fantasy-mystery-action story gussied up in a duster. Fun listen.
Oh boi, I LOLed many times and I enjoyed this lots, pure fun and goofy and lots of style and guns.
Mistborn Era 1, book 1 felt rough but this really shows how Sandon Banderson has skilled up.
I am a self admitted Brando Sando fan...to me his works are like pizza--even when they are not the best, they are still really good!
I love the idea of a fantasy setting advancing over time, and not staying stuck in its initial era. Here we have fantasy, but in 300 years we have added technology, societal advancement, etc....and it makes the world seem much more real.
Era 2 I can tell already is gonna to be less epic than Era 1...which is good. It is not resting on the laurels of its predecessors, but finding its own path. It's mixture of the Wild West and Steampunk makes for a very entertaining story, with plenty of action. The mystery helps drive the plot, and the worldbuilding and characters are second to none, as usual.
Wayne kinda annoyed me at first, and it took a bit for the chemistry between him and Wax to click, but by the end of the book I could not see a story without them both, they seem two halves to a whole.
All in all, I really liked this. It is different than Era 1, and it gives me a different sense of satisifaction and enjoyment, and that is a good thing.
4.5 Stars
This is a really cool idea for a series: following the world through different eras in its development and seeing the ways that the “magic” is used differently with different levels of technology available. I really liked the Wild West theme and I really liked the characters! It was a little confusing going from Mistborn to this series because I felt like there were a few things that just weren't explained super well and because (by design) the complexity and depth of this series is a lot lower. But all in all, a fun read.
I would definitely say that this wouldn't make much sense if you haven't read the original Mistborn trilogy first.
Age range: 16+
Lots of violence, not to the level of the original trilogy but definitely still gory.
Great page turner and setting up the stage for the rest of the trilogy. More of a 4.5 but rounding up to a 5.
Un libro rápido y muy entretenido. Unos personajes que, desde mi punto de vista, superan en calidad a los principales de la primera trilogía (de verdad que lo siento por los “fanses”).
Inicia la historia muy bien y engancha, tanto en lo relativo al protagonista, como a la trama que se plantea.
Lo que menos me ha convencido es el desenlace del libro, que quizás me parece un poco más flojillo que de costumbre, aunque luego el epílogo dé visos de lo que se viene más adelante.
De manera resumida, un libro que me ha gustado mucho, sobre todo como fan del western y la época victoriana, y que siento como un buen comienzo para esta Era 2.
2.50/5.00
The Alloy of Law kicks off Mistborn Era 2 with a mellow start. The book does a reasonable job of what it wanted to do. There was some reasonable action, some good humor and generally likable characters. The worldbuilding is fun, with all the references to Era 1 is so fun. But this book seemed to be of a different tone. Reads more like a mystery-action novel with a basic kidnapping plot, which seems kind of a let compared what we have come to expect with Cosmere books.
SPOILERS!
I really liked Wayne, he is endearing and goofy! Looks like Marsh still lives. And who is Lord Mistborn ? lol. I got excited with Steris but then she exits the book immediately. Funny. Great action though!
wasn???t sure what i was expecting going into it since it???s set 300 years after the first trilogy but i loved how fast paced it was. interesting characters + it was cool to see how the world developed after the ending of era 1 (love the integration of firearms w allomancy). also the reveal(s) in the epilogue were mmm chefs kiss, very good??? sanderson always has mad endings to his books tbh. v excited to see what the next book holds.
This was a pretty cool idea to show the world 300yrs after a big, calamity with a happy ending from the original trilogy. Its much lighter than the predecessors and goes from a fantasy book into sort of a detective steampunk one with a bit of magic. A light and entertaining read.
Compararlo con el imperio final siendo también un inicio de su era sería injusto, pues ya con todo lo que se vio en el héroe de las eras era de esperar que se resguarde un poco para los siguientes libros y no revelara tanto sobre las artes metálicas. Amé los personajes, son igual o más carismáticos que el grupo de kelsier, aunque no tuvieron mucho desarrollo (espero que con los siguientes libros mejore eso). El libro me venía decepcionando en el tramo final, pero el epílogo y ars arcanum supieron levantarlo.
I loved this book! A vastly different feel to era 1 but just as compelling. Never has a character made me laugh as Wayne has.
I inhaled this book.it was so much fun with a lew twists I didn't see coming. I love the homage to era 1.
Concise, briskly paced, exciting narrative. It is absolutely a breath of fresh air reading this after The Stormlight Archive.
I think I will be quitting the cosmere. I like the idea of Sanderson books but his characters and humor are not to my taste and I find it makes me slumpy when I read these books. I still own Stormlight so I'll give that a last shot but likely won't continue past the ones I already own.
3.5 stars!
Great action scenes, on-point humor & flintlock setting. BUT it somehow felt a bit underwhelming compared with Mistborn era 1: both the enemies & the topic itself seem more mundane. Not bad, but different!
Let's see where the story goes!