I considered it around then too, but actually rejected/backed away from the idea later. Now that’s good stuff.
I just want to point out that I do not know for sure who the Hero is, so don’t tell me directly.
I’m just guessing.
Just finished.
OPEN SPOILERS FOR ALL 3 BOOKS BEGIN NOW!!
Wow.
I really enjoyed the series and have a hard time putting my thoughts into words.
Sazed. I guess that makes a lot of sense. I respect Sanderson’s choice here and I love that it only comes together really in the final 5 pages.
I’m going to man up and tell you I had no real indication it was him. I suspected him to go the Kandr and realize it was Spook. I was concerned about my error once Spook lost his hemalurgic spike and lost his ability to burn pewter.
I have so many questions and thoughts, it’s hard to say what I’m thinking. I really loved the series and it is one of the better trilogies I’ve read. A good length to the series, too. this did not need 10 books or anything.
Questions I have(which you all may be able to help me with):
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16% of the people die in the mists? Those 16%…burn atium? Or what can they do that is different? Or what have I misunderstood?
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Has Sanderson told us what the last two metals are? Sazed, who is now God, tells Spook there are 2 more and they are quite interesting.
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Was Ruin killed or merely merged with Preservation inside Sazed’s sentient mind?
What questions do you all have after reading it?
16% were affected by the mists - 1% snapped for each metal. Deaths were accidental. The atium-burners were sick for the longest length of time, though.
No, but the upcoming Mistborn book is subtitled “The Alloy of Law” so…
The previous people who bonded with (and provided the sentience for) Preservation and Ruin both died (the little brown guy in the snow & the redheaded guy respectively)…but the elemental forces are now both bonded with Sazed.
Right, so now I’m going to want a prequel book about how those people came into possession of Ruin and Preservation.
What a cool series.
I was surprised by the reassessment of the view of the Lord Ruler. He went from despot to a man who was thrust into a bad situation and did his best to save everyone.
I liked that quite a bit. I like that in the final chapter, Vin even thinks to thank him for what he tried to do.
I absolutely loved his ideas of magic in this series. Allomancy is just cool, and for a long time that’s the only magic you really learn about. Then you start learning more about Feruchemy, and there are some interesting ideas there too - the scene where Sazed jumps off a cliff and stores all his weight is fabulous. And then along comes Hemalurgy and it’s just wonderfully creepy.
When I got to the end of the series I was very satisfied, but wished I could’ve learned about the last couple metals, so I’m definitely looking forward to Book 4.
Now that you’ve finished, I can say that what really impressed me about this series was how well crafted it was. This is not a story that just flowed smoothly out of a person’s brain overnight. This was a story that was meticulously planned, thought through, reworked, and just, well, crafted. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book or series that provided (a) so many questions as it went along and (b) so many good, satisfying, logical answers to those questions at the end. Every loose thread was resolved, and resolved in a very satisfying way. Even the inevitable deus ex machina ending worked.
It’s what I was looking forward to as well. This is the best book series I’ve read that was directly reccommended by Dopers.
What other book series are like that, with many little secrets/mysteries that gradually unravel? I actually think the Harry Potter series is like that and I liked its ending as well.
I just want to point out that I didn’t realize that the gender neutral phrasing of the Hero of the Ages did not clue me into Sazed and that I didn’t even get it until I read Sanderson’s commentary on his website last night.
I guess I’m not the best guesser. However, I had it nailed that OreSeur was dead extremely, extremely early. Who knows?
By the way, I’m starting Otherland, a long tetralogy written by Tad Williams. My brother pushed me to it years ago. Anyone like it?
It’s sci-fi/fantasy.
I read Otherland. I found it very interesting- I thought the ending was a bit :dubious:, but until then I really enjoyed it.
At first I was unsatisfied with how Rashek could have created hemalurgically driven beings (Inquisitors, Koloss, Kandra) that he knew would be open to Ruin’s control should he ever escape. Sure, he left the Kandra instructions to pull their spikes out if they felt Ruin’s influence, but they were formerly Terrisfolk who had a whole religion built around knowing about and rejecting Ruin - what about the Steel Inquisitors or Koloss?
Then I realized Rashek simply hadn’t thought through about dealing with a released Ruin while infused with the Power because (a) he hadn’t had any time to prepare for what he would do in the time given, and (b) that would have meant Ruin had managed to get him eliminated, and he was too busy building a Final (Eternal) Empire with himself at the top as one of his main personality drives, the desire for “dominance”. He realized this oversight later when he began leaving those caches of supplies and inscribed metal plates confessing how if they ever had to rely on these, it would mean he’d died and Ruin was probably about to win - “sorry for leaving a mess but here’s what you’ll need to get by while somebody thinks of a Plan B”.
That in turn makes me wonder why Preservation (in the form of “conscious mist”) would choose to help Vin defeat him at the end of the first book, especially when Preservation was so hostile to Vin at other times when she was wearing her earring “spike” (thus allowing Ruin a path into her head). I don’t think drawing on the mist for Allomantic power is supposed to be something all Mistborn can do at will, or else Kelsier could have done so to battle or to escape the Steel Inquisitors, and the Lord Ruler himself (the Original Allomancer) would have been able to do it too as a counter to Vin in their fight to the death.
Wasn’t Vin not wearing her earring at the climax of book 1?
Yes, I think Rashek pulled it out of her ear, failing to realize this would let her use the mists.