good story

I loved the story, however I found that the reader's voice was very clipped which made getting into the story quite tricky and difficult to differentiate between characters on occasion.

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I arrived here after completing the Wheel of Time

After his completion of the wheel of time series I fell in love with his writing. To be honest, TWOT series left me with an empty void, a sort of sadness as I said goodbye to characters who had become friends and a story I had lived in for years ver a year.

This book filled that void and I am hooked… a departure from the old but still close enough to soothe my withdrawals.

I really love this series and am looking forward to the new adventure with these incredibly rich characters.

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this is really 5!

Okok, understand me correctly please.

This IS 5 stars. The story IS 5 stars. The whole concept and execution IS 5 stars.

The 4 star rating is because I can't see beyond the writing. Yes, Sanderson is magnificently good at writing. What gets to me though is the repetitiveness.

Here's the thing.

All Sanderson books are long, which is awesome because his stories are just so worth it. With long books come endless possibilities, but also a whole ton of risks. In this case, there were words that were used over and over and over again so much so that I once in a while just let out a fairly loud aaarrrgghhhhh!!!! And stopped because I just couldn't listen to another iteration of the same action. With long books I find thus to be very common. You have so much to write that you need to simplify it and so you go for simple words and you get stuck in a certain rythm.

In this particular book, my problems were with a few words, but especially "paused".

Every character, all the time, even if they didn't do anything, weren't about to do anything, they PAUSED. ALL. THE. TIME.

It was just so ridiculous. I'm sorry but I just can't forgive that because it annoyed me so much I had to stop reading this incredibly cool, awesome, giant, intense, adventurous story! Because the repetition got to me! That's just not ok.

I still HIGHLY recommend this book. It goes into my absolute favorites, that's how good the story is.

Please read this!

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Great!

Liked it alot great story! Now fast on to book nummer 2 cant wait

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Brilliant

An outstanding story, great world building, and well paced. Would recommend it to anyone into who loves fantasy books.

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Strong Story

I enjoyed the book and the reader is great. slightly too linear story I think

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Addictive

I've been trying to find any opportunity to listen to this all week. Addictive storyline. Great array of characters. Loved the development of the magic that is used in the land!

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A perfect first step into Sanderson's Cosmere

Not just Sanderson's Cosmere, but the Fantasy genre. Mistborn will inspire and excite anyone. Guaranteed.

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Excellent book, beautifully read.

A great book, couldn't stop listening! it came with me to the garage, the car, the kitchen and the loo!

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great

great story, but slow at the start, awesome at the end. loved every bit of it.

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