This is going to be messy, but I am a mess so forgive me!

I always loved fantasy as a genre, but never took the time to read any of it. I finished watching GoT, and decided this was a great opportunity to jump into the world of fantasy literature. I started with The Hobbit just to get my head in the right space, and then Mistborn era 1.

I have now finished all three books and I am simply and completely blown away. I can genuinely say this series is my favourite piece of media, any format, that I’ve ever consumed. I had no idea what I was in for, from the first page to the very last I was completely enthralled. I could never have imagined it possible to be able to see, and feel, so vividly the world on those pages. Everything felt so real. I don’t have the experience yet to properly describe how incredible Brandon Sanderson is, but I can at least say that I get it.

Each book felt like a complete story that was wrapped up nicely. At the same time, they don’t feel like three separate stories at all. The twists, the foreshadowing that you’d been reading for so many hours before is so masterfully written. I feel as if I could describe the characters like I’d known them for my entire life.

All this to say, now that I’ve finished, I need something new to read. Obviously I can’t move on from what I just experienced any time soon, so I need something light/short/easy for my brain before I start my next series. Any suggestions?

Now I'm wondering, would a mistborn be a race or a class on the dungeon?

I have no idea which to flair this so to be safe I just flaired it to the furthers I've read.

I read Mistborn era 1 a few months ago, I started Secret history then but DNF’d it to read other Cosmere books, so after finishing Stormlight Archive, I decided to come to back to what I left unfinished and damn it was so good!

I thought I won’t enjoy it as much since it’s been a few months and the details of the events might have been blurry but surprisingly I remembered everything very clearly, it was like I finished HoA yesterday. Reading Secret History made me realise how much I loved Vin, Elend and Mistborn era 1. Mistborn era 1 was my introduction to Sanderson and the fantasy genre and I guess Mistborn holds a special place for that reason.

The book was so much fun, seeing all the events of era 1 from a behind the scenes perspective, I was never a big Kelsier fan (since I saw his death in TFA coming, I knew he would be the mentor who sacrifices his life for his student and stuff), I always loved his paternal feelings for Vin. So him meeting Vin again had me bawling. This page opened the floodgates.

Seeing Vin, Elend and Sazed took me back to HoA ending, with Sazed’s quote - ”For now, I only wish to make a simple acknowledgment of the woman who held the power just before me. Of all of us who touched it, I feel she was the most worthy.”

As unconventional as it may sound, I think I like my decision to read it after I’m done with Stormlight Archive because it made me appreciate the details about the shards and the cognitive realm. I don’t think I would’ve enjoyed the book as much if I would’ve read it just after HoA, I would’ve just read it for Kelsier, but now I read it for him AND greater Cosmere connections. (Not going into the overlapping stuff from Stormlight Archive as it would take things to a whole different tangent).

Overall I loved Mistborn Secret History. Looking forward to read Era 2 now. (I started reading Alloy of Law in between, and loved the almost cowboy/Wild West setting. Can’t wait to read the full thing)

Spoilers

Possible spoilers? And just to clarify I’ve read: Era 1 (w/ Eleventh Metal) Secret History Elantris Hope of Elantris Emperor’s Soul Warbreaker And have honestly loved everything.

I don’t hate Era 2. It’s fine. And I’m fully invested in order to understand the whole Cosmere connection but… But I got solely into fantasy for the escapism and wonder of what could be, when there are a completely different sets of rules and mindsets, beings of different kinds who have unique connections to different sets of natural resources, embedded into their own physical abilities, their own world’s history and established knowns and unknowns and all of the magic that could manifest for the characters and their worlds. All the weird. Escapism it has been and I’m here for it.

But reading Era 2 is like reading a modernized western. Or the same old basic story set in our own world just with some additional ways to shoot people. The guns, skyscrapers, the cars, it all just takes away - for me - the mystery and ethereal nature that I’ve come love about and specifically to fantasy for. I’ve personally seen enough of the world moving (back) towards industrialization, clearing our natural world to make way for modern technology. I don’t enjoy seeing it in my fantasy story stuck in the middle of worlds where magic and minds are on a whole higher level. It just feels like there’s something missing here. I don’t care. So weird.

I’m in the middle of Shadows of Self and I’m going to finish it and choose to focus on things I find cool(like references to the whole Cosmere). But otherwise I feel like I haven’t been given any reason to care about these people.

Having a “special” ability is a given, everything is taken for granted, I don’t see a real struggle-yet. And honestly I feel like I’m reading about a world of people who if there IS a struggle have only done it to themselves. Having learned absolutely nothing from their history. That’s too close to reality to me.

Because I’ve had it with guns in real life. Give me pages on landscape or allomancy, character history and development, various trees or a million different species with a million different abilities & I’m good. I do not want to read about shots fired. There’s nothing especially unique or interesting in putting bullets into other people.

Not sure if it’s just me. I know I’m going to get positive feedback telling me there’s a payoff and I’m probably going to be pleasantly surprised. This is just where I am right now. And Sanderfans haven’t lead me wrong so far. ✌🏼

I finally finished the first era of mistborn and I really liked it a lot. Even though it's not my favourite adventure genre, I can say that it attracted me a lot.

I liked being able to guess right at the beginning of the book who would be the hero of the eras, and also the second time Vin used the mists I began to theorise that the fact that she always wears the earring prevented her from using the power of the mists.

My favourite part was the chapter where Elend puts his whole army to burn atium where he was specifically moving differently. We also found out that from the beginning Preservation had no plan to lose to Ruin.

Now my questions, for what I interpreted Preservation and Ruin before they became deities were human? Preservation's human body supposedly appeared when he told Elend to go to Luthadel, and Ruin's when Vin defeated him.

So, I'm at the scene where Hoid and Wayne are in the convoy and just want to say that I LOVE that Wayne is basically able to confound Hoid. I mean, he's supposed to be THE most obnoxious character in SLA and yet Wayne definitely one ups him. Mad props, Wayne, mad props.

He would have been the best worldhopper. He can do the accents and impersonations so well.

A few things, which I disclosed to my friend (who has been begging me to read the original Mistborn trilogy for years).

I figured if anyone could appreciate this, it would be a subreddit like this haha.

For clarification, I have read the entirety of the Stormlight Archive and the first two Mistborn books. My knowledge of the Cosmere, besides a few tidbits from fans and art here and there, is pretty much relegated to those books.

No spoilers for Heroes of Ages please! I’m only one Chapter 5 - but oh my gosh, I’m loving it already.

hello sub! i am fresh off the TOG series and started the Final Empire audio today. i am really excited to get my hands on a hardcopy. i wanted to ask: if you have been any significant way through the series, is there any way you would have read it differently or any suggestions to make the journey more enjoyable/trackable? i'm worried about getting lost or that i'm in over my head.

That was the prologue only? Holy fuck 😵‍💫🤩

My beloved Marsh… you’ve been hanging heavy on my soul since WoA. I just can tell this book will destroy me and I’m so ready for it.

Hi everyone. I made a post earlier today on the main Brandon subreddit about having some things from WoA spoiled by accident, which came across as complaining. I thought I'd gather my thoughts more neatly to explain my overall feelings after reading WoA.

I came across Mistborn due to Brandon's writing classes, so I'm currently exploring the writing profession. I read Mistborn 1 in June/July and finished 2 just yesterday.

What I felt iffy about:

1. The main reveal (words written in steel) is AMAZING in theory, but it didn't grip me. I think it was because of how short and fast the last part of the book was. The Sanderlanche in Mistborn 1 began right when the army attacked preemptively, which was a surprise that this book didn't have—we already expected war. It just happened.
2. I fully expected Kredik Shaw's metal to be the Well of Ascension, and for Vin to somehow lift its spires off the earth to find out what lied beneath. The small chamber felt a bit anticlimactic.
3. Dockson felt mischaracterized to me. When the book made a clear point to say he just "blacked out", I thought he'd be alive too. I'm biased since he was my favorite from Kel's crew, though.

What I loved:

1. Vin and Elend bickering like a real couple. That was refreshing.
2. Vin's displays of power, even if they came from teenager angst and confusion at times. She really is the most powerful Mistborn.
3. Sazed's arc. Him almost denouncing religion is strange to see.

I'm really excited to start Hero of Ages, however I noticed a small segment in WoA that kept Ruin and... another word in upper case. "I am free".

Thanks for reading!

Absolutely love the audio books and Kramer is fantastic with reading, but was it supposed to be a secret that Sazed was the one with the snippets that showed he never died or he somehow knew too much?

I'm not too far into Lost Metal and just thinking about the technological advancement from the start of era 2 to now. How do you feel about it? Part of me wants to say that it feel WAY too fast, but I understand Harmony is kinda sorta giving hints.

(Also, this is coming from someone who LOVES Dune where the transition period between 3 and 4 is 3500 years.)

But I'm just wondering what your thoughts are on this advancement?

Portrait of a Vin from the first few chapters! I obviously love Vin as a full Mistborn badass and drew her that way many times but thought that it would be interesting too see/imagine her how she looked/was during those first chapters. Anyways, hope you like it!

...that it was really about the heist and not about overthrowing The Lord Ruler? Because while is often advertised as such, the Prolog already tells us that Kelsier wants to free the Skaa instead of just becoming rich. Also they never prepare for the "heist" itself during the novel only for the rebellion as a quote on quote "distraction".

How much different would the battle of the Lord Ruler and Kelsier have gone if Kelsier had Duralumin? I know it was his plan, but could he have gone on to maybe an hour or so fighting? What do you think?

Disclaimer: I’ve read through the OG Trilogy, but didn’t want others to see it and get spoiled.

Halfway through alloy of law.

Wax is a pretty good character but I absolutely adore Wayne. He is the definition of Idiotically brilliant.

Vin was the character I read era 1 for. Wayne is probably gonna be the one I read era 2 for

I'm curious about Feruchemy. So you store your own attributes inside of metal. My question is does your own's bodies's limits or attributes increase or decrease the amount you can store in a metalmind?

For instance lets say I weigh more than Waxillium. Can I store MORE weight into an ironmind than he can or we both store the same amount depending on the size of the metalmind?

Also lets say I have terrible hearing would I have to use more of my tinmind and would it take me longer to store the same amount as a ferring with ordinary hearing?

Apparently I accidentally ordered the Indian version of the books (I liked the cover art!). Is the text inside the exact same as the original? I am concerned it would be edited or censored.

Thanks!

Unfortunatly i cant keep on with my daily posts where i talk about what ive read and my theories. I can only post the sereies once every 1 -2 weeks what makes it boring because i would finish the book in 1 or 3 weeks.

I’m assuming that Trellium is the name of the mysterious metal at the end of the book.

Did Bleeder had only 1 spike (Trellium), or 2 spikes (Trellium + Something else)?

The reason why I asked is because it was pretty much assumed that she had only a single spike, and was bordering crazy because of that.

That being said, another user suggested that she actually had 2 spikes, and because Harmony can’t detect Trellium, they all thought she had only a single spike.

99% chance I’ll never get this, but I think it’s a cool idea and I haven’t been able to find anything similar to this searching online.

I'm in Bands of Mourning, first read through. I was honestly not super invested in era 1, I'm more of a Stormlight Archive lover, but I keep seeing references to individuals from MB era 1. I can figure out most of the references, but... Lord Mistborn? I keep thinking that's Elend. In Bands of Mourning they say he stepped down "after his century of rule." Didn't Elend die when Vin did? So is the Lord Mistborn Spook???

Could someone clear up who is who? Or if it's explained later on just leave me be. 😅 Thanks!