@@threechaptersaday Hah! No, not reading your journal. I think your careful if brief analysis of the Mistborn trilogy suggests a primary interest. You didn't focus on character development or worldbuilding. You reflected on the big questions about power--to pick it up or leave it alone, to wield it for justice or for personal advantage, etc. This is perhaps where an insightful novel beats a political theory textbook every time. Great job. Keep it up!
Sanderson writes about stupid people doing reckless things in a world that is VERY VERY VERY forgiving, it feels like this book is written to be adapted into a video game or a Marvel superhero movie. If you read this book like you are playing a CRPG that is very technical, but otherwise shallow of realism, then you should find some enjoyment, but if you are prone to frustration watching people taking stupid risks, then avoid ALL of Sanderson's books, not just the MIstborn trilogy. SPOILER ALERT FROM HERE ON. While she was training to use her power, the protagonists followed her teacher to investigate a room inside the castle of the Lord Ruler (the final boss) where the teacher got the crap beaten out of him the first time he tried it. Naturally, she got the crap beaten out of her this time too, and by all right she should have died, but out of nowhere, she was rescued. At the end of the first book, she went into the castle BY HERSELF, and surprisingly knocked prone two Inquisitors (very powerful lieutenants, think undead lichs), and instead of finishing them off (this is after she watched her teacher killed one of them by decapitation) she ran past them to face the Lord Ruler (one of many eyebrow raising moments). Naturally the Inquisitors recovered and followed her into the room, where they beaten her senseless, but instead of killing her then and there, they took her prisoner for some ritual unexplained ritual. Out of nowhere AGAIN, she was rescued, and then proceeds to do THE EXACT SAME THING AGAIN. Yep, she went BY HER SELF to face the Lord Ruler AGAIN, where she beaten senseless AGAIN, and out of nowhere, she was rescued AGAIN, and finally by twisted logic, she managed to defeat the Lord Ruler. This feels very much like a video game where can take stupid risks again and again without fear, because you can respawn after you are defeated and try again, and these stupid risk takings mentioned here are just the tip of the iceberg, the trilogy is full of them.
Thanks for the Mistborn overview. Question: Is your novella-in-process, The Gentlemen’s Academy, also about what to do with the power you can wield?
Yep! I'm working on it, and it IS about choosing how to wield the power you've been given. Have you been reading my journal?
@@threechaptersaday Hah! No, not reading your journal. I think your careful if brief analysis of the Mistborn trilogy suggests a primary interest. You didn't focus on character development or worldbuilding. You reflected on the big questions about power--to pick it up or leave it alone, to wield it for justice or for personal advantage, etc. This is perhaps where an insightful novel beats a political theory textbook every time. Great job. Keep it up!
Sanderson writes about stupid people doing reckless things in a world that is VERY VERY VERY forgiving, it feels like this book is written to be adapted into a video game or a Marvel superhero movie. If you read this book like you are playing a CRPG that is very technical, but otherwise shallow of realism, then you should find some enjoyment, but if you are prone to frustration watching people taking stupid risks, then avoid ALL of Sanderson's books, not just the MIstborn trilogy. SPOILER ALERT FROM HERE ON. While she was training to use her power, the protagonists followed her teacher to investigate a room inside the castle of the Lord Ruler (the final boss) where the teacher got the crap beaten out of him the first time he tried it. Naturally, she got the crap beaten out of her this time too, and by all right she should have died, but out of nowhere, she was rescued. At the end of the first book, she went into the castle BY HERSELF, and surprisingly knocked prone two Inquisitors (very powerful lieutenants, think undead lichs), and instead of finishing them off (this is after she watched her teacher killed one of them by decapitation) she ran past them to face the Lord Ruler (one of many eyebrow raising moments). Naturally the Inquisitors recovered and followed her into the room, where they beaten her senseless, but instead of killing her then and there, they took her prisoner for some ritual unexplained ritual. Out of nowhere AGAIN, she was rescued, and then proceeds to do THE EXACT SAME THING AGAIN. Yep, she went BY HER SELF to face the Lord Ruler AGAIN, where she beaten senseless AGAIN, and out of nowhere, she was rescued AGAIN, and finally by twisted logic, she managed to defeat the Lord Ruler. This feels very much like a video game where can take stupid risks again and again without fear, because you can respawn after you are defeated and try again, and these stupid risk takings mentioned here are just the tip of the iceberg, the trilogy is full of them.