Awe man, people don’t like the kandra? That is like my favourite part of the mistborn world

@coffeedude

3 жыл бұрын

My favourite part is Hemalurgy, i guess Kandra are part of that

@jazzwell

3 жыл бұрын

@@coffeedude Totally agree.

@MisterSketch4

5 ай бұрын

The Kandra r so interesting. WoA was my favorite of the trilogy because of the Kandra. They were already great even before their secrets are revealed, but after that they seem like tragic heroes.

Pressing play but knowing this will hurt my soul

The ending of the Mistborn trilogy broke me almost as bad as A Little Life did... I had not seen that coming.... 😭

Sanderson's writing style makes his books accessible. There is nothing wrong with it, but it certainly isn't special.

@laiaal.3324

3 жыл бұрын

English is not my native language and since I started reading in english, I find his books some of the easiest to go through. So I really appreciate his writting style ^^

@jessicahiga9870

3 жыл бұрын

I think she is right as well, a transparent prose helps with processing all the rest of the crazy things on his books. XD with dozens of names, countries, magics, world building, etc, if the prose was overly complex it would just be too difficult to read.

@crowthewicked8344

3 жыл бұрын

I think when making a large story with fantasical elements, a straightforward prose helps in understanding.

@juelzzander7687

2 жыл бұрын

flixportal :P

@JOSEPH-vs2gc

Жыл бұрын

@@laiaal.3324 i guarantee you, if you read his book in your native language, you would feel like it was written for an 8th grader.

Honestly as far as Vin is concerned I've never found her to be annoying or unlikable. I think the life she lived up until meeting Kelsier would leave anyone damaged in some way. The fact that she was able to push on and still maintain any goodness at all is admirable as hell.

So this made me realise how much i love Mistborn cause i was defensive about most of these takes. I miss Sazed so much, guess it's time for a re-read. Also i always thought it's "qandra", darn audiobooks.

Positive & maybe unpopular opinion, Spook is my favourite character... I love him so much and I don't even know why

@Loganva

3 жыл бұрын

I disagree a lot, but I LOVE that opinion

@adamraad8445

3 жыл бұрын

Spook was hands-down the best character in the third book imo, that alone elevates him to my top 5, what position tho, is interchangeable

@kimbeverly8960

3 жыл бұрын

3rd book Spook is amazing

@zibbi.is.reading

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I found another reader who loves Spook! I love him too!!! and I feel like he's not mentioned a lot more often.

@loren0531

3 жыл бұрын

Yesss!! Loved his POV!

I don't know how unpopular this is but Marsh is my favorite character in the series. He's a cool guy at the beginning but of course the key feature of him is that he becomes an inquisitor. At the end of book 1 you start thinking about what will happen to him and then you watch him become corrupted and start killing people. Then in book 3 you discover that he has an internal battle where he wants to kill himself but he's being controlled by Ruin so he can't. He's Mistborn's version of Gollum. He's such a tragic character. Era 2 spoilers ahead After I finished Era 1 I was very curious what would happen to Marsh and I read Alloy of Law recently and at the end you find out he's still alive! I was so excited reading that

Here's mine: Sanderson is bad at writing atmosphere. If you told me "here's a book set in a world where ash regularly falls from the sky, and the nights are shrouded in supernatural mist" I would think "wow, that sounds so atmospheric!" but I read the entire trilogy and never once felt fully immersed in the world.

@bluebrightstar1117

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! If he didn't remind the readers that ash is falling from the sky every other page I wouldn't remember

@strawberryorange3755

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree and also the plotline isn't anything brilliant like some people make it out to be and sometimes the 'twist' was made to be convenient for the characters.

@JOSEPH-vs2gc

Жыл бұрын

he's a very overrated author. i have no clue why he has so many fans. If a book-tuber is a diehard mistborne fan i just kind of ignore their advice.

I feel your pain, Elle! Vin is my favorite character of all time! I never thought that she was boring, maybe annoying sometimes. But she's 16! I do think that Kelsier is slightly overrated though. I never have understood the hype around him. Book 1 is my favorite, but that's just because I have a lot nostalgia wrapped around it. Let's just say there were lots of late nights while reading it. 😂 I think the magic is awesome. I love how it's more science than magic, but I love science. 😅 I liked how I always understood the magic and knew what was happening. Anyways, happy reading! There's always another secret!

Yess Well of Ascension is Awesome! Always been my favourite Mistborn book. Although I do understand why some say its their least favourite

I feel like the capital letters are because those are proper nouns in this world? Never something I thought to be annoyed by I take it as world building. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Vin is annoying though. "I can't trust anybody, my brother said so, he also betrayed me" Yes, Vin, you only remind us every other paragraph

@czowiekpismo9541

Жыл бұрын

it's literally with every character in the series. Sanderson just repeats the same info literally every other chapter. I get it at the beginning of 2nd and 3rd books because some people might take a break between reading next installment in the series, but when you're halfway through and vin is like OMG MY CRAZY MOTHER GAVE ME THAT EARRING and sazed is like OMG RELIGION BAD NO FAITH I WAS A MAN OF FAITH, and elend is like OMG I USED TO RELY ON BOOKS BUT NOW I'M A BAD RULER :( it gets tiresome.

@phroz3n

5 ай бұрын

Sanderson constantly treats his readers like idiots (just 1 issue among several), and his stans bend over backwards to defend him and justify it.

01:32 Elliot realizing her whole marriage has been a lie 😂

@miaramck6746

3 жыл бұрын

(I love Vin too)

Here's my unpopular opinion...I absolutely love the entire series!!!

I'm in the middle of book 2. and for me oreSeur is more interesting than Vin at this point. he's so charming!

@Iza56

3 жыл бұрын

Or zane

@henryb3066

3 жыл бұрын

I think I would have to agree, Vin is kind of boring and has become even more so at this point. I also am enjoying Sazed a lot more.

@jazzwell

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite character!

@BinarySecond

3 жыл бұрын

Have you finished yet?

@LanTheDreamer

3 жыл бұрын

@@BinarySecond i did finished the whole series just a few days ago

OH CHOCO BOY APPEARS IN THIS VIDEO! 😍 I almost named him TenSoon. I should've done it! He would've been able to fight off Steel Inquisitors. Woof.

@zibbi.is.reading

3 жыл бұрын

Choco Boy!!!! Also, I totally agree with you that 'The Well of Ascension' is an amazing book!

@makkus2001

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like i've been spoiled 🤔

The look on your face is priceless when they attack Vin love it 🥰 please stay safe and strong to you and your husband love your number one Australia fan John

Wow KZread wanted me here with 55 seconds apparently ahahha. But I love this concept!! I love to read roasts of my favourite books, makes things more juicy and hilarious ahah

Got one of my comments in here and I've never felt such conflicting emotions!

I don't think that I've ever been this early to one of your videos 😀

Unpopular but, positive opinion. Steel Inquisitors are the scariest henchmen ever.

My take on Mistborn? It is, for me, and okay series, nothing overly special. I enjoyed it, but it's not a series I have a great desire to reread any time soon. I didn't care for its magic system. It felt artificial to me, like something grafted on from a D&D session. This almost stopped me from reading Stormlight Archive. Thankfully, I eventually gave it a try. Yes, its magic system is recognizably Sanderson, with obvious Mistborn roots. Yet here I find it 'organic' to its world. A major improvement, imo.

@Rhendali

3 жыл бұрын

Genuinely curious as to how the magic system is “recognizably Sanderson.” I’m not super entrenched in the Cosmere despite having read 1st Gen of Mistborn (which, as a a trilogy, I give 3/5), Secret History (2/5), Warbreaker (1/5), Elantris (4/5), Dawnshard (2/5), and Stormlight (4/5). *edited to add* I felt that all the magic systems were extremely varied; some good (Mistborn & Stormlight), some bad (Elantris & Warbreaker).

Oh my gosh, that mistborn magic vs stormlight magic response you made is exactly how I feel 💯!

Hi Elliot! ☺️ I’ve read book one, and did not keep going (idk why bc I actually liked it )But you make me want to pick up the rest of the series!

TenSoon was very enjoyable as a character but the other Kandra were forgettable and that storyline felt like it could have been better, in my opinion

I can see why people didn’t like book two, especially since there was a massive tonal shift between the first and second books, but it was my favorite in the series! I liked the political element and loved TenSoon and the kandra element. I struggled with book three, especially since I didn’t particularly love Spook or the ending, but I have to appreciate how well Sanderson tied things together. The ending was the opposite of a cop out! He could’ve gone for a way easier/neater/happier ending.

Elliot trying to restrain herself in the first 50 seconds 😂👌

Oh yeah I am the other person who needs a reminder about what every metal in Mistborn does 😂

Ayyy first comment Also we have the the same opinions entirely 😂 vin is the best and book 1 &2 are awesome lol

This was such a fun video. I just finished the Age of Hero’s the other day. Book two was by far my favorite. The end of book three though ::chiefs kiss::

These people really be like: “I just read this crazy series about revolutions and wars with a crazy magic system where you swallow metal to gain powers and there are these cool creatures called Kendra and Koloss that are all connected and there’s this mist that envelopes the world and ash covering the ground! However it’s a 0/10 because I couldn’t get passed the fact that he used capital letters.”

Hey, Elliot. I have recently read Mistborn. I liked it, but honestly I do agree that it can be boring sometimes. Even though I find it quite fast-paced. But The Walking Chaos is also fast-paced and I found it really boring (sorry, I know you liked it😅). Kinda spoilers next) I think my favorite book was definitely the last one with the additional perspective from Sazed from the future. And also the story line of the Citizen was pretty interesting as well. The second book was probably the least favorite to me because of this reason mostly: the death of some characters was so glossed over. I really liked Clubs and then Sanderson did me so dirty🥲 Thank you for your videos, they are always so interesting and unique)))

How do that person dare to mess with Kell?? :( He is my favourite character and I feel he is popular in the cosmere but also very misunderstood? Like a lot of people de not see past his ego and his obsession. And maybe he is not talked nearly as much because (SPOILERS) BIG FINAL EMPIRE SPOILER We only had "one" book with him.

The one thing that bothers me in writing is a lot of em dashes. Like fine, if you occasionally want to go "I think this-but also", that's fine, what annoys me is when they're used instead of parentheses

I read only the first one. The core story is enjoyable, and the magic system is cool, but there is nothing else. I can live with all shortcomings, but there is one giant thing that I couldn't get over. The book is at least 40% fluff and waffle. I have concluded that BS is not for me despite liking the book on the whole. It is just not worth the effort. P.S: I did like VIn. She is actually the only one I cared about. Most of the time I felt that she needs a hug.

@ryanb3665

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of that “fluff” becomes surprisingly plot relevant in book 3. It does go somewhere even if it doesn’t pay off in that book.

some of these were painful! i love vin so much

I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion but I hate when I say I didn't like vin ppl say that she's ment to be unlikable , I DO love unlikable characters when they're well written. I can't even remember the other characters...

I read Mistborn this year, and I'd say that The Final Empire is probably my favorite book? I loved every single chapter from the prologue, and it's one of the few books that made me cry. I loved the rest of the series too, but (and here there might be spoilers) I liked The Well of Ascension less than the others, mainly for the whole imposter trope, that I'm not a fan of. Being a non-native English speaker, I loved Brandon's writing because it's accessible, and I didn't feel missing out on anything by reading the books in English, so in my opinion his writing is just wonderful, because I have no trouble understanding it. I can see why someone may say that it has a lot of capitalized letters, he does like to repeat the words Push and Pull a lot in the trilogy, but that's just because of the magic system, I suppose.

I can’t believe anyone thinks the magic system in Mistborn was bad. It’s one of the best I’ve ever read (just below those in KKC for me). Most everything else I agree with though. Vin was a crap character (the world rests on her shoulders and all she thinks about is boys?! Smh!).

@tonkabeanicecream5698

3 жыл бұрын

Yep I can see this for sure. (I love mistborn)

I'm so scared to reread this series as I love it so much, but I've become a more critical reader since I first read it and don't want to ruin it for myself 😂

@turtleboy1188

3 жыл бұрын

You will like it less

@yyuna7

3 жыл бұрын

I definitely recommend to try and reread it again! I went back to Elantris right after finishing Rhythm of War and 40 pages in I had to put it on hold. Sanderson's writing is so much better now I was a bit put off, as I enjoyed Elantris more than Mistborn when I first read them 5 years ago. I was a bit scared to pick up Mistborn, but I'm rereading The Final Empire right now and it holds up really well!

Thank you for telling people to press enter a lot. I knew how hero of ages ended because of a comment section

I love mistborn magic system exactly because in that world it's more of a science, and not strictly speaking magic. That's one of my favourite things that any fantasy book can do.

I'm not the biggest fan of Mistborn, though enjoyed it for what it was - it was a 7/10 for me, and for me the Well of Ascension was without a doubt the weakest link... 😅 Though like you I don't get that last comment: how was the ending a cop-out? 🤔 I also really disagree with that comment about magic/science (putting aside Arthur C. Clarke's law about that lol): a magic system can be more rigid/hard/"scientific" in its structure/construction, but that still doesn't really make it science? In the case of Mistborn: there is no explanation whatsoever given for why a human being would be able to pull abilities from undigested metals that just sit around in the stomach lmao. How is that science?! 😆

Ok, let me elaborate on Mistborn vs SA magic system, because for me it's not entirely about magical vs science, but more about: 1) Getting access to magic - hereditary/random vs well earned 2) Balance - Knights Radiant seem more equal in how powerful they are than mistings 3) Variety - for KR it seems like there're many more possibilities beside combat than in allomancy 4) Progress - 5-step Ideals vs some need for practice but basically "that's it"

Could not agree more with the capital letters being annoying! Currently finishing Well of Ascension and every time Vin “Pushes” or “Pulls” on something, the capital letter makes the word sound more emphasized in my head, which gets a bit annoying

I probably agreed to that "Ballroom scenes were whack" 🤣 But, Elend and Vin always met in the ball. So, thanks to the ball for a little percentage

Mistborn was so much fun! I absolve it from all it’s flaws! Also can you please make a second part to trashing Stormlight Archive?

@jenna.livingston

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that'd be good! My most unpopular opinion is the fact that I didn't like Adolin at all until the end of Oathbringer because of his conversation with Shallan. People strongly dislike that opinion, but I stand by it!

@Morfeusm

3 жыл бұрын

@@jenna.livingston I am just reading Words of Radiance but I think he’s the weakest of the main characters. Honestly so far I liked Mistborn characters more... they were less developed but more interesting... Let’s see how I feel about it when I will finish Oathbringer 😆

@jenna.livingston

3 жыл бұрын

@@Morfeusm He has some cool moments in WoR, but I just never understood why so many people love him as much as they do. My friend and I would literally get into full on debates about it lol.

@Morfeusm

3 жыл бұрын

@@jenna.livingston oh wow you have friends who actually read fantasy and talk about it for hours? I am kind of jealous 😂 My friends talk about work, crypto, diapers, cars, mortgage and politics

@jenna.livingston

3 жыл бұрын

@@Morfeusm Yeah my friend and I have made each other read and watch different fantasy books and TV series for years. Its pretty great. He got me into SA and I made him read Mistborn :)

Rereading Mistborn after Rhythm of War. 👀🥰

When people said it was boring, totally get it. I didn't really like the first book and forced myself to read the second book because I really wanted to read stormlight. Im glad I did cause I enjoyed book 2 more and loved book 3.

Wassing the why of hating on the Mistborn characters?

Well of Ascension is my favorite one - really liked the Zane storyline and why it happened. Also, here i wasn’t that much impressed with Kelsier and then i started disliking him

I love Mistborn but I honestly agree with the people talking about the characters, I couldn't remember a lot of the side characters names or tell a lot of them apart and some of them were just blurs in my head 😬😬 although I think Sazed was my favourite character! I don't think the ending was a cop out, but I didn't love the ending, it was interesting but a bit existential for me 😂

On re-read, I am leaning toward agreeing with Petrik, except for the one part of book 2 I didn't love LOL

I prefer Kelsier in SMALL doses. Probably why I hated Secret History. Also, the comments on Mistborn being a standalone, I actually do see where they're coming from. The tonal shift from Books 1 to 3 is HUGE. Book 1 was a tight heist story, then Book 2 was more political and Book 3 was full on boss level kind of action(if you know what I mean). I didn't leave that comment but I wasn't big on the ending either.... SPOILERS It was only up until The Hero Of Ages that I noticed the book's repetitive prose and sentence structure. In almost every page Elend was on, he was described as having the 'face of a man hardened by a war' or 'that was no longer the face of a boy but a king" or Vin was "no longer the scared little girl", and I'm like, "Dude, I GET IT!" What bugs me is that we could all easily understand this but Brandon opted to both SHOW AND TELL, as if we didn't understand. Another thing that I wasn't crazy about was Spook's inclusion as a POV character. I never much cared for Spook and his parts DRAGGED for me. This is probably because we didn't see much of Spook in Books 1 and 2 other than his weird crush on Vin. If there had been more to him in the previous books or at least if Sanderson showed us early on the nature of his relationship with Clubs before being included as a main pov, I feel like this would have been remedied, otherwise those parts were not enough to sell me on Spook. I didn't hate him, I just wasn't invested in him. I didn't leave that comment but as you can tell, the ending didn't work for me mainly because of the way Sanderson handled the prophecy in relation to Sazed's character arc. Sazed was in a religious conundrum all through Book 3 because of Tindwyl's death, and I was very much interested in seeing how this would be explored. However, it quickly all went south at the finale when all along the prophecy had to be taken LITERALLY, as in literary on HIS ARMS. To me, it felt like just a lazy gotcha! Plus I hated how it ended up diminishing Sazed's arc at least for me. How convenient was it that it was the Terris religion that saved the world and that a Terrisman became god, not once, but TWICE, so the whole point of Sazed's religion was just thrown out the window because all along it was HIS religion that truly mattered! It left a sour taste in my mouth. This is mostly a nitpick but I hated that we follow Tinsoon all around and he didn't even get to see Vin. I'm just a sucker for reunions.However, I can look past this because Tinsoon rallying the kandra against Ruin was truly beautiful. In a nutshell, Elend and Vin could have sacrificed themselves for the good of the world, that's fine, but it was how it all came about that I wasn't a fan of. Overall, the whole prophecy storyline should have just bring discarded if we were supposed to take it literally, twice in a row. I don't make rules on how prophecies should be done but the way it was executed felt cheap in my opinion, and the final nail in the coffin was how it messed up Sazed's arc. Pardon any grammatical errors, I learn English as a third language.

@tonkabeanicecream5698

3 жыл бұрын

I can agree with this, I also didn't like Spook and found his storyline boring. Although I do remember it.

Everything that was said isn't necessarily untrue... but I still love the series regardless lol

Seeing some of my opinions pop up 👀😏😂

Has Shawn ever tried Malazan?

I enjoyed Mistborn and think it's a great fantasy entry point for people not familiar with the genre. However, my unpopular opinion would be that it's fun but ultimately shallow popcorn fantasy that's quite forgettable. It's kinda like a smart summer action movie. It's a great time but it's still an action movie.

@bluebrightstar1117

3 жыл бұрын

I made the mistake of not starting with mistborn when I started reading fantasy, i LOVED the premise of the series but the execution was very meh.

@Katie-ug3ep

3 жыл бұрын

Eh, I think it's just not like most other high fantasies in its *purpose*. It reads like Sanderson had a specific story in mind he wanted to tell, and intended to use specific themes, misdirections, etc, and in doing so he trimmed all the fat that's sort of a staple of the genre. I love high fantasy as much as the next guy, but almost every renowned (adult) high fantasy has parts that are meandering - extended sections that don't have much to do with the plot and instead just instill a sense of wonder in the reader for the magical world. I'm looking at LOTR, Realm of the Elderlings, WOT, etc. Mistborn is way beyond any action flick in terms of its themes and discussions, but unlike the majority of the adult fantasy genre, it doesn't have that magical sense of wonder and mystery.

@jesse3715

3 жыл бұрын

@@Katie-ug3ep Maybe, but if you're looking for thematic depth and nuanced discussions in the fantasy genre then Mistborn is WELL down the list of books/series I'd recommend. And my personal preference is for books to spend more time with their characters and on theme, and less time moving the plot along for the plot's sake -- but that definitely comes down to a preference thing, I'm not saying it's something wrong or bad about the series. The best part about Mistborn is its pacing -- it rollicks along and is why I think of it as an action movie -- but in a way it's also its Achilles heel because it means it can't spend as much time exploring the characters and world.

@tonkabeanicecream5698

3 жыл бұрын

I kind of agree with the popcorn flick thing BUT I don't find it forgettable at all. Each to their own.

@JOSEPH-vs2gc

Жыл бұрын

If your entry point is LOTR or GoT or Witcher. What is Misborne but crappy middle-school quality YA fantasy?

Book 2 was a bit slow but imho the relationship building between vin and tensoon carried it so hard and made it my favourite of the series.

Weeelll I'm half way book 2 and I can't say it's interesting read. Hopefully It gets better so I'm might actually finish the series

I personally thought the religious overtones in Book 3 were a bit much. So far, I like how he deals with religion in Era Two a bit better, though it occasionally gets trope-y.

@rosiealma4276

2 жыл бұрын

In book three? I just finished book one and came to the internet to figure out why no one is talking about how book one is a Christ story. It's not even subtle about it. It gets more religious than that?

@robertdullnig3625

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosiealma4276 It gets more into Mormon-specific stuff in Book Three.

My main complaint: characters are constantly overexplaining and repeating obvious and self referential stuff to each other just for the reader. Sometimes it was so cringy to imagine people really talking like this to each other.

I own the Mistborn trilogy, but keep being scared to pick up and read it for the first time for the fear of hating it when there is so much hype around it. 😂 People saying it is boring makes me more concerned 😂 However, I have read Warbreaker, and I enjoyed it!

@Morfeusm

3 жыл бұрын

This exactly happened to me! I read Warbreaker and enjoyed it but was overhyped for Mistborn ending up DNFd it after 200 pages or so, only to pick it up a month later with fresh eyes and fell in love with it! It’s not perfect but very enjoyable and entertaining. If you don’t expect it to be a second Jesus and just let it flow I think you are going to at least like it if you enjoyed Warbreaker

@Kisha_Tech

3 жыл бұрын

@@Morfeusm That's good to know! I thought having a break between Warbreaker and Mistborn would be a good idea, so I read something completely unrelated to hopefully go into Mistborn with fresh eyes. "If you don’t expect it to be a second Jesus..." 😂😂 I love that. After finishing my current book, I think I'm going to pick it up!

@Morfeusm

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kisha_Tech nice! Hope you going to like it!

I loved the first book immediately but the second book took some time to get into. The third book just broke me completely. I don't know if this could be seen as a spoiler so I'll just enter I love OreSeur and I really enjoyed following him but I agree that although the kandra are interesting, they weren't my favourite part of the book.

Ooooh my poor heart couldn't take 17 mins (more because of editing!) of listening to people trash my fav books 😆

It’s not like Vin is meant to be high octane fast and furious. Her name’s not Vin Diesel, people. I would only expect her to be herself...

I feel sad for these people.

Honestly, I really love the trilogy, but I don't feel that any of the books really belong together. Sure, the story makes sense, and the characters and plot, but the feel of each novel is so drastically different I wouldn't be able to compare any of them. The first is like a fantasy heist, fun and lighthearted even with lots of brutality. The second is Political Simulator 2007, which has almost none of the fun of book 1 but even more nuance (great book, just much less happy). The third is almost Character Death - The Novel (Now with added angst), and is quite possibly the most depressing book I've ever read in my life. All great stories and work well together, but they really shouldn't work. It's a statement to Sanderson's writing genius that these books even make sense as part of a series

Having read Mistborn as an adult I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read it as a teenager. Cannot put my finger on what exactly the cause of this feeling is. My tastes have changed over time I guess. Mistborn is not a horrible book by any means, but I cannot really get into it. Saying this as a huge Sanderson fan.

I'm not a fan of Hero of Ages. I do like how it ended, but I've read the series twice now and the first 2/3 of that book was really a slog both times I've read it.

@ebnovels

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t love certain parts of it, but the parts I do love get me 😂 When I reread it, book two was the most fun of the three for sure 😄

I overall enjoy the mistborn trilogy. But the thing is that my favorite book in the series is the first book, I cannot deny the fact that the author did a really good job at world-building, but the last two books (especially the second one) were a bit of disappointment.

I’m watching even though I know my heart will be shattered. Vin is my favorite character alongside Sazed 😭. Boring?? Noooo 😭. I love the action scenes but....okay. And book 2 is my favorite one! Okay ima stop it’ll be too long lol. Sigh ppl are allowed to have opinions ofc

She just blew my mind when she said sazed’s name coz I’ve been pronouncing it like dazed 😂

@Gryffixchannel

3 жыл бұрын

I also pronounced it that way. Apparently it isn't Saizd but Sai-zet. Mind blownnnn.

Just starting book 2 and on more than one occasion I had to stop reading book 1 and take a break due to Vin being so annoying.

Omg, Sean's description of Stormlight magic system hit me so hard because I'm halfway through book one and I have no idea what's happening with the magic. Like I could not for the life of me explain to anyone how the magic works because I don't get it.

@ham5097

3 жыл бұрын

I think I started to kinda understand it in like book 3, so don't worry about it

@ToxicVale

3 жыл бұрын

The series really doesn't explain anything that early so just keep chugging along!

I think this video would have been better if we could have heard Sean clearly. You had the reader complaints on screen. But I could not hear the back and forth between you and Sean

Was mistborn the thing with the edgelord elf dude or was that something else?

The reason the Mistborn series seemed inferior to Sanderson's other works (particularly WoT & Stormlight) is I think he was not as experienced a writer at the time. The characters in Mistborn definitely feel too shallow; the worldbuilding does a better job. Book 2 is better than book 1. Basically in book 1 they are up against an immortal emperor who is also the ultimate warrior who seemingly has no weakness. Then the ending of book 1 happens and you suddenly realize they are 100 times more screwed than you assumed for the entirety of book 1. The Stormlight archive gives off a similar vibe that moment the big bad guy reveals his true form to Dalanar. Sanderson is very good at escalating the scale of the stakes far beyond what you expect.

I DNF'd mistborn at about 200 pages in xD just wasn't my thing, I can see why people like it though

OHHH YOU READ MINE XD "... The sequels are BAD" . Let me be clear to the fans (I am a fan too) They are not awful but they took a weird unnecessary spin IMO. I Still read all of them and I still tell everybody to read them xxx: its kevin xd

Me watching my comment about tindwyl being annoying be featured 😂 sorry tho haha

I think for me, nuances with writing, I hate elipsis because, I get its supposed to indicate a pause, but the reality is that it tells me that the author is omitting information, which is fine, but now I want to know what information is being omitted. The magic in mistborn really is a science akin to alchemy. About the ending being a copout Spoiler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This better be enough space. Now, I'm not the one who said it on your page, I don't think, maybe it was but I don't think my name is there. However, I do share the same sentiment. I understand why it had to happen that way, but it seemed too quick, and pretty much utterly pointless, and selfish. You have mistborn being killed by Kolosses, including her friends and Ilend, her Love interest. She fights Kelsier's brother and gets in a debate with the dark lord: Wheel of time reference. Most of that is them talking while she is being shown what is going on with the world. She realizes she's God incarnate, and needs to kill the dark lord, one of the other parts of the Godhood, if I'm not mistaken I think there's a third part. Now, Love interest dies. Alright. Vin doesn't have a reason to be in the world anymore so she molds in with the dark lord, effectually killing him. I get it, she's a child and wants to live the rest of her life with Ilend. I get that, but you mean to tell me, you could have saved his life, and elected not to. Like, WHY? Counter argument: kollosses would kill him anyway. Okay, so if it was inevitable, why would you want to see that? That's really what pulled it apart for me. like, so many lives would have been saved but she elected not to, ESPECIALLY when she has an interest in trying to keep them alive.

I commend Sanderson for being such a prolific writer, but you'd think with so many books at least one of them would have some soul.

🤔 is hard to pay any attention to "unpopular opinions" when they seem so badly formulated or justified. I loved the magic system, but it IS a lot Harder Magic system, while Stormlight is way softer an OP. Is a matter of preference, ist hardly better or worse because of it.

But Sayzed is the best 😩. I love the kandra. I love Mistborn Era 1, the second book was somewhat of a struggle for me though. But The Hero of Ages? One of my favorite conclusions ever 😭

These personal attacks on Elliot Brooks need to stop. "Vin is so annoying." "Vin is not very likable." Elle seems like a sweetheart and these personal attacks are uncalled for.

Spoiler.... about the magic system. Spam Pewter over again and again. Pewter Pewter pewter... ohhhh soooo. complex. Seriously it isn't so complex.

I read the whole series last month and I liked the first book. I wish I had left it there because I was really disappointed with books 2 and 3. My first Brandon Sanderson was The Emporers soul which again I liked. The best book I've read by him is The many lives of Stephen Leeds. 3 novellas in a bind up. Maybe it was just Mistborn that didn't click for me. I won't be picking up era 2 or The Stormlight Archives any time soon.

I'm not a big Vin fan either. Her personality is very dependant on the male characters around her and I don't really get her individually to her relationships to others. I also tend not to like the self insert characters or popular ones. Which is the opposite of how I feel about Shallan. I LOVE Shallan. Me and Shallan Davar can hang. Shallan is suuuuper complex and definitely feels more like a person you can really dislike or like. She's definitely polarizing, but I tend to love the characters that have traits that make people not like them. I agree with every criticism of Shallan, but every criticism you can think of is why I love her. She's pedantic, opinionated, annoying, desperate for love and affection, a know it all and shady as fuck. And I love her so much.

I dnf mistborn because I didn't understand the magic system and this made it frustrating to read the fight scenes.

@tonkabeanicecream5698

3 жыл бұрын

Wow.

Enjoyed the series, well of ascension was my favourite. Third one was good, but I did not enjoy the ending one bit!! Also Kelsier - I didn’t enjoy his character. Overall I do think the series was fun to read but forgettable

Vin is a great character! Must be a bunch of Chads dunking on her....

I didn't really like Mistborn very much and it was mostly because I really didn't like Vin. It is really obnoxious to me for a character to be good at everything he/she does.

@tonkabeanicecream5698

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure I'd completely agree with that, she's REALLY BAD at dealing with people.

I only read the first Mistborn novel but I thought it wasn't ambicious at all, and was kinda generic. Even Eragon is better

@tonkabeanicecream5698

3 жыл бұрын

I think you may be a very very tiny minority in the opinion

"Vin is so annoying". That's a lot of damage.