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[Sometimely] What are you reading? 17th of October
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I'm on the final stretch of Well of Ascension in the Mistborn trilogy.
It has it's weaknesses here and there but all in all it's been pulling me deeper into the world.
Yeah, Well of Ascension is the weakest of the three - as is a little typical for Sanderson it acts as a joiner/primer for the final act in HoA.
Looking forward to the grand finale thats building up rn and what comes next in HoA then!
My pet peeves are the interchangeable/inconsequential nature of soothing and rioting, elend whining to himself for pages on end ("why oh why can't i protect literally everyone in the entire world at the same time, personally?!") and honestly sometimes the somewhat clumsy writing. Might just be me in the last point.
While Mistborn is a great entry point into Sanderson for many people, to me, it really feels like a freshman effort. I can't ever bring myself to do a full reread of those books, as they don't feel as polished or as well put together as his later work. Well of Ascension especially feels like it's there because a trilogy needs a middle book.