Kevin Guertin reviewed Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
Review of 'Hero of Ages' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Absolutely amazing series!
English language
Published Dec. 6, 2010 by Orion Publishing Group, Limited.
Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson: Hero of Ages (2010, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)
- ISBN:
- 978-0-575-08994-5
Copied ISBN!
4 stars
(12 reviews)
This book is not only the third book in a trilogy, but it’s Act Three of the the three-act structure for the Mistborn Trilogy—it’s the part of the story where the heroes have discovered that what they thought was the problem all along was not the true danger, and now they’re fighting for not only their own survival but that of the world they live in. The mists are killing people and staying out much longer than they should. The Ashmounts are spewing more and more choking ash into the sky, burying the crops that everyone needs to eat to live. And Ruin, the creature Vin was tricked into freeing from its prison of a millennium, is loose to wreak havoc upon the land. Life under the Lord Ruler is starting to look like paradise in comparison.
While the first book in the trilogy turned the standard fantasy story on …
This book is not only the third book in a trilogy, but it’s Act Three of the the three-act structure for the Mistborn Trilogy—it’s the part of the story where the heroes have discovered that what they thought was the problem all along was not the true danger, and now they’re fighting for not only their own survival but that of the world they live in. The mists are killing people and staying out much longer than they should. The Ashmounts are spewing more and more choking ash into the sky, burying the crops that everyone needs to eat to live. And Ruin, the creature Vin was tricked into freeing from its prison of a millennium, is loose to wreak havoc upon the land. Life under the Lord Ruler is starting to look like paradise in comparison.
While the first book in the trilogy turned the standard fantasy story on its head, this volume (perhaps inevitably?) returns in a way to the tropes the first volume was a reaction against. Yet in this case the enemy is not a human or humanlike Dark Lord, but something more like a force of nature—entropy itself given a will and a guiding personality in the form of Ruin.
Ultimately, the book is about how the characters we have grown to love from the previous volumes—Vin, Elend, Sazed, TenSoon, Spook, Marsh, and others—find the courage and faith to fight on in the face of overwhelming odds, just as Kelsier taught them when he plotted the downfall of the Final Empire.
Radioactivestardust reviewed The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn Era One, #3)
Review of 'The Hero of Ages' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This was deep. I feel utterly satisfied.
Andy Christmas reviewed The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn Era One, #3)
Review of 'The Hero of Ages' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
What a trilogy! 3 great books, well finished off.
Sean Randall reviewed The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn Era One, #3)
Review of 'The Hero of Ages' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A brilliant series all the way through, I cannot fault the pros or the personae, and the plot is so overarching and grand! Some of what fantasy really should be, and no mistake.
Of course with everything there is a but - and in this third volume it was the ending. Though there were twists and turns and revelations aplenty that kept me thinking, the ending was a little too pat for my liking. There was a great sense of inevitability to it all, and it was perhaps a little transparent. It must be an incredibly difficult task to plan things out in such exhaustive detail then lay the clues and delicate tendrils of plot for the readers, and it worked for me so, so brilliantly in the first two. perhaps I'm just becoming used to Sanderson's style. Even with all that said, there's no denying that this is a …
A brilliant series all the way through, I cannot fault the pros or the personae, and the plot is so overarching and grand! Some of what fantasy really should be, and no mistake.
Of course with everything there is a but - and in this third volume it was the ending. Though there were twists and turns and revelations aplenty that kept me thinking, the ending was a little too pat for my liking. There was a great sense of inevitability to it all, and it was perhaps a little transparent. It must be an incredibly difficult task to plan things out in such exhaustive detail then lay the clues and delicate tendrils of plot for the readers, and it worked for me so, so brilliantly in the first two. perhaps I'm just becoming used to Sanderson's style. Even with all that said, there's no denying that this is a memorable work and a truly enjoyable read for any fantasy fan.
Subjects
- Fiction, fantasy, general