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The Bands of Mourning: A Mistborn Novel

Brandon Sanderson

4.35 AVERAGE

gemmahumphris's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cadearmstrxng's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pasiklydau's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

davemeister28's review against another edition

4.0

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September 2022 reread review:

Still 4 stars, maybe 4.5.

Now this is what I wish all Sanderson books could do: action and plot points galore! The book is fast-paced; a lot of things happen in these 500 pages. There are questions, answers, and more questions. There is character development (more for some than others). We begin to see crossovers with other parts of Sanderson's Cosmere, if you are paying attention. Well worth a reread. (I did so in advance of this sequence's finale, The Lost Metal, being released in late 2022.)



Original Dec 2018 review:

Not much to say about this book review-wise: If you're reading Brandon Sanderson and you're on book three of a four-book series, you know what to do. My only comment will be to say that I felt like I was reading the novelization of someone's Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Hey, maybe I was! There is a Mistborn role-playing game, after all.

thehungrylittlebookworm's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sarahslays's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

flowa13's review against another edition

4.0

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slow start but my god. really good and... weird? at the end

cat_hardy's review against another edition

3.5

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

aidanc22's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sazerye's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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The era 2.0 ride continues to be just as fun as ever. Certainly feels like the characters are very well established now and you know what to expect out of the story. The full picture of what Brandon Sanderson wanted to accomplish in mistborn 2.0 is much more clear and loved all the easter eggs to 1.0. definitely enjoying my time with this series and have not been let down from expectations from original trilogy. I don't have too much plot specific things to say. The character development and western shoot em up writing is much more fun than I thought it would be. I am constantly amazed at his creativity with crafting these worlds and different powers in consistently interesting ways.