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The Bands of Mourning: A Mistborn Novel

Brandon Sanderson

4.35 AVERAGE

rose_dh's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

brennacumming's review against another edition

5.0

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Rust and Ruin! I made the mistake of casually starting this book’s sanderlanche in the middle of dinner. Immediately dropped all my plans and didn’t stop reading until I finished- worth it! There were many familiar tropes within this book, but with a fantastic Sanderson flair that made it feel exhilarating. I love how the magic system intermingles with technological advancement. Each book in the Wax & Wayne series keeps building my anticipation as the stakes keep getting higher. I’ve become quite fond of all of the main characters….

coley175's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

mewtenantworf's review against another edition

5.0

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Oh, man, Steris got so awesome. And the new plot point in the epilogue... AWESOME.

cellolucy621's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amhallot87's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous funny 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: No

thephilosopher's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Great read! Starts making Mistborn Era 2 feel more like an “epic” and the “Sanderlanch” at the end is excellent! I enjoyed this more than the first two books in Era 2.

dots78's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

aiqi's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious fast-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: Complicated

danandog's review against another edition

4.0

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I have taken a while to read this book but I will blame it on work. That being said I found that I wasn’t as drawn to this book as I was to the previous entries in the series . Whether or not me starting a new job has sapped at my desire to read at home, or the book just wasn’t as good I do not know. The characters still do remain as the standouts. The world also expands in a very major way, I am not sure if so much of it was meant to be shrouded in mystery or I just didn’t comprehend most of it (I wouldn’t put it past myself).

Strong 3 to a light 4