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The Bands of Mourning: A Mistborn Novel

Brandon Sanderson

4.35 AVERAGE

weldon's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

valerious's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional 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

t8te's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

labbit's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

rsilarsz's review against another edition

4.0

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

spoodz's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mkc13's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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

sophira's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

misosoupp31's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Really fun again, great characters and some fun scenes

train robbery? snowy temple heist??Wax and Sterris!!!

but also there was a lot of stuff dropped in this book that i didn’t really understand. but some really great Sterris moments

stormbornarchive's review against another edition

4.0

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This book was an action-packed ride from start to finish! While Shadows of Self hit harder emotionally, Bands of Mourning delivered on adventure, worldbuilding, and some long-awaited character growth… especially for Steris, who is slowly becoming one of my favorites.

The expanded lore of the Metallic Arts and the Indiana Jones-style treasure hunt kept things fresh, and the humor balanced out the high-stakes moments. Wayne is still Wayne (for better or worse), and while I wanted to see more development in Wax’s arc, the plot twists and new revelations about Scadrial more than made up for it.

It wasn’t quite the emotional gut punch of Shadows of Self, but it was still an exciting, fast-paced read that left me eager to pick up The Lost Metal. If Shadows of Self shattered me, Bands of Mourning pieced me back together with a wild, thrilling adventure.