Mistborn: The Final Empire

Truly a wonderful book! I especially enjoyed the character development and magic system. One of my favorite things about this story was that I expected how it ended, but not at all how it got there. There was also a moment near the end that I thought it wouldn't end that way, and the suspense of how things were going to play out was really quite fun. I expect that to be something I enjoy in a lot of Sanderson's other books.

Something that I didn't really enjoy was the emphasis on the main character's experience with sexual assault and general physical abuse. While I think this is a really important topic and something which would absolutely have a profound impact on Vin and her character, it felt kind of gross for a guy to be writing about this experience so much and putting such a huge emphasis on it. I don't know quite how to express my feelings about this particular aspect of the book, but it just doesn't sit right with me, and that's why I didn't give it five stars.