Mistborn: The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson

⭐ 8.0/10

(Originally written by Joseph)

I've been pretty conflicted thinking about this book for a while, and I've had lots of animated discussions with Tim where I try to decide if I like Sanderson or not with Tim trying to convince me that I do.

Fact is, I thought this book was a lot more interesting then the first. The lore created much more intrigue, the characters were all pretty good and somewhat complex, and there were a lot of cool threads being woven that came together near the end.

Still, I just can't be convinced that Sanderson isn't overrated. His writing style is boring and super plain, there are massive amounts of lame, borderline cheesy and far too descriptive dialogue, and the world itself and the magic system I find to just be okay. One of my gripes is that while authors and teachers preach "show, don't tell," Sanderson both shows and tells way too much where he gives a long description of what is happening, then spends the next six chapters describing exactly how each character feels about it. I find this problematic as he is not leaving anything to the readers imagination, and he is also just wasting the readers time by telling a 300 page story in 700 pages.

Anyways, I still liked it