cover of the bands of mourning by brandon sanderson
4.0 I'm so torn on this book! Beware of spoilers! The first half was a banger, I loved it. ANd then I got to the second half and I wasn't as big of a fan of it. Just like Shadows of Self, I felt like it began to lean a bit too heavily on Era 1, and didn't feel like it was really having its own problems, with its own bad guys. It felt like the same recycled stuff. Especially with the supposed not-death of a Lord Ruler leaving the basin? (I know the real thing, but at the time, everyone thought it was the Lord Ruler) In theory, I think it was really awesome to explore stuff outside of the basin/former final empire. But it felt tainted by being too much in the identity of Era 1. Also, at first, I thought the return of Telsin was frustrating, because it was obvious that she was a baddie, but it makes sense for Wax, because he was so blinded by like... idk a lot of things that fit with his character. The thing that kept this book from being a 3 star, for me, was the ending. The ending was so good. I'm a HUGE fan of Steris; she really grew on me and is my favorite character. So Wax's gift to her at the end had me tearing up, it was so sweet and lovely. And then OFC, the big reveal at the end with the coppermind.... That was also something I really enjoyed. I'm also not the biggest fan of the amount of Wayne we got. He is very obviously the comic relief, and bits and piece of him sometimes are great, but some of his sequences and what felt like fetch quests were a little too long winded for me.
im really bad at updating. but i finished the bands of mourning :) #cosmere #mistborn #bandsofmourning #booksky
