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Hero of Ages
My Review
Contrived. But enjoyably so. This, the conclusion to the trilogy, manages to work better than the previous volume Well of Assension even though it maintains the seriousness, and still lacks the sparks from Mistborn.
There isn't a vast amount of plot really - Vin and Eland now have two problems left to deal with: the ending of the world - increasing ashfall reducing the viability of all the cities, and some lingering concerns over the entity Ruin, that they accidently released in the last book. The plight of the cities is their chief concern so they travel a bit around the continent looking for more storage caverns created by the ex-Lord Ruler, and persuading local nobles to move their populations towards the centre, where there is most sunlight, and least ash. In dribs and drabs, small clues to come to light and Brandon does a very good job of explaining away everything that has happened in the previous books that wasn't exactly clear. Mostly he does this by inventing a third type of metallic power called hematology. It's a bit "messy" compared to the others. This darker and deeper moral edge makes the fight scenes come as somewhat light relief – but they still have the wonderfully accurate physics model underlying them.
What we get instead of plot is a lot of characterisation, Spook, Sazed and Vin, and the kandra especially, which is great. There are also a lot of fascinating thoughts about religion in general, and how to deal with inconsistencies. Unfortunately this last point is somewhat glossed over. I was particularly impressed with the explanation for why god has allowed evil to occur - the only reasonable explanation I've ever heard, and therefore a shame it doesn't fit into any of the current Western religions.
Although I'm sure it won't be to many reader's tastes - especially given the very marked contrast in styles compared to Mistborn, I really enjoyed the added depth the various social commentary provided. It wasn't laboured, but neatly fitted in with how the various characters were thinking at the time. It's a shame about the ending which while clever, did come across as a huge Duex et machina.
A worthy conclusion.
Note: This Ebook version was very badly formatted. Quite disruptive and disoncerting in places.
All thoughts welcome.
My Review
Contrived. But enjoyably so. This, the conclusion to the trilogy, manages to work better than the previous volume Well of Assension even though it maintains the seriousness, and still lacks the sparks from Mistborn.
There isn't a vast amount of plot really - Vin and Eland now have two problems left to deal with: the ending of the world - increasing ashfall reducing the viability of all the cities, and some lingering concerns over the entity Ruin, that they accidently released in the last book. The plight of the cities is their chief concern so they travel a bit around the continent looking for more storage caverns created by the ex-Lord Ruler, and persuading local nobles to move their populations towards the centre, where there is most sunlight, and least ash. In dribs and drabs, small clues to come to light and Brandon does a very good job of explaining away everything that has happened in the previous books that wasn't exactly clear. Mostly he does this by inventing a third type of metallic power called hematology. It's a bit "messy" compared to the others. This darker and deeper moral edge makes the fight scenes come as somewhat light relief – but they still have the wonderfully accurate physics model underlying them.
What we get instead of plot is a lot of characterisation, Spook, Sazed and Vin, and the kandra especially, which is great. There are also a lot of fascinating thoughts about religion in general, and how to deal with inconsistencies. Unfortunately this last point is somewhat glossed over. I was particularly impressed with the explanation for why god has allowed evil to occur - the only reasonable explanation I've ever heard, and therefore a shame it doesn't fit into any of the current Western religions.
Although I'm sure it won't be to many reader's tastes - especially given the very marked contrast in styles compared to Mistborn, I really enjoyed the added depth the various social commentary provided. It wasn't laboured, but neatly fitted in with how the various characters were thinking at the time. It's a shame about the ending which while clever, did come across as a huge Duex et machina.
A worthy conclusion.
Note: This Ebook version was very badly formatted. Quite disruptive and disoncerting in places.
All thoughts welcome.
