Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Overall, I enjoyed this book. Sanderson did a great job bringing back the image of the old Mistborn that we loved from the original series in Wax and his Steel Pushing abilities. It was almost like having Kelsier back again. Steris was also a nice surprise; I finished the book with good feelings toward her. Marasi was tougher, but mostly the same; Wayne was useful, but I feel like Sanderson only includes scenes from his point of view because Sanderson wants to write from Wayne's perspective. Most of the time I found switching to Wayne made the story drag a little bit.

As usual, I guessed the flavor of the ending without actually getting everything right. However, once I did know a couple of things about the ending, I was slightly disappointed at how cliche they were. I was also slightly annoyed by what I felt were several rushed assumptions that Sanderson requires of the reader in the book. It made the world-building element a little difficult to follow. Still, Sanderson's writing is wonderful, as usual, and the world itself is dynamic and interesting. Definitely a good read!



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