Saturday 18 July 2015

Short review of Mistborn trilogy

Mistborn is an epic fantasy trilogy and a heist story of political intrigue, surprises and magical martial - arts action. The saga dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the hero of  prophesy fails ? What kind of world results when the Dark Lord is in charge ? 

Mistborn series, written by Brandon Sanderson, consists of three books:

1. The final empire 
2. The well of ascension 
3. The hero of ages

I guess my opinion will be very unpopular… but this series disappointed me. Although I have to give credit to first book, maybe because it was different from what I’ve read before, but it kept my attention, it was full of action, the characters were diverse and interesting, the world building was exceptional.
However after what I’ve heard in many videos on youtube, I thought that all three books will be something wonderful, something that will almost change my existence J But second and third book made me feel bored almost all the time I’ve read them. It came to the point were I couldn’t read it in the evening, because they put me to sleep after few pages. Main characters became boring and intolerable, at some points even ridiculous. Finally at the end of last book, I felt like I was reading the Bible, the writing style became too dramatic, and somewhat reminded me of that story, where God created earth. Actually, as I said in my June wrap up, only listening an audio book helped me finish third book. 
 In my opinion all of those books could have been much shorter, because sometimes there were unnecessary description of characters journey or  landscape, that took 1 or 2 or at some points even 3 pages. In the end I started to skip these parts and read only dialogs.

Of course I can’t say that I hated them….all this trilogy was interesting enough for me to reach the end and find out what happened.

That is it for now....Happy reading :)

Friday 3 July 2015

July tbr

Well I'm starting this month with a one ambitious plan :) for some 6 books may seem little, but for me, who on average reads 4, it's a challenge.

July tbr

I'm already reading first part of "Fifty shades of Grey" by E.L.James and I'm not enjoying it, so my tbr might change slightly. However I've heard, that this series gets much better in later books, so maybe I will finish it. We will see......

Next on my reading list: 

Title: Storyteller's daughter
Author: Cameron Dokey
Pages: 221
Cover: paperback
Published: 2002 by Simon Pulse

In a faraway kingdom, a king has been betrayed. Deeply hurt and bitterly angry, he vows never to be deceived again. Unfortunately, the king's plan to protect himself  will endanger all of the realm's young women, unless one of them will volunteer to marry the king - and surrender her life. To everyone's relief and horror, one young women steps forward. The daughter of legendary storyteller, Shahrazad believes it is her destiny to accept this risk and sacrifice herself. 

After that, if I still have time, I will try to read this:

Title: The Devil's star
Author: Jo Nesbo
Pages: 522
Cover: paperback
Published: 2009 by Vintage books

It seems the city of Oslo has a serial killer on its hands, and Detective Harry Hole is assigned to this case. Only he is not happy with his colleague
Tom Waaler, whom he suspects of arms smuggling and murder. 


Finally if there will be a miracle and and I still have time this month to read I'm thinking about reading:
Title: Angels
Author: Marian Keyes
Pages: 481 
Cover: Mass Market paperback
Published: 2003 by Penguin Books Ltd

Maggie has always been the white sheep of  the Walsh family. Unlike her comically dysfunctional sisters, Rachel and Claire, she married a decent man who adored her and found herself a solid career. Where Rachel were reckless and Claire dramatic, Maggie settled early for safety. Or so she believed until she discovers that her husband is having an affair and her boss going to fire her. Suddenly, her perfectly organized life has become a perfect mess.

If I won't finish some of these I will try to deal with them next month. But for now that's all :)


Happy reading