I just finished Death Masks by Jim Butcher, 5th book of The Dresden Files. Really enjoying the series.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening?

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    I’m on the final stretch of Well of Ascension in the Mistborn trilogy.
    It has it’s weaknesses here and there but all in all it’s been pulling me deeper into the world.

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      Yeah, Well of Ascension is the weakest of the three - as is a little typical for Sanderson it acts as a joiner/primer for the final act in HoA.

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        Looking forward to the grand finale thats building up rn and what comes next in HoA then!

        My pet peeves are the interchangeable/inconsequential nature of soothing and rioting, elend whining to himself for pages on end (“why oh why can’t i protect literally everyone in the entire world at the same time, personally?!”) and honestly sometimes the somewhat clumsy writing. Might just be me in the last point.

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          While Mistborn is a great entry point into Sanderson for many people, to me, it really feels like a freshman effort. I can’t ever bring myself to do a full reread of those books, as they don’t feel as polished or as well put together as his later work. Well of Ascension especially feels like it’s there because a trilogy needs a middle book.