It's dramatic, people die, we get a feel for why David wants vengeance - all good. Sanderson seems to be a competent writer and he starts by setting the opening scene very well. Unless, of course, you are specifically looking for cliched characters, predictable twists and tiresome descriptions of weaponry. In my opinion, there is nothing you can get from this book that you can't get from better books about superheroes and supervillains like Vicious and Gone. well, all I can say is that I hope this isn't representative of all his books because Steelheart really disappointed me. So I decided to pick up his recent young adult work instead of committing to a series with several releases already. I've heard such great things about all of Brandon Sanderson's books and he's an author I've been meaning to read for what seems like forever. In my opinion, there is nothing you can get from this book that you can't get from bett Well. Unfortunately for my ego, Steelheart is another win for Sanderson, proving that he's not a brilliant writer of epic fantasy, he's simply a brilliant writer. It just doesn't seem fair that he's brilliant AND fast. It only seems fair that some of his stuff should be crap. Why? Well, because Brandon writes so much faster than me. OR I'll finally read something of Sanderson's I *don't* like. That means it's quite likely that I'll get a chance to read another good book, which is always welcome. The reason for this is that so far, I haven't read a book by Brandon Sanderson that I haven't loved.

It only seems fair that some of his stuff I got a chance to read an early version of this a little while ago. I got a chance to read an early version of this a little while ago. For years, like the Reckoners, David's been studying, and planning - and he has something they need. He wants Steelheart - the Epic who is said to be invincible. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them.Īnd David wants in. Nobody fights the Epics.nobody but the Reckoners. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. The awed public started calling them Epics. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend th Ten years ago, Calamity came.

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