30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2
Book 29/30
I liked this even better this time. But Sanderson is right that it’s disjointed so I can’t give it five stars. I teared up a little though!
I don’t actually have much to say about this, now that it comes time to write the review. It’s hard to talk about any of it without spoiling way too much for this entire series, including major stuff from both the first and second Mistborn series. It’s definitely best read after Bands of Mourning.
Some spoilery stuff, stay away lest you know things you shouldn’t. Back in ye olde 2016, Sanderson pulled his now classic trick* of dropping not only a second novel mere months after its predecessor was published, but then up on that publication, he also dropped this surprise novella that filled in some holes in the continuity, SPOILERS and follows the previously assumed perished Kelsier as he works behind the scenes and starts a new adventure learning about the Cosmere. We presumably will learn a lot more about him and his goals in the last Wax and Wayne book END SPOILERS.
*I do want to say a little bit about the evolution of Brandon Sanderson’s positive trolling career, which he has now escalated, if you are unaware, to dropping four new secret novels he wrote during the pandemic and which will be published next year every three months, and also you could sign up for merch boxes so every other month there isn’t a book you get merch. But he basically hinted to the internet that something bad was coming. And then he did the opposite of that.
[4.5 stars]
