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Well, Well, Well

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

August 14, 2026 by G.D. Giant Leave a Comment

“The Well of Ascension” is the second book in the original Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. And it’s a very good, very solid middle book for a trilogy. We get some answers to earlier mysteries, and we get some new mysteries. We get a light smattering of war as well as more political intrigue. We get some deeper character development, along with additional world building. And we get some more characters, but also lose some more characters. Book 1, “Mistborn,” saw Kelsier and his crew […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, action and adventure, brandon sanderson, cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo And, everything is political, magic, mistborn trilogy, trilogy

G.D. Giant's CBR18 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, action and adventure, brandon sanderson, cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo And, everything is political, magic, mistborn trilogy, trilogy ·
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Mists and Mystery

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

July 30, 2026 by G.D. Giant Leave a Comment

Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson, is Book One of the Mistborn Original Trilogy. Although I read a good amount of fantasy, I have, for some reason, never read any Brandon Sanderson. But, since this year is the 20th anniversary of the original publication of Mistborn, I thought I’d give it a shot. And I’m glad I did. Mistborn is a very good book. The world-building is phenomenal, from the political system to the actual sad, gray, ash-covered lands. The magic system is new and interesting, and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, brandon sanderson, cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo One, everything is political, fascism, heist, magic, Mistborn, mistborn trilogy, mystery, politics

G.D. Giant's CBR18 Review No:13 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, brandon sanderson, cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo One, everything is political, fascism, heist, magic, Mistborn, mistborn trilogy, mystery, politics ·
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“I am the one thing you can never kill. I am hope.”

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

February 11, 2022 by Ale 5 Comments

I’m taking a break from my Diana Wynne Jones challenge to read different fantasy. Thanks to my wonderful Book Exchange partner, I was gifted the full Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson and have been chomping at the bit to dig into it. I lost a lot of sleep over this book, it was just too good to only read for a half hour before bed, and as dense and heavy as Sanderson often is, this book blew by. Mistborn introduces us to the Final Empire, a pseudo […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: book 1, brandon sanderson, Final Empire, Mistborn, mistborn trilogy, sanderson, trilogy

Ale's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: book 1, brandon sanderson, Final Empire, Mistborn, mistborn trilogy, sanderson, trilogy ·
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