/lit/ - Literature

So, just finished the first Mistborn trilogy (Era 1?), and honestly feeling a bit exhausted.
I don't often see these books categorized as YA, but I feel like I would have derived much more enjoyement from them if I had read them a few years ago

One of the main reasons for this would be the fight scenes, one-on-one ones specifically. They often felt drawn out for the sake of making a "cool" fight, but after a bit I just started speedreading them and the only enjoyement I was getting from them was trying to think of what asspull the author was gonna resort to to give a "shocking" twist and "develop" the characters a bit.

And that's another facet I've grown to loathe over the books, but not for it's repeatedness, but for how it has changed, specially after the first book, by far me favorite one. Here, there were a lot of moments, conversations, whole chapters, where everything felt so... natural? Characters being introduced, understanding their motivations, watching how they changed and developed after events, showing this close knit group of allies-friends and, while abviously very idealized and "fantasy-like", they felt alive. They weren't just the cogs and pawns that I kept finding in book 2 and forward, moving to very specific positions to advance a very complex and unjust puzzle that the author had set up as the basis for the books. They felt like real characters.
But even these decent characters felt bunched up with the new ones introduced and all relegated to a very background role, removing the little interesting worlds they introduced to the books by adding detail and general texture.
Now, maybe I felt that way at the beginning because it was my first contact with a Sanderson work and was still not acclimated to his writing, but the way the other two books read was honestly shocking, I was constantly wondering if whole sections were written by the same author, whatever "subtlety" it may have had before lost now.

The whole religion thing with Sazed felt really jarring at first, but after finding out about Sanderson's religous views, it all kinda clicked and made sense. Honestly not the worst aspect of the books, but brought it down oftentimes.

Lastly, I know this is a point of contention, but I honestly liked the romance elements, as much as Vin and Elend became the ultimate Mary Sues early on, the start of it on book 1 made me really like them and kept me interested in their romantic affairs, kept looking forward to their interactions and I even cried like a bitch a few times.. Which is weird, considering that it's one of the most "YA elements" of the book, but I couldn't bring myself to hate it.

Overall, it was a decent read, ranging from really entertaining to absolutely loathsome at times, so I'm still not sure if I'll read more Branderson for a bit.

Thanks for (not) reading my second grade tier book review.

I personally like him because his shit is like mcu, easy to read even if its fucking long.