The Alloy of Law

If Mistborn is Avatar, then The Allow of Law is Korra. Taking place many years after the events of the first trilogy, Alloy starts a new series more focused on allomancer/pharochemist characters, which opens up an entirely new world of skills not previously explored. Being able to slow down time heal? Yeah, that sounds useful. The story itself is more of a detective story, with some likable characters. I worried it would be too much driven by the period it was set in, but the characters were the main focus. ( )

Comparing to Mistborn trilogy, it's fun and easy and light, but just as good. There are still some scenes, that are just a little bit too long, describing who-did-what in the fights, but comparing to Mistborn is much quicker read, much more fast-paced.

It's amazing to see how the world of Scadrial developed, you do not get that in many books. Seeing where the world is after the time that had passed since the Final Ascension – especially since is in that time where the first electric lights are being installed, the railroads are developing, the fire guns are getting common, which I love. And of course, there are the plot twists and great characters, that you expect from Sanderson, with this big "oh-my-god" moment just at the end... When you think that he wrote something much lighter and easier and everything, he slaps you in the face with this dark, almost scary revelation, leaving you speechless and wanting to read the next book. ( )

Comparing to Mistborn trilogy, it's fun and easy and light, but just as good. There are still some scenes, that are just a little bit too long, describing who-did-what in the fights, but comparing to Mistborn is much quicker read, much more fast-paced.

It's amazing to see how the world of Scadrial developed, you do not get that in many books. Seeing where the world is after the time that had passed since the Final Ascension – especially since is in that time where the first electric lights are being installed, the railroads are developing, the fire guns are getting common, which I love. And of course, there are the plot twists and great characters, that you expect from Sanderson, with this big "oh-my-god" moment just at the end... When you think that he wrote something much lighter and easier and everything, he slaps you in the face with this dark, almost scary revelation, leaving you speechless and wanting to read the next book. ( )

This book was rather a step down from the previous Mistborn series: it was engaging and the characters became interesting after a while, but Sanderson's sometimes awkward and juvenile writing style was more difficult to ignore than in previous books. Also *spoilers* the part about women being stolen 'for breeding purposes' was both gratuitously stomach turning and also sort of hastily skimmed over; of course, I expect that this will be dealt with (for better or for worse) in the continuation of this story in the following books, but the amount of discomfort I experienced encountering the concept far outweighs the entertainment value of the book as a whole.. . and this isn't a book I would read for any purpose other than sheer entertainment. Also, I don't know if I care enough to read the next books in the series, so I may never find out the resolution to this plot point? Disappointing. ( )

I wanted to like it, but I guess I just wasn’t in the right head space for a western buddy cop book. I’ll try it again in the future. ( )