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Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by ar-nelson on Thursday July 12, 2018 @10:27PM (#17520099)
I'm really enjoying Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy. I started listening to the audiobook version on my commute to work.

It's a fantasy series with an incredibly detailed, logical, well-thought-out magic system and world history.

Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by spapas82 on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:25AM (#17522715)
I didn't like at all the first of the series (Mistborn); never got into the other ones. It had some fresh ideas however the story was way too childish (in my humble opinion). Here's my review on that book https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2031838874?book_show_a...
Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by jor-el on Friday July 13, 2018 @01:09AM (#17520655)
I completed the series a month back. I found 1st book to be a bit slow and need to force myself to read sometimes. But 2nd book thoroughly caught my imagination and I would say the best of the 3 books in the series.
Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by hornd on Friday July 13, 2018 @12:09AM (#17520462)
Excellent series. I thought Sanderson's writing noticeably improved with each book, as well. Humbly suggest jumping into The Stormlight Archive next!
Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by tntn on Friday July 13, 2018 @12:20AM (#17520491)
Good magic system, but I found the ending to be disappointing. Literal deus ex machina.
Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by timwaagh on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:18AM (#17522667)
its on my to read list definitely. looking forward to it.