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kayd_mon
Sage
By the end, I cared about Vin (god, was that hard for most of the book, what with here wavering from stereotypical teenage girl to stereotypical mistrustful girl and finally need-no-training action hero wizard) and Elend (always liked that one) and Sazed (always liked him, too) and the Lord Ruler. I hated Kelsier, enough that I was rooting against him the whole book, and I greatly disliked Breeze, and tolerated Ham.
Don't read this book for characterization. It's the book equivalent of a summer movie - it's not challenging or artful, but by the time you walk out, you have a feeling of just having had fun. And that's ok.
One thing I was surprised to read on the back of the jacket was that he's a creative writing teacher. If I knew that going in, I would have been so disappointed due to highest-possibe expectations, that I wouldn't have gone much passed the prologue.
Don't read this book for characterization. It's the book equivalent of a summer movie - it's not challenging or artful, but by the time you walk out, you have a feeling of just having had fun. And that's ok.
One thing I was surprised to read on the back of the jacket was that he's a creative writing teacher. If I knew that going in, I would have been so disappointed due to highest-possibe expectations, that I wouldn't have gone much passed the prologue.