Reminds me of Game of Thrones where everyone and everything is a Noun of Noun. I was a bit lost and irritated by all the Nouns though. David has his annoying tendencies - being just that little bit overly enthusiastic and having terrible, nonsensical analogies - but his improvisation and ideas are quite ingenious and I love how unpredictable he is.

Getting into David’s flat without being killed, finding Refractionary, pretending to be Diamond’s aide, confirming Nightwielder’s weakness - so clever. The story was intriguing despite David coming across as a little dull at first because of his fixation on Steelheart. Sanderson makes his characters clever, able to think outside the box, yet with all the innocence and tenacity of youth. Although we’ve had little time to bond with David and thus seeing his father killed actually meant little to me emotionally, feeling his terror and helplessness at such a young age (and also not being an Epic) was oddly tragic. We see the story through David, an orphaned teenager, and we are immediately dumped into action - seeing his father murdered and his world devastated by the titular character - who turns out to be the villain. I liked The Rithmatist more, but this was an enjoyable read. Mistborn has been pretty elusive in the library thus far, so I started on Steelheart.Īnd, well, yes, I enjoyed it. After falling in love with Brandon Sanderson’s work (okay, so I’m late on the train) with The Rithmatist, I was super keen to jump onto a series of his.

Reckoners book 4