The Well of Ascension (Mistborn #2) by Brandon Sanderson
The Story
So I wasn’t exactly hooked on this book as much as I was the first book, but I found it still intriguing. There was enough to answer for that I had to just keep continuing on to get the answers I needed. This book had quite a few fight scenes that helped pull the length of the story along. In fact, I thought it balanced out the politicking and world building that held a majority of the book. Unfortunately, I found the ending to be quite anticlimactic. I had hoped for more war battle scenes as well as conflict surrounding the actual Well of Ascension – since that was this books namesake.
The World Building
I think a big part of this book was world development with the prophecies and how our characters tie in with it as well as other elements that are changing such as the mists and koloss. I think some of my favorite parts involved the understanding the koloss as well as learning much more about the kandra. I sincerely hope that both still play a role in the next book as well.
The Characters
There are so many characters in this book to really touch on any of them. Sazed continues to be one of my favorite characters, and I was very happy to have more chapters from him as well as character involvement within the story. The other was OreSeur. Both of these characters bring a certain loyalty that is naturally unexpected from their kind, and I found that without them, I wouldn’t have liked the book as much.
The Soundtrack
Phantogram – Celebrating Nothing
