This series is a lot less intense
than the Mistborn series – it’s fun,
fast-paced and easy to enjoy.
Steelheart
felt a little
similar in the trajectory of the plot to The
Final Empire – a ragtag band of misfits plot to take down a tyrannical
leader.
Book two, Firefight, is a little less brilliant than book one. It feels a bit
similar to Steelheart and the plot is
a little less engaging.
But book three steps it straight
back up again. I was immediately sucked back into David’s world within only a
few chapters of Calamity.
I love the tone of David’s
narration. It’s chatty, easy, conversational and SO easy to connect with.
Everything is immediate.
David’s ridiculous metaphors are
consistently awful and they inject regular humour into some serious drama and
action.
The love story between David and Megan
is always there, but it never takes over. It’s sweet, affectionate banter in
the background; an angst in the beginning; and a motivation to survive. So
adorable.
What a twist about Calamity at
the end of Calamity! I wasn’t
expecting that at all and I loved it.
Macleod Andrews who reads this
series is the perfect audiobook narrator. He gets David brilliantly and I love
the pep and optimism that’s always there. He’s so brilliant that I would
deliberately seek out more audiobooks read by him.
What should I read next in my
adventures through Brandon Sanderson’s world? I’m thinking Warbreaker…
Sophie
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