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  • Today I'm recommending the Mistborn books by Brandon Sanderson in 3 minutes!
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  • @CapturedInWords
    @CapturedInWords  Рік тому +14

    If you're trying to introduce a friend to Mistborn, send them this video!
    Buy book one of Mistborn using my link: geni.us/MistbornBook1
    Buy the Mistborn Trilogy boxset: geni.us/MistbornBoxset

    • @Antichrist.318
      @Antichrist.318 Рік тому +2

      Mistborn is the only book I've read which features an anti villain of sorts ( the emperor having kinda sorta noble intentions) .

  • @RTH140
    @RTH140 Рік тому +109

    Wheel of Time was my first major foray into high fantasy. I personally loved (for the most part) what Sanderson did with the last 3 books, so I was interested to explore his work when I finished WOT. I read Mistborn and OH BOY. I immediately became a Sanderstan and have since then read everything in the Cosmere. There’s nothing like that first trilogy. It has a special place in my heart.

    • @hawk66100
      @hawk66100 Рік тому +8

      First Sanderson book I read was The Way of Kings. I was so blown away that I also, like you, decided to read the rest of the Cosmere books.

    • @RTH140
      @RTH140 Рік тому +2

      @@hawk66100 Way of Kings is SO GOOD

    • @noname3609
      @noname3609 Рік тому

      @@RTH140 My favourite fantasy book ever ! :D

    • @Raiikashi
      @Raiikashi 5 місяців тому +1

      Was looking for a new series found stormlight heard it was part of something larger(cosmere) wanted to do that in the most chronological order I could and mistborn was the starter . Within two months I also had read almost all the cosmere and was even a few books into wheel of time🤣

    • @stephenking5852
      @stephenking5852 4 місяці тому +1

      Was Sanderson’s writing style an improvement to The Wheel of Time compared to Robert Jordan? I’ve heard bad things about those books.

  • @symbolguy3609
    @symbolguy3609 4 місяці тому +42

    I read about the Mistborn trilogy on Wikipedia. Apparently Brandon Sanderson asked himself what Harry Potter would be like if Voldemort won, and this was the result.

    • @foreverfizz8
      @foreverfizz8 4 місяці тому +1

      He says that a lot, but I don't really see it unless he's strictly talking about it starts with the Lord Ruler, well, ruling

  • @scholas_creative_space
    @scholas_creative_space Рік тому +34

    Mistborn was my first fantasy book and it drew me into Fantasy Fiction completely. The lessons, the growth, the careful planning and the twists. The reveals at the end. More cultures and worlds you get introduced to even at the end of the book when you're literally hanging on a thread at the edge of your seat. It's crazy and phenomenal. 10000% recommend this book. It's also a very easy read

  • @ijn2252
    @ijn2252 Рік тому +109

    “You can’t kill me Lord Tyrant. I represent the thing you’ve never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.”
    That line has never left my head since I read this series. Sanderson knows how to write a leader.

    • @aimbotarrow5981
      @aimbotarrow5981 Рік тому +9

      *Spoilers*
      That and the entirety of Sazed’s Ascension has some of the best character monologues

    • @adamnesico
      @adamnesico 8 місяців тому

      Not really original.
      Legends say thats what Che Guevara said before die.

    • @morpheusandman
      @morpheusandman 7 місяців тому

      Aye, it was Sandman who said those words to LucifeR.

    • @jackoster7115
      @jackoster7115 7 місяців тому +3

      ​@adamnesico whether that's true or not, Sanderson knew what quote to use, who to have use it, when in the book for it to be used, etc...... good writing isn't just saying a cool thing first (after all, everything worth saying has already been said) its knowing *when* to say it

  • @okanut
    @okanut Рік тому +30

    Mistborn was my first intro to Brandon Sanderson, and it blew me away. Great video!

  • @joehaselwood8101
    @joehaselwood8101 9 місяців тому +11

    Just finished the first trilogy and oh boyyyyy.....Im left feeling empty yet emotional and completely satisfied. It is a really wonderful series where you get heavily invested in each characters story arcs. It also does an incredible job of keeping this air of mystery about everything, leaving you constantly guessing

  • @alexwood5106
    @alexwood5106 Рік тому +23

    I read stormlight and then one day UA-cam recommended me your “Reading order for the Cosmere” I watched the video and realized I read it out of order haha. I’m currently reading through Mistborn Era 1 (currently on Well of Ascension) and I’m loving it. I’ve been a subscriber since I watched that video. Love the channel and your recommendations. Thanks!

    • @bookreviewsfromareadingmac1148
      @bookreviewsfromareadingmac1148 Рік тому +2

      Don’t worry, there’s no “correct” order to read the Cosmere. Everyone disagrees!

    • @snozzmcberry2366
      @snozzmcberry2366 9 місяців тому +1

      ​​​@@bookreviewsfromareadingmac1148There **is** a chronology though. There are tangible benefits of enjoyment to be had from reading Warbreaker and Mistborn Era 1 before Stormlight, for example. You don't really LOSE anything from reading the Cosmere out of order, but you do gain something from staying in order. Then again, Cosmere series require rereads to fully appreciate everything (and there is no such thing as reading Cosmere and not wanting to reread), so it works out eventually anyway.

  • @Trepur349
    @Trepur349 Рік тому +10

    First Era mistborn remains my favourite fantasy trilogy, the hero of ages prophecy is by far my favourite phrophecy in all of fiction (and I'm normally not a huge fan of chosen one prophecies) and I love Vin so much, she's such a well written victim of childhood abuse and seeing her grow over the three books was such a joy, and I loved rereading it after knowing the ending and paying attention to how Ruin was trying to influence things in the first two books. It's just so perfect.

  • @karohe
    @karohe Рік тому +11

    it is funny that I just finished my first reread. I had forgotten how much action packed the first book is. The second book is such a drag though. The third book has the least action, but is very rich in lore. Chapter epigraphs are the most important part of the third book.

    • @jackoster7115
      @jackoster7115 7 місяців тому

      I realized that while the second book is quite forgettable in the grand scheme of the series, it has some very crucial character development in it. While the major moments don't come from the second book, non of the great payoffs exist w/o it. First book will still always be the most special tho :)

  • @pigl33t
    @pigl33t Рік тому +5

    I got curious about Sanderson because he was going to finish WoT, my favorite book series of all time. So I went into Elantris to check it out and fell in love with all his writing! I would say that Mistborn (Era 1 and 2) are my favorites from him but the Stormlight Archive is shaping up to be something truly special with the planned 10 books series so it's a slower burn but it feels like it'll have a bigger payout towards the end.

  • @Superwrongfoot
    @Superwrongfoot Рік тому +2

    Thanks for being the one to suggest Brandon Sanderson to me a few years back when you covered The Stormlight Archive.

  • @TheDylls
    @TheDylls 4 місяці тому +3

    My recommendation would be that it's a strong female character without shoving it down your throat. In fact, she's taught that she needs to work harder than anyone else regardless of their traits so that she can survive/win

  • @guitoscano
    @guitoscano Рік тому +4

    I started with Mistborn… and now I’ve read everything Cosmere and wait eagerly for Stormlight 5 🤣

    • @CapturedInWords
      @CapturedInWords  Рік тому +1

      Same here! Read Mistborn and have read everything since! Well I still need to get to his new secret project The Sunlit Man

  • @hellohangfire
    @hellohangfire Рік тому +1

    Loved Mistborn. It’s how I discovered Sanderson. Thanks for the video.

  • @adityarajput5039
    @adityarajput5039 Рік тому +3

    Love this 3 minute format

  • @ltrigga219
    @ltrigga219 Рік тому +1

    Yeah dude, great summary! I have a friend that I’ve talked with about this series, and I am definitely gonna send him this video.

  • @UltimateGattai
    @UltimateGattai Рік тому +1

    I love this book series, one day I should check out some of Sanderson's other books. I'd also love to see Mistborn as a movie trilogy or TV series at some point.

  • @WillSaabye-ey5vy
    @WillSaabye-ey5vy Рік тому

    I am super excited! I wanted to get into Sanderson and just bought the first mistborn book on my kindle! Can’t wait to read it and read some of his other books as well.

  • @BruceMount
    @BruceMount Рік тому +1

    Jay, I'm really liking the "3 minute" format. Thank you!

  • @yogeshwaran1856
    @yogeshwaran1856 Рік тому

    Warbreaker has been my first foray into high fantasy and has been one of my first books after a long few years of not reading much. I'm really excited to go into Mistborn next!!

  • @jaimz.crawford
    @jaimz.crawford Рік тому

    I picked Mistborn off the shelf years ago cause the blurb on the back sounded decent and the cover looked cool. I absolutely loved it and now read all of Sanderson's cosmere books (minus a few that I'll get ti eventually) and a few of his non cosmere books too.

  • @k-majik
    @k-majik Рік тому

    I'm always recommending Mistborn to people. I'm going to show them this video in future, your visuals are stunning!!

  • @yassinemiri3555
    @yassinemiri3555 Рік тому

    I always wanted to enter the Cosmere and I always have none that I should start with this. But this is the video I will rewatch the day I'll need that little shove to push me off the edge into that leap of faith.
    Thanks sir !

  • @weslayubrust8126
    @weslayubrust8126 Рік тому

    I think you should make one for Deltora Quest to encourage people to read it. I would also love to see a three-minute video on another Brandon Sanderson work like White Sand, Warbreaker, Elantris, or Yumi the Nightmare Painter.

  • @LeaVladimir
    @LeaVladimir Рік тому +8

    Ocean's 11 in Mordor with the sprinkle of My Fair Lady.

  • @Yugilaw97
    @Yugilaw97 7 місяців тому

    Bought the first book last weekend. Going on vacation starting tomorrow and it will be my book to read. Looking forward to it

  • @Namrhof
    @Namrhof Рік тому

    I just finished The first book.... and I am Hooked. Cant wait to keep the books rolling here in my groups book club!

  • @lisathibodeau5631
    @lisathibodeau5631 Рік тому +5

    The Mistborn trilogy is the number one fantasy I recommend to friends that ask.

    • @amccombs42
      @amccombs42 29 днів тому

      Same but only because I want them to read The Way of Kings but I have to work them up to it

  • @abdulhfhd
    @abdulhfhd Рік тому +1

    halfway through the first book and loving it

  • @rogerhuggettjr.7675
    @rogerhuggettjr.7675 2 місяці тому

    Mistborn is my favorite series and I am rereading it now after a 10-year break. After reading WOT I thought it was a good time to focus on the cosmere. After Elantris, Warbreaker and Emperor's Soul I'm excited for what the second Mistborn series will bring. I stopped at the first trilogy thinking it can't be improved and I'd be disappointed when they expand upon it, but I trust Sanderson does everything well now.

  • @indyman_123
    @indyman_123 Рік тому

    These recommending vids are a banger! The editing, the narration, the artwork... it's just perfect, honestly. Haven't read it yet, but thanks Jay, for putting it even higher on my already piled up TBR. Cheers! 😂

  • @palmareal13
    @palmareal13 11 місяців тому

    Just reading the Mistborn trilogy right now. I'm currently in the first half of the 3rd book and I'm loving the series. also my first Sanderson read at the same time.

  • @asfaloth12
    @asfaloth12 11 місяців тому

    I definitely plan to read it after I get through Elantris. Looking forward to it!

  • @aggravatedstrawberry
    @aggravatedstrawberry 15 днів тому

    It's such a beautiful series. Dark and depressing yet uplifting and bright.

  • @samm8190
    @samm8190 Рік тому +1

    Will we be getting a Gardens of the Moon review?? Love the content Jay!

    • @CapturedInWords
      @CapturedInWords  Рік тому

      Definitely! I have quite a few videos planned before that, but I will be making that video eventually!

  • @eloygarcia660
    @eloygarcia660 Рік тому +1

    nice new video format. Really liked it.

  • @mynameistania
    @mynameistania Рік тому

    You put forward a good case. Was looking for my next read and now I have it 😀

  • @TheAedalas
    @TheAedalas Рік тому

    I had a full on depression episode when I finished this trilogy the first time. Gods, it's so good. I've reread it 3 more times since then but I would give anything to be able to completely forget it and start over anew.

  • @vincepince
    @vincepince 6 місяців тому

    The characters have such good development and arcs (especially in book 2 & 3).
    "There has to be a balance, Vin. Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are."

  • @hw3345
    @hw3345 Рік тому

    Just started Reading The Final Empire. I'm excited!

  • @weslayubrust8126
    @weslayubrust8126 Рік тому

    Thanks for the video. I wanted a three-minute video to recommend Mistborn after watching the Sotrmlight archive 3-minute video.

  • @tiptanx
    @tiptanx 3 місяці тому

    You nailed this. Loved your review

  • @BuereJeeka
    @BuereJeeka Рік тому

    It may take you more than 3 minutes but it would be so awesome if you can still do the Discworld reading order recommendation podcast. Thanks Sir Jay!!

  • @TerenceGrimstone
    @TerenceGrimstone Рік тому

    "Why you should read Wheel of Time"? I loved those four videos you made.

  • @michaelokeke4976
    @michaelokeke4976 Рік тому

    The last final Wheel of Times books encouraged me to dive into Brando Sando’s works

  • @CurieBohr
    @CurieBohr Рік тому

    I feel like your videos are so good you need a mic drop at the end.

  • @wpaunan
    @wpaunan 7 місяців тому

    Where do you get your images from? They are simply gorgeous.

  • @markshepherd4791
    @markshepherd4791 Рік тому

    Not sure if you have ever done one but could you review empire of the vampire, would love to see the artwork you would come up with for that book

  • @michakoodziej5741
    @michakoodziej5741 8 місяців тому

    Just started!

  • @tftg458
    @tftg458 2 місяці тому

    Hi, i'm looking for a fantasybook series to start reading and as much as i would like to read this i kind of have set my mind on the forgotten realms.. only problem ... Alot of these books are no where to be found (except for Ebooks but who wants to read on a screen anyways... For me the whole point of readin books is to get away from the screen). More specificaly i was looking for Shadowdale from the avatar series to start with. Do you know where i could possibly find those books? Or do you know if there is a budget friendly way to convert ebooks to actual paperback books? Thanks in advance and kind regards from Bemgium! ;)

  • @Orgrimmar21
    @Orgrimmar21 6 місяців тому

    I just finished reading the trilogy and I'm so empty right now.
    Spoilers
    I cried a lot when what's left of the gang found Elend and Vin bodies on the field of flowers :( such a tragic death for both of them and separated after all they went through.
    But also I'm glad the get to be together in the afterlife.

  • @brandicandy5156
    @brandicandy5156 Рік тому

    It was really really good first time I read it. Then it got a little hard to get back to when I wanted to re-read (when I was 15 if that makes a difference)

  • @neocount6397
    @neocount6397 Рік тому

    It's the perfect trilogy and an excellent introduction to Sanderson's greater cosmir.

  • @EffingFox
    @EffingFox 2 місяці тому

    My sister got me to read all of "Red Rising."" I enjoyed them well enough. She still hasn't read Mistborn, though. Maybe I'll send her this video.

  • @darthplagueis8886
    @darthplagueis8886 Рік тому

    Will you do a video with your thoughts on the second season of Wheel of Time?

  • @toomuchtimeonourhands2891
    @toomuchtimeonourhands2891 Рік тому +1

    Mistborn is amazing, the rest of the series is still good but less than the first. Wax and Wayne is a fun sequel series but needs less quirk. Too much steam, not enough punk.

  • @shawn70715
    @shawn70715 5 місяців тому

    I just finished mistborn snd it really reminded me of the game dishonored

  • @tayx1862
    @tayx1862 6 місяців тому

    i just finished the poppy war and i don’t think i’ll be continuing with the second because the having to ingest drugs for power was a major turn off. is the allomancy the same concept ?

    • @CapturedInWords
      @CapturedInWords  6 місяців тому

      With Allowmancy it isn't really drugs, it's just metals. predominantly genetic ability that allows a person to metabolize metals, ingested by the Allomancer, for magical powers that can enhance physical and mental capacities. There are 16 metals that such Allomancers can use, with each metal granting a specific ability. The metal itself is just regular metal, so nothing to do with drugs

  • @Adkhean
    @Adkhean Місяць тому

    No one is gonna talk about the fact that he recommended Mistborn in 3:50 sec and not 3 min ??
    (Jome by the way the format is really nice)

  • @noname3609
    @noname3609 Рік тому

    Stormlight Archive the goat but Mistborn has a special place in my hearth aswel !!!

  • @Number16-10
    @Number16-10 Рік тому

    At the start i thougth that the coloss were rock golems

  • @premgowda976
    @premgowda976 Рік тому

    You should read light novel The Beginning After The End it is very good you will love it give it a chance❤

  • @markshepherd4791
    @markshepherd4791 Рік тому

    Read it, listening to it currenly on audible but ye ill watch a video on why i should read it 😅

  • @suzsiz
    @suzsiz 2 місяці тому

    How is his style of writing?

    • @LoloViking27
      @LoloViking27 Місяць тому +1

      Very good. It may start slow, but once it gets going you get hooked. Then he hits you with "Sanderlanche" as all the different plot threads start coming together in an epic way and you can't stop reading until the end. 10/10

  • @elisabethprice4697
    @elisabethprice4697 Рік тому +1

    You should do a LOTR rec video!!!!

  • @88rixadzin88
    @88rixadzin88 6 місяців тому

    Personally Mistborn (Allomancy) is my favorite magic system in anything I have read/watched (like I would rather be a Mistborn than eat a logia devil fruit).

    • @CapturedInWords
      @CapturedInWords  6 місяців тому

      Allomancy is so great!! My next video going up is 'Why You Should Read Brandon Sanderson' and I discuss a bit why I love the way he creates magic systems :)

    • @88rixadzin88
      @88rixadzin88 6 місяців тому

      @@CapturedInWords Give more off them. If there is ONE series that should have been made it is Mistborn, as long as you do a great Vin!

  • @turbokid8719
    @turbokid8719 Рік тому

    So far I liked Mistborn series

  • @markototev
    @markototev Рік тому

    Allomancy is basically the Witcher system but with metal. Fight me.

  • @McWhatevs
    @McWhatevs Рік тому

    I read the Way of Kings but didn't go any further with that series, as I wanted to wait until it was finished rather than invest time in something I can't (yet) complete. So I read his Mistborn Trilogy. I like all three of those books and the Way of Kings, but there's a big J-Lo sized BUT... BUT, the end of the Way of Kings and the last book of the Mistborn Trilogy are all given over to Gods, or at the very least, beings with God-like powers. Gods tak away all the struggle, all the meaning, all the consequences of the actual main characters that have been there throughout the books because it can all be done, undone or redone by a God without any of those struggles etc. They can do everything the characters have struggled three books for with a raise of their eyebrows. It's total BS and ruins everything; especially considering Sanderson's second law of magic:
    "Weaknesses, limits and costs are more interesting than powers"
    This just all disappears when Godly powers get thrown around. I don't have a problem with Fantasy's predilection towards including Gods that are less faith-based and ethereal and more physical and material, but it needs to be in the vein of GRRM's Ice and Fire; there's a Many-Faced God, the Lord of Light and by the things that occur in the books (and TV series) it is obvious that these aren't "faiths" in the purest sense, as the supernatural powers are very much real and don't require faith. There are very real example, sporadic as they may be, of their godly powers. But that's it, they're sporadic and not decisive in terms of the story. If a God swept in at the end and overthrew King's Landing, or killed the Dragons or defeated the Others/White Walkers with a wave of their godly finger it would make you question why the hell you'd invested so much damn time in the characters, their struggles, consequences, arc, growth, defeats etc over 1000's and 1000's of pages when a God just waltzes in at the end and, well, ends it. It would render it all useless.
    Alas, as such, as much as I enjoyed the Way of Kings, I can't seem myself re-entering the Cosmere for these reasons; as it is a pointless (and meaningless) exercise.

  • @michaelggriffiths
    @michaelggriffiths 14 днів тому

    I was mystified by this book.
    I'd give it *16* out of 20

  • @jouzu2477
    @jouzu2477 Рік тому

    Finish the wise man's fear summary bro

  • @dailyversace5546
    @dailyversace5546 Рік тому +1

    I love you

  • @billy9978
    @billy9978 Рік тому

    Problem I have with Sanderson compared to say, an Erickson is quantity of quality. Brandon is pumping out books way too quickly for any proper depth to be built, like the Malazan books.

  • @joaopedroviana7166
    @joaopedroviana7166 Рік тому

    Hii, I am forma Brazil and I love your vídeos, my day just stay better with t them, so I have a book to indicate you to read, Blood Song, of Antony Ryan. Its realy good, the world and the magic,in the beggining we dont know much about magic, but with the time is reveled and just make be better. If you have time to another master piece read It! :)

  • @andreyuh811
    @andreyuh811 9 місяців тому

    You had me a Mordor

  • @carlosroo5460
    @carlosroo5460 Рік тому

    Sorry Jay, it didn't work... I already read the first 3. But good try.

  • @currangill430
    @currangill430 11 місяців тому

    Nope not continuing. I read book one and it didn't compel me to read on

  • @Jaeno311
    @Jaeno311 Рік тому +2

    Most overrated series ever. Mid

    • @abdulhfhd
      @abdulhfhd Рік тому +1

      don't be like that

    • @Jaeno311
      @Jaeno311 Рік тому +1

      @@abdulhfhd tired of the Sandersimps

    • @toomuchtimeonourhands2891
      @toomuchtimeonourhands2891 Рік тому

      It's barely ever mentioned. Not really overrated if nobody talks about it. Kingkiller series now, that's some over rating.

    • @abdulhfhd
      @abdulhfhd Рік тому

      @@toomuchtimeonourhands2891 TAKE THAT BACK

    • @toomuchtimeonourhands2891
      @toomuchtimeonourhands2891 Рік тому

      @@abdulhfhd haha. It's good. It's not as good as the wanking it gets. And he totally hand waived the trial. That was a massive cop out. And maybe he should finish day three

  • @kaiseramadeus233
    @kaiseramadeus233 Рік тому

    Mistborn is one of the worst books I've ever read

  • @shawnnbits
    @shawnnbits 10 місяців тому

    Are there black people in Mistborn? i tend to zone out of universes where everyone is magically white. European or not, I don't know how a fantasy can have one race.

    • @IzzyZil20
      @IzzyZil20 8 місяців тому

      No Sazed is non-white