mistborn is my re-introduction to fantasy that i picked up after starting a job that requires me to commute for 1.5h to a different city by train on an almost daily basis. i have not been reading much and mistborn sounded like something solid that i could read little by little. and i was right! i read it within a month on my commute (animal crossing took over my commute for a while there so it kind of stalled my progress) and enjoyed the world, it sucked me in every time, making time pass so quickly that sometimes it left me feeling like i teleported across the land. it was the perfect combination of tropes like found family, plotting, comedy and crime for good. i love it when a government gets overthrown, how exciting! very much wondering what's to come next. the characters felt diverse and had great chemistry. the writing often felt very conversational and simple, probably to appeal to a younger reader, but most of the time it did not bother me at all. i am looking forward to discovering more about this universe in next books, which i will definitely pick up.

i was watching readwithcindy on youtube and she loved this book so i thought, well, i haven't read in a long time so i will give it a go. i am so glad that i did because this book singlehandedly has taken me out of my reading slump that honestly lasted over many months. i fell in love with the grishaverse and joined the fandom after reading. it is a young adult fantasy so the depth of everything is not comparable with high fantasy that was written with intentions of impressing an older audience. the simplicity and, let's say, quirkiness, that mirrors one of a teen series (netflix attempted on adapting it. was good for the most part.) was very endearing and leigh bardugo knows how to make a person care about a fictional character like not many do. this book also made me want to read all of leigh bardugo's works. i'm working on it i swear. all in all, great book, i definitely want to re-read it soon as my first read was in 2021. i will definitely continue reading the grishaverse and fangirl lol.

this broke my heart and i loved it. that's it. that's the review.

yeah, i loved it. this book can drag on but my parasocial attachment to the worst of the worst humans was strong enough to get me through this book in under 4 days and i loved 85% of the time i spent reading it. don't judge me for wanting to be a part of this friend group, there is something sooooo marauders-like in the way that they made me want to be a part of the group. maybe i just miss my friends. yes i'm aware this is a very intelligent commentary on the class difference and the tragedy that could be within reach when aspiring to be a part of the closed off society of the rich etc. i understand the intellectualism but the girl in me (ew i hated writing this) just wants a group of friends again (sad. did i peak in college?). ok, moving on. donna tartt obviously is a great writer and she definitely inspired me. there's many things i could say about this book and i would love to make a shrine dedicated to this book one day.