Similar to my experience reading Book 2, reading this book was not quite what I expected. The first half, or perhaps even the first two thirds of the book were bordering on boring for me. Lots and lots of political machinations, the point of which I still don't quite see regarding the main theme and ultimate resolution of the plot. I also found in very odd that a lot of mysteries are just freely given away in the epigraphs at the beginning of each chapter, seemed a bit clumsy to me. 

Altogether, the Mistborn series didn't quite live up to my expectations, which might be because I had REALLY high expectations considering how Sanderson fans go crazy for this series. It was interesting, had some pretty unique concepts, and lots of great characters. But I would argue that it also has some flaws in its logic, and my suspension of disbelief suffered mildly. I guess part of that has to do with the series' theme of

religion. I've never been a particularly religious person, and have a bit of an aversion to most organized world religions and the crimes they've committed throughout world history. The parallels were a bit too on the nose for me sometimes, but what else could I have expected from a Mormon author?

IMHO, Book 1 was a great book, great setting, intriguing mysteries, high stakes dystopia, really awesome ending. Book 2 was a drag. Book 3 was a mixture of both. But ultimately I'm a bit let down by the issues mentioned above, as well as the plot-twist-for-the-sake-of-having-a-plot-twist. Not mind-blowing, but not bad either.