This is an interesting one. The end of Era 2 of Mistborn, there was a lot of concern, generally and specifically on my part, that it was going to get bogged down in Cosmere lore to the detriment of character work and telling a satisfying story on a smaller scale, like we saw with The Sunlit Man. I am impressed to say that that is not the case - Sanderson continues to ground his wider, Cosmere-scale stories with smaller-scale, human triumphs and tragedies. The result, however, is still not what I would have hoped for.

I am now secure in saying that I am not interested in the wider story of the Cosmere - It's just gods attacking each other because they want power, and without the fun pettiness of, say, The Iliad. This combines with a power-creep among the magical populace which means that gods really don't mean as much by this point in the Cosmere - Gods are just people and people are just gods. So, on that side, the stories don't really work for me anymore, but, as mentioned above, Sanderson still manages to secure the stories in the smaller-scale stories of his less-powered characters.

Unfortunately, that means that this book focuses on Wayne, Sanderson's worst character - All the excesses of Hoid's terrible humour, except we're supposed to feel worse for him. No.

I liked the ending, though.