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Mistborn

book · in 12 sources (2018–2020)

By: Brandon Sanderson · Includes: The Final Empire · Within: Kelsier, Lord Ruler, Vin

Sources by year: 2018: 7 · 2019: 2 · 2020: 3

Also known as: Mistborn series, Mistborn trilogy

Also named in the threads: Ali says he might start a book review series on the fantasy books he has read (2018) · Ali promises to keep recommending fantasy audiobooks on the channel (2020)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Brandon Sanderson (8) · The Wheel of Time (4) · Harry Potter (book series) (4) · Audible (5) · Derren Brown (2) · Kindle (3) · Ali Abdaal's mother (2) · Anki (2) · Cambridge (3)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2020

  • 2020-03-30 · Improve your Reading + My New Favourite Pen — Ali: Since late 2017 Ali has always had a fantasy audiobook on the go on Audible: first Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series, then Patrick Rothfuss's Kingkiller Chronicles, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear. (hedged) — 00:10:26
    • Ali thinks his order was a good one: Mistborn is a good gateway drug into fantasy, long but high-impact, while the Stormlight Archive is very long and can be slow, so a background in fantasy helps you get through it. — 00:11:18
    • If you have not yet started on fantasy audiobooks, Ali says do yourself a favour and go in this order: Mistborn, then the Kingkiller Chronicles, then the Stormlight Archive, then The Wheel of Time. — 00:13:17
    • Ali regrets switching Mistborn from Audible to Kindle because it got so good: he tore through it, and since he reads fast and skims a lot he missed the savouring he gets when he listens on Audible. — 00:14:18
  • 2020-12-20 · 20 Lessons that Improved My Life — Ali has listened to fantasy audiobooks since about 2017, starting with Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn at 1x; in 2020 he finished the 14-book Wheel of Time series, begun in March 2019. — 00:16:02
  • 2020-12-24 · 15 Books To Read This Year — recommendation: Ali: Newcomers to fantasy should not start with The Wheel of Time, which is slow and long, Ali says, but with Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series. — 00:11:13

2019

  • 2019-02-14 · Valentine’s Day Live Stream — recommendation: Ali recommends Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy as wonderful, and agrees with a viewer's suggestion of The Way of Kings. — 00:20:32
  • 2019-06-20 · My Favourite Fantasy Books — recommendation: Ali recommends three fantasy series he discovered last year (2018) and loved: Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn, Patrick Rothfuss's The Kingkiller Chronicles and Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive. — 00:00:00
    • The Final Empire, the first Mistborn book, is set in a post-apocalyptic world ruled by the Lord Ruler, where the farm girl Vin and the thief Kelsier, both of the downtrodden, try to overthrow the Final Empire. — 00:00:55
    • Ali likes Mistborn's magic system: people eat metals and burn them for powers, such as pewter for strength, and everyone is bound by the world's laws of physics, which makes the fights clever. — 00:01:25
    • In Mistborn, the rare Mistborn are born able to burn all the metals; Vin finds out she is one and the experienced Mistborn Kelsier trains her, in a coming-of-age story. — 00:02:23
    • Ali says Mistborn has adventure, action and political and moral questions, such as whether the poor are justified in attacking the rich, building to a very interesting climax. — 00:02:52
    • In January 2018, having finished the Mistborn trilogy and its three later books, Ali was on his GP placement two hours' drive from Cambridge and did not know what to read next. — 00:03:26
    • Ali tells readers new to these books to start with Mistborn, which is faster-paced; The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear can be slow at times, which experienced fantasy readers will savour. — 00:08:15

2018

  • 2018-02-14 · Monthly Favourites #1 - Ali Abdaal — recommendation: Ali recommends Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series, which he discovered at the end of 2017 and devoured; a friend recommended it to about ten of his friends, who all loved it. — 00:06:40
    • In The Final Empire, the first Mistborn book, the peasant girl Vin learns she is Mistborn and joins Kelsier, a peasant who leads a crew of thieves stealing from the nobility, in a plot to overthrow the Final Empire and its Lord Ruler. — 00:07:11
    • In the magic system of the Mistborn series, Mistborn can burn all eight metals, each granting a different power. — 00:07:11
    • Ali thought the Mistborn trilogy might replace Harry Potter as the best series he has read; Harry Potter stays on top for its childhood place in his heart, with Mistborn a very close second. — 00:08:10
    • Ali says that even if you read only 20 minutes a day before bed, you will love the Mistborn trilogy. — 00:08:10
  • 2018-03-07 · Monthly Favourites #2 - Ali Abdaal — recommendation: Ali suggests that people new to fantasy or who do not normally read start with the Mistborn series rather than The Kingkiller Chronicles, as it is more readable and faster paced. — 00:04:44
  • 2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — recommendation: Ali's favourite fiction books are Harry Potter, Mistborn, The Name of the Wind and Noughts and Crosses. — 00:11:50
  • 2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — recommendation: Ali's book recommendations: Harry Potter, Mistborn and Derren Brown's Happy, depending on whether you want fiction or non-fiction. — 00:47:27
  • 2018-06-12 · Live Stream - Tuesday Evening Hangout — Ali's favourite fiction includes Harry Potter, Mistborn and Noughts and Crosses; he is now on The Wise Man's Fear, the sequel to The Name of the Wind, listening to it as an audiobook. — 00:32:08
  • 2018-08-30 · Monthly Favourites #6 - Ali Abdaal — Ali: After Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series, Ali read Patrick Rothfuss's The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, finishing the second as an Audible audiobook. — 00:05:03
    • Ali suggests starting Brandon Sanderson with Mistborn, which is very readable, since The Stormlight Archive is denser and, like Game of Thrones, introduces many characters. — 00:06:03
  • 2018-12-08 · Ask Doctor Ali - 100k subscribers Q&A — Ali's top three reads of 2018, enjoyed equally: Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series, Patrick Rothfuss's Kingkiller Chronicles and Sanderson's Stormlight Archive. — 00:13:03
  • …and 2 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018