Book Review: Mistborn

Well, it has been a while since I have completed a book. I have started a few but never could get through them because my friend told me about a really good book she just read "Mistborn." I was a little hesitant because it was a fantasy book (never read that genre before) and also over 600 pages long. However, she gave it such rave reviews, and I have always LOVED her recommendations in the past I had to read it.

Plot:

The main character in Mistbornis Vin, a 16-year-old thief on the streets of Luthadel, the capital city of the Final Empire.

The story follows her life as she comes into her own as one of the Mistborn, people who can use ingested metal particles to enhance their abilities, both mental and physical. She begins on a journey to find out who she really is as she fights against the Final Empire and overthrowing the Lord Ruler. With her help, along with the "crew", Kelsier, Vin's mentor, plans to lead a revolution and save the world at the same time.

Review:
The book starts off being really confusing using words and creatures that only pertain to the book, so in a sense you have to learn a bunch of new vocabulary terms. I think this may be common among the fantasy genres; however, I kept getting confused and had to keep going back to remember who or what these words meant. Also, since it was such a long book it took a while until the story-line to get moving (about page 200).

However, I loved the unique story-line. It was such an original concept that I was in complete awe of how someone could think of such a story. Although, the book is not one of my favorites, I do appreciate the original plot. Also, the book ends with a bang as the author catches the reader off-guard. I love surprise endings and twists in the plot, however, I was a little disappointed that most of this and the action in the book happened in the last 50 pages. Lastly, there was a love story that started to develop half way through the book; yet, this went no where. It was rarely touched upon and could have been added to the story tenfold. I guess, a boy would not mind this being left out.

All in all, I would not recommend this book to anyone that does not enjoy fantasy. If you love "Lord of the Rings" I would definitely give this book a try.

So this is a new review thing I am going to try. However, I can't think of good categories....any suggestions?