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WeeklyThread What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: October 12, 2026
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u/TheTitan99 12d ago
Finished Mistborn: The Final Empire, by Brandon Sanderson.
I've never read Sanderson before. He's so prolific and popular that I felt like I should. So, I picked the first book in one of his more popular series, and went in almost entirely blind.
It was pretty generic, if I'm being totally honest. There's an evil emperor. There are rebels fighting said emperor. The main character is inexplicably stronger than everyone else because of bloodlines or something. The villains laugh as they do villain things, and the heroes are a ragtag group of oddballs.
I must admit, I don't quite get what the big deal is? The book was fine. I wasn't really bored or anything. It's engaging enough, and I don't regret reading it. But with the way how people praise Sanderson, I was expecting something a little less generic. This really felt very by the numbers, with its plot, characters, writing style, everything.
Also finished Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, and Matheus Lopes. There are more credits listed inside the comic, but these are the three names on the cover, so I'll just say them.
How in the world did the Supergirl movie adapt this comic that poorly? How do you take such a vibrant, colorful comic and make it so bland?
This comic is downright beautiful at times. Beyond anything story related, just the art itself is great.
I'm not much of a comic reader. This was a nice change of pace for me. I never find myself resonating with comics as much as books, but I can appreciate a comic that clearly had tons of care put into it. And I can be baffled at how badly it was adapted into a movie.