Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson (Review)

A Reader's Pandora

Damn, Sanderson can write a novel. A novel about how different types of metal can make you a superhuman. A novel about how different characters can give you hell of an emotional ride. A novel about Avengers-like superheroes that are not so good after all.

At the start of the novel, David is a teenager getting along in a world of Epics, superhumans who have turned evil and turned onto Steelheart's side—Steelheart being one of the most deadly Epics of all time, being the one that had killed David's father, being the one that David must kill. Along the way, he discovers a group of people called Reckoners.

To be honest, he already knew about the Reckoners—a group of people dedicated to hunting down the superhumans; they kind of gave me a Shadowhunter and Avengers vibe—but only now does he want to join them in order to convince them to try and hunt down Steelheart. Now, David remembers almost every detail of his father's death and the day that he died on... But there's a catch:

"I've seen Steelheart bleed."

David has seen Steelheart bleed, and he will make sure that he bleeds again. In order to do this, he does join the Reckoners in order to kill him and get the revenge that he's be needing to get since the death of his father.

General Thoughts:

Story:

Of course, like always with Sanderson's books, this was just absolutely amazing and kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I could not put this book down, and it was just purely fantastic! It was different than most superhero books seeing as all of the Epics were evil, apart from a few but most of them were, and I just loved it! The emotional roller coaster that I felt like was going up until it took me down with a plot twist, making me blush and squeal and want more!

The world was fantastic. I loved the way that it was built, and how the characters were put in beautiful situations that they had to figure out what was what and what was going on, until someone had an idea. And it could change the whole idea of the plot. I couldn't believe how much I loved it!

“Live, David," he said softly. "Live your life."

"I'm doing that," I grumbled. 

"No. You are letting Steelheart live your life for you. He controls it, each step of the way. Live your own life.”

Characters:

David: First of all, at the start, I thought he wasn't going to be much of a good main character and that he was just going to bitch the whole way through the journey of the book, which would defeat the whole purpose of trying to defeat the superhuman who had killed his father. But, yeah, no. He was completely amazing and changed the whole story, to me. He was a fresh and new character. I loved it. So much.

Megan: I'm sorry, but I have to say that I really didn't like Megan. She was very insulting and rude to David—even though some of the time, the nerd jokes were just there for laughs—but I just didn't like her. She didn't change for me to understand why she was being such a bitch to David, and I don't even understand why he could be emotionally invested in her thoughts and emotions when she is just so rude, and mean, and unhelpful.

Prof: Eh ... he was definitely a good character! But I just felt like he wasn't much in the whole story for me to understand the depths of his character. Perhaps in Firefight there'll be an explanation as to why he is so plain, and kind of just weird in the first place.

Cody: LOVE. LOVE. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. He was the joker of the book and I loved him for that reason! His accent and him trying to figure it out, fitting his accent in! I loved how his character grew along with the rest of them apart from Megan and Prof.

Tia: I loved her. She was really, really cool. She was not in the majority of the book, and I understand that because of the fact that most of the other characters were just in there for the plot and the world, but yeah she was pretty cool!

Abraham: Ah, I think I kind of forgot a bit of his character but then again I do remember some parts and yeah, I do remember parts of him, but most of all... I don't know? But he's still cool.

Steelheart: Sorry if I ramble a bit about this guy, but seriously? He was practically my favourite character of the book, because damn that character development and damn how much was he evil in every single scene! I loved it so much. He was dark, ethereal, corporeal, mysterious and unidentified based on the classification of his character! I loved him so much, and can I just say that his name completely shows how much I love his personality? Perfection in a character.

Writing:

His writing was absolutely splendid.

DAMN. The writing of the book in the Prologue and the Epilogue was probably my favourite parts of the book along with the ending. The epilogue, you know what? The Epilogue was definitely my favourite chapter of the entire book and it was just so cool! It was amazing! If you have not read a book by Mr. Sanderson, start with this one!

Conclusion:

All in all, this was one of my favourite superhero-fantasy reads and it felt comic-y but that was one of my favourite parts of the book along with the writing. I just can't express my thoughts into the fact that this book was perfection. I loved it so much! Please pick this up! So much fun.

Reading Progress:

★★★★★