Good character development. Lots of room for sequels.

This book was amazing from start to finish. If you enjoy Brandon Sanderson's work then you will 100% enjoy this. My only problem is I I didn't want it to be over. Next time ill have to slow down because I read it all in 1 day. Its similar to all his other novels in once it gets going you're not going to put the book down.

What are you doing reading this review when you could be reading Skyward? C'mon, let's get those priorities straight!.....But seriously, buy it now. You should have bought it a week ago. You remember crying yourself to sleep that other night? Well it wouldn't have happened if you'd been reading the interpeid adventures of Spensa the space barbarian, would it?

So I discovered Brandon Sanderson when he was selected to finish the Wheel of Time. I figured, while I wait, why not see what else he’s done? That led me to Mistborn, then Elantris, Warbreaker, and then literally everything he writes. I’m hooked, and the only thing I wish I could do differently is slow down and savor it. Instead I read Skyward in a day and a half and will have to settle for 3 re reads before the sequel comes out. You’ve seen the other reviews, they all nailed it. World building is amazing, the pacing is great, plots are just unpredictable enough to make you enjoy it. This man can write, and so I’ll keep reading. Over and over and over. Thank you for another blast.

This book is an incredible disappointment. Talk about completely unoriginal world, story, characters, everything. This book is Enders Game meets Divergent meets City of Ember. Not to mention the countless other works in this genre that this novel mirrors. I don’t mind using same storylines but this added nothing new. It was the same story but with different character names. At about one third of the way through I lost hope that this novel was going to add any original ideas and unfortunately it held true to the end. I’m burned out on Sanderson. Oathbringer was trash and now this one is too. I have loved almost everything Sanderson has written but his latest few have fell flat. Sanderson needs to add some diffferent perspectives to his team as they are allowing subpar work to be published. Sanderson is phenomenal at unique world building and having a fun twist - I felt like I read Skyward before and that was disappointing.